Little Tony of Italy
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THE BAY OF NAPLES]
LITTLE TONY _of_ ITALY
BY MADELINE BRANDEIS
_Photographic Illustrations_
GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
_by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_
_COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY A. FLANAGAN COMPANY_
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DEDICATION
TO MY MOTHER, WHOSE MUSIC AND SINGING ARE SOMEHOW IN TUNE WITH THE "SINGING LAND" ABOUT WHICH THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN
PREFACE
When I began to write these stories about children of all lands I hadjust returned from Europe whither I journeyed with Marie and Ref. Maybeyou don't know Marie and Ref. I'll introduce them: Please meet Marie,my very little daughter, and Ref, my very big reflex camera.
These two are my helpers. Marie helps by being a little girl who knowswhat other little girls like and by telling me; and Ref helps by snappingpictures of everything interesting that Marie and I see on our travels.I couldn't get along without them.
Several years have gone by since we started our work together and Marieis a bigger girl--but Ref hasn't changed one bit. Ref hasn't changed anymore than my interest in writing these books for you. And I hope that_you_ hope that I'll never change, because I want to keep on writinguntil we'll have no more countries to write about--unless, of course,some one discovers a new country.
Even if a new country isn't discovered, we'll find foreign children totalk about--maybe the children in Mars! Who knows? Nobody. Not evenMarie--and Marie usually knows about most things. That's the reason why,you see, though I sign myself
[Signature: Madeline Brandeis]
I am really only Marie's Mother.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Chapter I
Tony and Tina 13
Chapter II
Tony and the Balilla 29
Chapter III
Niki 42
Chapter IV
Rome 59
Chapter V
Tony and Anna 72
Chapter VI
Cities, Animals, and Discipline 86
Chapter VII
Statues, Music, and Cheese 111
Chapter VIII
Danger! 120
Chapter IX
The Buried City 128
Chapter X
Fever, Fear, and Troubled Sleep 139
Chapter XI
Tony, Anna, and Tina 149
Pronouncing Vocabulary 160
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
THE BAY OF NAPLES 4
TONY AND TINA 12
ON A STREET IN NAPLES 14
A FAMILY GROUP ON A STREET IN NAPLES 17
THE BAY OF NAPLES 20
IN FRONT OF THE MARIONETTE THEATRE 22
LAKE COMO 25
"I DIE OF HUNGER!" 30
"I WANT TO HELP YOU," SAID THE BOY 34
BOYS OF THE BALILLA 36
TINA WAS VERY SERIOUS 39
THE MARIONETTES WERE VERY HANDSOME 43
THE MARIONETTE THEATRE 45
THE BAY OF NAPLES AND VESUVIUS 47
ANNA'S HOUSE 52
CAPRI 53
TONY DREW CLOSER TO LISTEN 56
ST. PETER'S: ROME 60
THE PANTHEON: ROME 61
THE VATICAN: ROME 62
THE COLOSSEUM: ROME 64
INSIDE THE COLOSSEUM: ROME 65
TREVI FOUNTAIN: ROME 67
A PARADE PASSING THE COLOSSEUM: ROME 69
"AH. TINA MIA, I HAVE FOUND YOU AGAIN." 74
ANNA 76
"HUSH," SAID TONY 79
AMALFI 81
TONY BENT LOW AND KISSED HER HAND 83
ALONG THE ROAD, NEAR NAPLES 87
ALONG THE ROAD 88
FLORENCE AND THE ARNO RIVER 91
PIAZZA DELLA SIGNORIA: FLORENCE 92
ST. MARK'S: VENICE 93
A CANAL IN VENICE 97
THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA 98
THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS: VENICE 101
THE DOGE'S PALACE: VENICE 102
IN A GONDOLA 103
FEEDING PIGEONS IN ST. MARK'S SQUARE 104
JULIET'S GRAVE: VERONA 106
WASHING CLOTHES 108
A FISH MARKET IN GENOA 112
COLUMBUS' HOUSE: GENOA 114
A QUAINT ITALIAN STREET 116
MILAN CATHEDRAL 121
VESUVIUS SEEN FROM POMPEII 124
THE APPIAN WAY 130
POMPEII 132
HOUSE OF THE VETTI: POMPEII 133
A STREET IN POMPEII _Photo by Courtesy of Italian Tourist Information Office_ 136
OLD OLIVE OIL MILL: POMPEII 141
POMPEII 142
SORRENTO _Photo by Courtesy of Italian Tourist Information Office_ 144
TONY TRIED TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING 151
TONY, ANNA, AND TINA-NIKI-FIDO 156
TONY AND TINA]
Little Tony of Italy