Stories 4
- IT
The Quaker City excursionJun 1867
The tomb of Adam
In the Church of the Holy Sepulchre I was shown the tomb of Adam, and was overcome. A man ought to be moved at the grave of a relative, even a distant one.
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- IT
The Quaker City excursionJun 1867
Is he dead?
Every guide in Italy loved Michelangelo with a love that bordered on the unreasonable. We found a way to cure them. It is cruel, and I recommend it.
City2 min read
- IT
The Quaker City excursionJun 1867
Venice, without the singing
A city that has gone on living with its feet in the water for a thousand years. It is beautiful, and damp, and the gondolier sings, and I will forgive it everything but the gondolier.
City2 min read
- FR
The Quaker City excursionJun 1867
The barber of Paris
All my life I had dreamed of being shaved in a Parisian palace of art, by a gentle artist, among velvet and mirrors. I was shaved by a man named Henri, with a garden tool.
City2 min read