VENICE [Illustration: _By permission of the late Thomas Threlfall, Esq._ THE CAMPANILE.] VENICE BY BERYL DE SÉLINCOURT AND MAY STURGE HENDERSON ILLUSTRATED BY REGINALD BARRATT OF THE ROYAL WATER-COLOR SOCIETY [Illustration] NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1907 _Copyright, 1907_, BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY Published, October, 1907 CONTENTS _Page_ I INTRODUCTORY 1 II PHANTOMS OF THE LAGOONS 16 III THE NUPTIALS OF VENICE 54 IV VENICE IN FESTIVAL 74 V A MERCHANT OF VENICE 98 VI VENICE OF CRUSADE AND PILGRIMAGE 124 VII TWO VENETIAN STATUES 160 VIII VENETIAN WATERWAYS (PART I) 187 IX VENETIAN WATERWAYS (PART II) 253 X ARTISTS OF THE VENETIAN RENAISSANCE 275 XI THE SOUL THAT ENDURES 317 ILLUSTRATIONS The Campanile _Frontispiece_ PAGE View from the Gallery of San Marco 7 Santa Maria della Salute 23 The Clock Tower 37 Riva Degli Schiavoni 57 The Doorway of San Marco 71 View from Cà d’Oro 81 Courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale 91 San Giorgio 107 The Dogana 119 The Shadow of the Campanile 127 The Clock Tower from Gallery of San Marco 137 The Horses of San Marco, looking South 147 The Horses of San Marco, looking North 155 In the Piazza 175 View on the Grand Canal from San Angelo 189 Piazzetta, The Library 195 Corner of the Palazzo Dario 201 A Venetian Bridge 219 Palazzo Sanudo 231