A beautifully written portrait of of Florentine streets, craftsman, markets, bridges, palaces, buildings, poets, painters, and sculptors. Published 1912
Elizabeth Wilson Grierson (1869 - 1943) was born at Whitchesters, a farm near Hawick in the Scottish Borders, where she also lived as an adult. She published more than 30 books, including several collections of Scottish fairy stories, folk tales and ballads, and travel guides to Edinburgh and Florence.