Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. All of which I note, however, perhaps with too scant relevance to the inexhaustible charm of Roman and Florentine memories. Off the ground, at a distance, our fond indifference to being silly grows fonder still the working convention, as I have called it – the convention of the real revelations and sur renders on one side and the real immersions and appreciations on the other – has not only nothing to keep it down, but every glimpse of contrast, every pang of exile and every nostalgic twinge to keep it up.