Excerpt from Italy to-Day We would be the first to recognize that some of the subjects dealt with have received inadequate treatment; and we regret that the exigencies of space have pre vented us from using much valuable material that has been supplied to us, and have compelled us to leave several important matters entirely untouched. But we believed it to be better to give a general View of Italian life within a readable compass, rather than overburden the book with details, which would only interest the specialist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.