The Englishwoman in Italy, by A. L. V. Gretton                           57808   [Subtitle: Impressions of life in the Roman states and Sardinia,               during a ten years' residence]   [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/7/8/0/57808 ]   [Files: 57808-0.txt; 57808-h.htm] Thanks to MWS, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Marchesa describes the actual wretchedness of the country""Comfortless bed-room" Published in 1860: Oh dear, oh dear! And the English still haven't gotten the Italians to  "shape up". Chuck