John Harington, Basil Kennett, Anne Bannerman, Drummond
of Hawthornden, R. Molesworth, Hugh Boyd, Lord Woodhouselee, the Rev.
Francis Wrangham, the Rev. Dr. Nott, Dr. Morehead, Lady Dacre, Lord
Charlemont, Capel Lofft, John Penn, Charlotte Smith, Mrs. Wrottesley,
Miss Wollaston, J.H. Merivale, the Rev. W. Shepherd, and Leigh Hunt,
besides many anonymous.

The order of arrangement is that adopted by Marsand and other recent
editors; but to prevent any difficulty in identification, the Italian
first lines have been given throughout, and repeated in an alphabetical
index.

The Life of Petrarch prefixed is a condensation of the poet Campbell's
two octavo volumes, and includes all the material part of that work.

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June 28, 1869.

LIST OF PLATES.

PAGE

1. PORTRAIT OF PETRARCH to face title.

2. VIEW OF NAPLES xliv

3. VIEW OF NICE li

4. COAST OF GENOA lxvi

5. BRIDGE OF SIGHS, VENICE lxxviii

6. VICENZA lxxxiii

7. MILAN CATHEDRAL cvi

8. LIBRARY OF ST. MARK'S, VENICE cxv

9. FERRARA. THE OLD DUCAL PALACE cxxiii

10. PORTRAIT OF LAURA 1

11. VIEW OF ROME--ST. PETER'S IN THE DISTANCE 66

12. SOLITUDES OF VAUCLUSE (where Petrarch wrote most of
his Sonnets) 105

13. GENOA AND THE APENNINES 124

14. AVIGNON (where Laura resided) 189

15. SELVA PIANA (where Petrarch received the news of
Laura's death) 232

16. PETRARCH'S HOUSE AT ARQUA (where he wrote his
Triumphs) 322

CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF PETRARCH'S LIFE.

A.D. PAGE

1304. Born at Arezzo, the 20th of July. ix

1305. Is taken to Incisa at the age of seven months, where
he remains seven years. x

1312. Is removed to Pisa, where he remains