To describe the interior of these two handsome edifices is very difficult, but the accompanying engraving, which represents the _Atrium_ of the Palazzo Dandolo, with its magnificent ducal staircase, will give some idea of their beauty. Around this Atrium are a number of fine halls and offices, with the water-gate opening on to a side canal with a marble landing-stage for the gondolas. Near to the water-gate is the _Railway Office_ (a convenience possessed by no other hotel in Venice), where tickets can be taken and luggage be registered without any trouble to the traveler. Next this is the luggage office. Opposite the land entrance is the _Porter's Lodge_, where one or more porters are always to be found at the disposition of travelers. On the left hand is a _Post Office_ with, for the greater security of all correspondence, a Government letter-box; and close by, the _Bureau of the Hotel_, with offices for the _cashier_, for _money changing_, and for _Bank business_. Opposite the grand stairs is a luxurious _Smoking Room_, its walls hung with rich material, and furnished in Oriental comfort and style, with an _American Bar_ leading out of it. Next it, are two spacious _Reading and Writing Rooms_, containing the principal newspapers and illustrated publications of the world. [Illustration: READING ROOM] On the right hand of the main door is a large _Public Drawing Room,_ style of 1700, with handsome stucco-work, and gilt furniture covered with rich stuffs, with the hangings and wall-coverings all _en suite_. This room alone would repay a visit to the hotel. Some idea can be formed of it from the following engravings, though, of course, the full effect of its richness and color is lost. In the two palaces there are a number of other such drawing-rooms, besides a concert hall, ballroom, music room and billiard room, &c. There are also bath rooms and douche baths on every floor. On the ground floor are the _kitchens_, the _wine cellars_, the _ice cellars_, the apparatus for _heating_ the whole buildings by steam, thus spreading a uniform temperature throughout the two Palaces. Here is also the machinery for the _lifts_, the centre for the distribution of the _electric light_ and the boilers and _syphons_ for giving _hot water_ direct into all the apartments. All this deserves being examined from the novelty of the systems employed and from the exquisite order and tidiness which everywhere reigns. We will not describe the _bedrooms_ and _sitting rooms_, except to say that they have all been recently done up and richly furnished with the utmost artistic taste and are all lit with electricity. Many of the apartments have been preserved in the original style, especially the _Saloon of the Doges_, No. 9, which with the adjoining rooms, Nos. 10, 11 and 12, all of which overlook the Riva degli Schiavoni and the magnificent panorama already described.