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to the exceptional ciirnate ofthe regionn where neither heatnor cold, humidit"v nor wind, attaina degree such as to rendera sojourn there unpleasant.lllhe valley which opens up tothe north of Garda may be consideredas a great square, opento the south and closed on a1lother sides. To the east, one{inds Baldo and Stiva, separatedfrom the gorge of Loppiowhich descends to iess thanthree hundred meters above seaIevel; to the ll'est one sees Bocchettaand llombio, with thericlge of Tenno; and to thetraining, hc sucldenl)- realizeclthat he had actualiy reachedsomervhere with his iandscapepainting; that, in other words,he had done something newunconsciousl.v.This sensitive, eager, nervousand neyer-wbolly-inactiveyoung artist has a "philosophyof art" that is quite simple."You simPl5' work harcl, anclif .vou har.e an-r'thing in ;'ou itwill come out. You should fa1lin love with .r-61l art, make ittire most important tiring inLauguages at BLon n Linir.ersity,a post he soon relinquished,hoivever, in orcler toenter the field of meclicine, inu'hich he acquired nationalfame. About the same timeYincenzo Botta, s'ho ]rad cometo the trnited States in orderto inr-estigate the Americanpublic school s1-stem, was askedto fill the cliair of Italian inthe {Inir-ersit.-v of the Cit"v ofNew York. Botta was not onlyan exceilent teacher, but alsoan zrccomplishecl scholar ancll-riter. Among the man-l l'orksThE CHAAM CT THE LAKE GAIIDA I]EGION(Cortlitnted. from puge 262)DCEI DEPRESSICN AFFECT AQT?(Continued front. Page 264)your life, and let nothing interferervith it. " Alfreclo Crimiis not married, which relieveshis mind of many things, vet hedoes not conclernn an artist'smarrying. In fact, he sa.vs, itis often advantageous in that itprovicles a spur, a sort of combineclpraise ancl encouragement,l'ithorlt which many artistsdo not c1o their best work.Behind Crimi, of course,there is that heritage of craftsmanshipthat is so t;-pical ofhis race. Tlte Italian takes281north there is Biaina and itssteep spur, on which the ruinsof the Castei ,l'Arco standguard over the spiendid expan-qeof Garda. The characteristicsof the land formationanil configuration seem to havebeen made especially to gatherin the plain the mild air whichthe mirror of the lake warmsin the winter and refreshes inthe summer; and thus there isformed that medium climate,far frorn extremes, so favorableto those l-ho must needsbe careful of their health. Anclso it is that Riva, ever-y winter,sees its hotels filled by peopleseeking distraction or comfcrtin this little parailise. Thecity is soon visited. The beautifulchurch of the Inviolataon the Arco roacl, the miniatureart-gallery which the poet Andrea\{affei gathered for hisfriend Lutti, and a few otherattractions, is all it has to offer;but its landscape is incomparable,the surroundings, especialll-the Pona1e road, areinteresting incleecl and thewhole region is favored by Nature,who iras lavished uPon ither most wonilerful gifts.great pricle in what he cloes, especiall.vmartuall.v and professionall;-,anil he does not hesitateto show his handiwork lrnblushinglyto all ancl sundr'-v,confident as he is of its qualitY.There is something profoundin this thought, when one considersthat it ma-r'lie at the bottomof the reasons why such alarge proportion of secondgenerationItalian-Americanshave attzrined the success theYhave in the professions and inthe manual arts in Arnerica.ITALIAN TDUCATCR,T IN EAIILV AMERICAI! DAV/(Contin.ucd front Poge 256)which he publisheil, the mostnoteworthv perhaps are hisDi,scourses on tlt,e Life, Cha,rcLcterancl Policy of Cauour',hisDcr,nte s,s Philosoph,er, Patriotanrl, Poet, arid his fli,storicalA ccottnt uf II ocl r. r'n P h,rlo so'ph,yrn ltal't1,In vierv of x'hat has beensaid, it will be easiiv seen thatthe contribution made by theearl-v teachers of Italian toAmerican eclucation was inc'leedr.'er"v extensive and of theutm'ost value. Thef impartedto tJie students of Arnerica aknorvledge of one of tlre mostbeautifui languages of EuroPe;they brought rvithin their reachone of the richest ancl niost inspiringliteratures in ther'r-orld; and thev created anclfostered among the people ofthis country a keen and permanentintelest in Italian cultureand civilization, which wa-sdestinecl to exert a rernalkallleinfluence on practicalll' everl'American poet ancl prose writerfrom \\rashington In'ing toJaues Russell Lorvell atlclllarion Clan'fortl.