Produced by Chuck Greif, deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: CALLE DEL PISTOR] LITERARY LANDMARKS OF VENICE BY LAURENCE HUTTON AUTHOR OF “LITERARY LANDMARKS OF LONDON” “LITERARY LANDMARKS OF EDINBURGH” “LITERARY LANDMARKS OF JERUSALEM” ILLUSTRATED [Illustration: colophon] NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1896 Copyright, 1896, by HARPER & BROTHERS. _All rights reserved._ TO WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS WHOSE VENETIAN LIFE MADE HAPPY MY LIFE IN VENICE ILLUSTRATIONS CALLE DEL PISTOR _Frontispiece_ ORNAMENTAL HALF-TITLE _Facing page_ xii THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE DOGES. IN OTHELLO’S TIME “ “ 6 THE OTHELLO HOUSE “ “ 10 PETRARCH AND LAURA _Page_ 16 THE HOUSE OF PETRARCH _Facing page_ 20 A CHARACTERISTIC CANAL “ “ 26 BYRON’S PALACE “ “ 30 THE RIALTO BRIDGE. AS SHYLOCK KNEW IT “ “ 32 ENTRANCE TO THE MERCERIA “ “ 34 CASA FALIER, WHERE MR. HOWELLS LIVED “ “ 40 GOLDONI’S STAIRCASE “ “ 42 GOLDONI’S STATUE “ “ 44 BYRON’S STUDY IN THE ARMENIAN MONASTERY “ “ 48 THE “NOAH CORNER” OF THE DOGE’S PALACE “ “ 56 THE HOUSE IN WHICH BROWNING DIED “ “ 60 INTRODUCTION In a chapter upon “Literary Residences,” among _The Curiosities of Literature_, Isaac D’Israeli said: “No foreigners, men of letters, lovers of the arts, or even princes, would pass through Antwerp without visiting the House of Rubens, to witness the animated residence of genius, and the great man who conceived the idea.” This volume is intended to be a record of the Animated Residences of Genius which are still existing in Venice; and it is written for the foreigners, for the Men of Letters, for the lovers of art, and even for the princes who pass through the town, and who care to make such houses a visit.