Prospetto delle Scienze economiche, being an exposition of all theoretical as well as practical principles in every branch of private and public administration, divided into classes and united in a general system. In a few volumes he has undertaken to collect the substance of all that has been written on this subject, of the laws of the different governments, and of the custom of nations with regard to administration.

This is a very succinct account of Italian litera

ture.

Many deserving names have been omitted, for the sake of that brevity which was a necessary quality of this treatise; but it will, at least, serve to show that the field is vast, and that there is much to be reaped from it. I shall conclude in the words of Antonio Benci, himself one of the supporters of his country's literary honours, that Italy is far, very far, from being

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Qual grido stolto il suona,"

merely the land of the dead.

THE END.

INDEX.

ABRUZZO, mountaineers from, Vol. i. 157.

Acerbi, editor of La Biblioteca Italiana, Vol. ii. 327.—His
judgment on the disputes about language, 328, 329.

Actresses, Italian, i. 26, 28.

Agnano, Lake of, i. 81, 83.

Albanians, settled in the Kingdom of Naples, ii. 199.-De-
feat a band of robbers, 200.

Alfieri, his tomb in Santa Croce, i. 172.-His house at Asti,
ii. 82. His character, 83, 84.-His tragedies, 260 and
following. His Saul, 262.-Faults of his style, 267.—
His prose writings, 268.-His death, 269.-Reflections
on his political sentiments, 270, 271.

Amalfi, ancient city, i. 131.

Ambrosiana, Basilica, at Milan, i. 283.

Anjou, Charles I. of, conqueror of Naples, i. 56.

first house of, their tombs in the church of St. Chiara,

i. 43.-Their government at Naples, 56, 57.

i. 49.

second house of, called to the throne by Joanna I.

Antologia, Italian literary periodical, i. 188.

Apennines, form the boundary between North and South
Italy, i. 2.-Apennines between Naples and Puglia, 128.
-Between Florence and Bologna, 205.-Apennines of
Ge noa, ii, 91, 92.-Of Parma, 148.

Argentaro, Mount, place of exile for priests under the French,

ii. 157.

Arona, town on the Lago Maggiore, i. 233.—Colossal sta-

tue of S. Charles Borromeo, ib.

Arts, mechanical state of at Naples, i. 111.

Averno, Lake of, near Naples, i. 77.

Austrians, their general conduct in Italy, i. 183, 25S.—
Their sway in Lombardy, 305.—In garrison at Ales-
sandria, ii. 85.-March against Naples, 193.-Enter
Naples, 195.

Baciocchi, Bonaparte's brother-in-law, made prince of Lucca
and Piombino, i. 182.

Elisa, Napoleon's sister, Grand Duchess of Tus-

cany, i. 181.

Baie, shores of, i. 69.—Cattle of, 74.

Balbo, Count, an enlightened minister, ii. 57, 64.

Basilicata, a province of the kingdom of Naples, little
visited, ii. 201.

Bellegarde. Austrian general, his convention with Eugene at
Mantua, i. 302.-Takes possession of modern Lom-
bardy, 304-His proclamation against Murat, ii. 180.
Bertola, a modern Italian writer, ii. 319.-His character,
322.

Bertolotti, a writer of the day, ii. 330.

Bettinelli, historian of Italian literature, ii. 325.

Benci, Antonio, a Tuscan writer of our days, ii. 332, 333.
Bologna, situation of, i. 203.-Its buildings, 207.—Its
literary men, 203.-Restored to the pope, 211.

Bolognese, their character, i. 203.-Their politics, 209, 210.
Bonaparte, Napoleon, his first campaign in Italy, ì. 245, 250.
-Organizes the Cisalpine republic, 253, 254.-His deci-

sive campaign in Italy in 1800, 259.-Assembles the Ita-
lian deputies at Lyons, 260, 261.-His speech to them,
262.-President of the Italian republic, 266.-Proclaimed
Emperor of the French, 272.-His administration as First
Consul, 273.-Becomes King of Italy, 274.-is crowned
at Milan, 276.-His speech to the legislative body, 278.
-His immoderate views, 284.-His jealousy of power,
287.-News of his abdication reach Milan, 302.-Re-
flections on his career, ii. 218, 223.

Bondi, an Italian poet, ii. 303.-Extracts from his works,
304, 305, 306.

Bordighiera, tale of, ii. 145.

Borromean Islands on the Lago Maggiore, i. 234, 235.

Bossi, Luigi, a writer of our days, ii. 325.

Bourbon, James, Count of La Marche, marries Joanna II.
of Naples, i. 55.—Turns monk, ib.

Buffaloes, naturalized in Italy, ii. 154.

Byron, Lord, his works translated into Italian, ii. 290.

Calabrese, their character, ii. 201, and following.

Camaldoli, convent of, near Naples, i. 81.

Campania, moral features of its inhabitants in all times,

ii. 172.

Capua, little town of Sta. Maria di, i. 143.

Capri, Island of, its picturesque appearance, i. 31.
Capraja Island, belonging to the King of Sardinia, ii. 212.
Carlo, San, theatre of, its splendour, i. 15.—Interior arrange-
ment, ib.-Destroyed by fire, 29.-Its restoration, ib.—
Concourse of people at its re-opening, ib.

Carlino, San, one of the lower Neapolitan theatres, i. 28.
Caracciolo, minister and favourite of Joanna II., i. 53.—His
tomb, 54.-Vaults of the family of that name, 57.

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