Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) _Through the Casentino_ [Illustration: ST FRANCIS BY DELLA ROBBIA (LA VERNA)] Through the Casentino _with Hints for the Traveller by_ _Lina Eckenstein_ _Illustrated by Lucy Du Bois-Reymond_ [Illustration: colophon] _London: J. M. Dent & Co._ _Aldine House, 29 and 30 Bedford Street_ _Covent Garden, W.C._ * * 1902 _All Rights Reserved_ CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE _The Casentino_ 1 CHAPTER II _Bibbiena and Cardinal Bibbiena_ 13 CHAPTER III _La Verna and St Francis_ 33 CHAPTER IV _Camaldoli and St Romuald_ 51 CHAPTER V _In the Apennines_ 77 CHAPTER VI _Poppi and Counts Guidi_ 90 CHAPTER VII _Capo d’Arno_ 113 _Hints for the Traveler_ 133 _Index_ 143 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE _St Francis by della Robbia (La Verna)_ _frontispiece_ _Chiesa Maggiore, La Verna_ 3 _Bibbiena Marketplace_ 14 _Situation of La Verna_ 34 _Vine Cultivation (Casentino)_ 36 _Entrance to La Verna_ 43 _Camaldoli (Casentino)_ 53 _Courtyard of Camaldoli_ 73 _Landmark of Camaldoli_ 76 _Castle of Poppi (Casentino)_ 91 _Courtyard of Castle, Poppi_ 99 _Statue of Count Guido, Castle of Poppi_ 109 _Arms of the Guidi_ 112 _Church of Romena (Casentino)_ 114 _Castel San Niccolo_ 123 _Map_ _at the end of the Volume_ THROUGH THE CASENTINO “col cavallo di San Francesco” I _The Casentino_