" This very square—so I am told—witnessed yesterday the most sordid of tragedies. To one who loves the Florence of Dante and Savonarola there is something portentous in such desecration—portentous and humiliating" .
There appear such modest items as " The history of the Christian Church up to the Reformation" — " all Greek poetry" — " The field of Mediaeval Romance" — " German literature from Lessing to Heine" — " Dante" !