Limbo, and Other Essays; To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua

Lee, Vernon · 1935

LIMBO IN PRAISE OF OLD HOUSES THE LIE OF THE LAND TUSCAN MIDSUMMER MAGIC ON MODERN TRAVELLING OLD ITALIAN GARDENS ABOUT LEISURE RAVENNA AND HER GHOSTS THE COOK-SHOP AND THE FOWLING-PLACE ACQUAINTANCE WITH BIRDS ARIADNE IN MANTUA It may seem curious to begin with Dante and pass on to the Children's Rabbits' House; but I require both to explain what it is I mean by Limbo; no such easy matter on trying. For this discourse is not about the Pious Pagans whom the poet found in honourable confinement at the Gate of Hell, nor of their neighbours the Unchristened Babies; but I am glad of Dante's authority for the existence of a place holding such creatures as have just …

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