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The Fishermen of Naples (Leisure Hour, 1860)

Italy and the Italians (Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)

Italy in Transition (Leisure Hour, 1860)
In 1860, Italy was on the verge of becoming a single unified nation.

Sicily and Its Wrongs (Leisure Hour, 1860)

Beffania (Illustrated London Almanack, 1863)
Brief description of an Italian Twelfth-Night Custom

Women of Italy (Demorest, 1879)

The University of Rome (Scribners, 1879B)

The Learned Ladies of Bologna (Girl's Own Paper, 1880)
A look at the university in Bologna, which was open to women long before universities in Britain.

A Town of Coral Fishers (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1880)
The town of Torre del Greco in Italy, along with a look at how coral is prepared for jewelry.

Marble-Mining in Carrara, by Robert W. Welch (Century Magazine, 1882B)

The Revival of Burano [Venice] Lace (Century Magazine, 1882A)

Children of All Nations: Italy, by L. Lobenhofer (Little Folks, 1883)

Recollections of Rome During the Italian Revolution, by William Chauncy Langdon (Atlantic Monthly, 1883)
Life in Rome (especially for Americans) in 1859-1860.

Girl-Life in Italy (Girl's Own Paper, 1885)

Christmas in Italy (Girl's Own Paper, 1887)
Christmas celebrated in an Italian villa.

The New School of Italian Opera, by W.J. Henderson (Century Magazine, 1894A)

Some Causes of the Italian Crisis, by William Thayer (Atlantic Monthly, 1894)

A Bit of Italian Merry-Making: The Lilies of Nola, by Mary Scott-Uda (Century Magazine, 1895B)
The "lilies" are temporary multi-storey structures, rather like very tall market crosses or church towers, erected each year by the city's guilds as part of a festival.

Gondolas, by Helen Zimmern (Girl's Own Paper, 1895)

Popular Christmas Festivities in Naples (Girl's Own Paper, 1896)

Christmas Day Festivities in Italy (Girl's Own Paper, 1897)

Housekeeping in Florence (Girl's Own Paper, 1897)

Student Life in Florence (Girl's Own Paper, 1897)

The Island of Capri: "Home of the Indolent," by Frank D. Millet (Century Magazine, 1898B)

Brigandage in Sardinia, by L. Villari (Good Words, 1902)

A Honeymoon in Venice (Girl's Own Paper, 1902)
Despite the title, the majority of this article is about the revival of lace-making in Venice.

The Tunny Fisheries of Sardinia, by H. Le Mesurier (Windsor Magazine, 1902A)

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