The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851Various
History
The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851
Various
Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Science -- History -- Periodicals
"The publisher, Lemonnier, at Florence, is now printing, and
will shortly publish a thick volume, containing 'The Apology
for the Political Life of Guerrazzi,' written by himself.
The announcement of this publication, is of a nature to
excite great curiosity; it will at the same time be a
thunderbolt to the Neo-Moderati, and the most conclusive
condemnation of their acts during the period Guerrazzi was
in power. Guerrazzi therein unpitifully and ably scourges
their political weaknesses, and their _portefeuille_
rivalries, which obliged the Grand Duke in the end to throw
himself into the arms of the democratic party. This book of
Guerrazzi's will be a peremptory reply to the
proudly-compiled apology of the Italian Constitutional
party, published by Messrs. Gualterio and Farini, and
especially to the base and calumnious imputations, directed
by the latter against our excellent and loyal Grand Duke, in
the recently published third volume of his work. Not only
will the Constitutionalists be denounced in the book of
Guerrazzi, but the intrigues of the Piedmontese Government
with regard to Tuscany will be exposed, as likewise those of
Sir G. Hamilton, British ambassador at Florence."
This certifies the publication to be a bargain between Guerrazzi and the
Tuscan Ministry to give vent to their hatred of the Constitutional party
and of Piedmont. Guerrazzi writes in prison, from prison sends to the
printers, and the Minister acts as reviser. It is really an odd thing--but
characteristic of Italian affairs, perhaps,--for a disgraced and impeached
minister to buy his life by turning "States' Evidence." In better days such
results were for rascals of a lower grade.
* * * * *
F. A. GUALTERIO brings out an account of the late Italian
revolution--_Gliultimi Rivolgimenti Italiani, Memorie Storiche, con
Documenti inediti_--the first part of which, in three large octavo volumes,
only comes down to the accession of Pius IX. to the Pontificate. The work
is published in Florence, and has made considerable sensation, especially
in Tuscany and Piedmont. The publications on the subject that appear in
Italy are of course all on one side. The other side is represented by a
party, or by several parties, who are in exile, and the number of books
published on Italy and Italian affairs, in London and in Paris, is very
great: more than a hundred during the last year.
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