The Project Gutenberg EBook of Our Italy, by Charles Dudley WarnerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Our ItalyAuthor: Charles Dudley WarnerRelease Date: April 5, 2009 [EBook #28506]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OUR ITALY ***Produced by Bryan Ness, Josephine Paolucci and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (Thisbook was produced from scanned images of public domainmaterial from the Google Print project.)SANTA BARBARA. SANTA BARBARA.OUR ITALYBY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNERAuthor of Their Pilgrimage, Studies in the South and West, A Little Journey in the World ... With ManyIllustrationsNEW YORKHARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARECopyright, 1891, by Harper & Brothers.All rights reserved.CONTENTS.CHAP. PAGEI. HOW OUR ITALY IS MADE 1II. OUR CLIMATIC AND COMMERCIAL MEDITERRANEAN 10III. EARLY VICISSITUDES.—PRODUCTIONS.—SANITARY CLIMATE 24IV. THE WINTER OF OUR CONTENT 42V. HEALTH AND LONGEVITY 52VI. IS RESIDENCE HERE AGREEABLE? 65VII. THE WINTER ON THE COAST 72VIII. THE GENERAL OUTLOOK.—LAND AND PRICES 90IX. THE ADVANTAGES OF IRRIGATION 99X. THE CHANCE FOR LABORERS AND SMALL FARMERS 107XI. SOME DETAILS OF THE WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT 114XII. HOW THE FRUIT PERILS WERE MET.—FURTHER DETAILS ...
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