Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=. BY THE SAME AUTHOR BEAUTIFUL BOOKS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR PRICE =20S.= NET EACH JAPAN WORLD'S CHILDREN WORLD PICTURES VENICE BRITTANY THE THAMES A. & C. BLACK . 4 SOHO SQUARE . LONDON VENICE [Illustration: CROSSING THE PIAZZA] VENICE : BY MORTIMER MENPES : TEXT BY DOROTHY MENPES PUBLISHED BY ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK·LONDON·W Published May 1904 Reprinted 1906, 1912 CONTENTS PAGE ARRIVAL AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS 3 HISTORY 17 A GLIMPSE INTO BOHEMIA 39 ARCHITECTURE 55 ST. MARK'S 77 PAINTERS OF THE RENAISSANCE 91 STREETS, SHOPS, AND COURTYARDS 125 THE ISLANDS OF THE LAGOON 149 SOCIAL UPS AND DOWNS 173 GONDOLAS AND GONDOLIERS 193 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Crossing the Piazza _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE 2. Grand Canal, showing Tower of St. Geremia 2 3. A Pink Palace 4 4. Palazzo Pisani 6 5. The Salute at Sunset 8 6. A Ruined Palazzo 12 7. Palazzi on the Canal 14 8. Giudecca 16 9. San Giorgio Maggiore 20 10. Off the Giudecca 22 11. St. Maria delle Misericordia 26 12. The Custom House and Church of Santa Maria della Salute 28 13. At Chioggia 30 14. Church of San Geremia 32 15. The Bridge of Sighs and Straw Bridge 34 16. On the Grand Canal 36 17. The Bridge of Sighs 38 18. Palace in a By-Canal 42 19. The Orange Door 44 20. An Unfrequented Canal 50 21. St. Mark's Basin 52 22. Hotel Danieli 54