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  THE BAY OF NAPLES]

  LITTLE TONY _of_ ITALY

  BY MADELINE BRANDEIS

  _Photographic Illustrations_

  GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

  _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_

  _COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY A. FLANAGAN COMPANY_

  PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

  DEDICATION

  TO MY MOTHER, WHOSE MUSIC AND SINGING ARE SOMEHOW IN TUNE WITH THE "SINGING LAND" ABOUT WHICH THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN

  PREFACE

  When I began to write these stories about children of all lands I hadjust returned from Europe whither I journeyed with Marie and Ref. Maybeyou don't know Marie and Ref. I'll introduce them: Please meet Marie,my very little daughter, and Ref, my very big reflex camera.

  These two are my helpers. Marie helps by being a little girl who knowswhat other little girls like and by telling me; and Ref helps by snappingpictures of everything interesting that Marie and I see on our travels.I couldn't get along without them.

  Several years have gone by since we started our work together and Marieis a bigger girl--but Ref hasn't changed one bit. Ref hasn't changed anymore than my interest in writing these books for you. And I hope that_you_ hope that I'll never change, because I want to keep on writinguntil we'll have no more countries to write about--unless, of course,some one discovers a new country.

  Even if a new country isn't discovered, we'll find foreign children totalk about--maybe the children in Mars! Who knows? Nobody. Not evenMarie--and Marie usually knows about most things. That's the reason why,you see, though I sign myself

  [Signature: Madeline Brandeis]

  I am really only Marie's Mother.

  CONTENTS

  PAGE

  Chapter I

  Tony and Tina 13

  Chapter II

  Tony and the Balilla 29

  Chapter III

  Niki 42

  Chapter IV

  Rome 59

  Chapter V

  Tony and Anna 72

  Chapter VI

  Cities, Animals, and Discipline 86

  Chapter VII

  Statues, Music, and Cheese 111

  Chapter VIII

  Danger! 120

  Chapter IX

  The Buried City 128

  Chapter X

  Fever, Fear, and Troubled Sleep 139

  Chapter XI

  Tony, Anna, and Tina 149

  Pronouncing Vocabulary 160

  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  PAGE

  THE BAY OF NAPLES 4

  TONY AND TINA 12

  ON A STREET IN NAPLES 14

  A FAMILY GROUP ON A STREET IN NAPLES 17

  THE BAY OF NAPLES 20

  IN FRONT OF THE MARIONETTE THEATRE 22

  LAKE COMO 25

  "I DIE OF HUNGER!" 30

  "I WANT TO HELP YOU," SAID THE BOY 34

  BOYS OF THE BALILLA 36

  TINA WAS VERY SERIOUS 39

  THE MARIONETTES WERE VERY HANDSOME 43

  THE MARIONETTE THEATRE 45

  THE BAY OF NAPLES AND VESUVIUS 47

  ANNA'S HOUSE 52

  CAPRI 53

  TONY DREW CLOSER TO LISTEN 56

  ST. PETER'S: ROME 60

  THE PANTHEON: ROME 61

  THE VATICAN: ROME 62

  THE COLOSSEUM: ROME 64

  INSIDE THE COLOSSEUM: ROME 65

  TREVI FOUNTAIN: ROME 67

  A PARADE PASSING THE COLOSSEUM: ROME 69

  "AH. TINA MIA, I HAVE FOUND YOU AGAIN." 74

  ANNA 76

  "HUSH," SAID TONY 79

  AMALFI 81

  TONY BENT LOW AND KISSED HER HAND 83

  ALONG THE ROAD, NEAR NAPLES 87

  ALONG THE ROAD 88

  FLORENCE AND THE ARNO RIVER 91

  PIAZZA DELLA SIGNORIA: FLORENCE 92

  ST. MARK'S: VENICE 93

  A CANAL IN VENICE 97

  THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA 98

  THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS: VENICE 101

  THE DOGE'S PALACE: VENICE 102

  IN A GONDOLA 103

  FEEDING PIGEONS IN ST. MARK'S SQUARE 104

  JULIET'S GRAVE: VERONA 106

  WASHING CLOTHES 108

  A FISH MARKET IN GENOA 112

  COLUMBUS' HOUSE: GENOA 114

  A QUAINT ITALIAN STREET 116

  MILAN CATHEDRAL 121

  VESUVIUS SEEN FROM POMPEII 124

  THE APPIAN WAY 130

  POMPEII 132

  HOUSE OF THE VETTI: POMPEII 133

  A STREET IN POMPEII _Photo by Courtesy of Italian Tourist Information Office_ 136

  OLD OLIVE OIL MILL: POMPEII 141

  POMPEII 142

  SORRENTO _Photo by Courtesy of Italian Tourist Information Office_ 144

  TONY TRIED TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING 151

  TONY, ANNA, AND TINA-NIKI-FIDO 156

  TONY AND TINA]

  Little Tony of Italy