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Title: Barbara's Heritage
Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters

Author: Deristhe L. Hoyt

Illustrator: Homer W. Colby

Release Date: July 7, 2005 [EBook #16241]

Language: English

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[Illustration: TITIAN. ACADEMY, VENICE

VIRGIN. FROM ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN.]

BARBARA'S HERITAGE

OR

_YOUNG AMERICANS AMONG THE OLD ITALIAN MASTERS_

BY

DERISTHE L. HOYT

AUTHOR OF

"THE WORLD'S PAINTERS"

THIRD EDITION.

BOSTON AND CHICAGO

W.A. WILDE COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1899,

BY W.A. WILDE COMPANY.

_All rights reserved_.

BARBARA'S HERITAGE.

To the Brother and Sister who have been my
companions during many happy sojourns in
Italy.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS 13

II. ACROSS TWO OCEANS 29

III. IN BEAUTIFUL FLORENCE 45

IV. A NEW FRIEND APPEARS 61

V. STRAWS SHOW WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS 77

VI. LUCILE SHERMAN 93

VII. A STARTLING DISCLOSURE 107

VIII. HOWARD'S QUESTIONINGS 123

IX. THE COMING-OUT PARTY 139

X. THE MYSTERY UNFOLDS TO HOWARD 157

XI. ON THE WAY TO ROME 171

XII. ROBERT SUMNER FIGHTS A BATTLE 189

XIII. CUPID LAUGHS 205

XIV. A VISIT TO THE SISTINE CHAPEL 221

XV. A MORNING IN THE VATICAN 239

XVI. POOR BARBARA'S TROUBLE 259

XVII. ROBERT SUMNER IS IMPRUDENT 279

XVIII. IN VENICE 299

XIX. IN A GONDOLA 317

XX. RETURN FROM ITALY 335

EPILOGUE: THREE YEARS AFTER 355

ILLUSTRATIONS

VIRGIN. FROM ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN. TITIAN.
Academy, Venice _Frontispiece_

BYZANTINE MAGDALEN. PAGE
Academy, Florence 58

GROUP OF ANGELS. FROM CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN. FRA ANGELICO.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence 112

CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN. BOTTICELLI.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence