Supporting Documents

SD1255.  Unidentified Correspondent to Mary Minto

Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 13, 389–390 (in part).

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[ca. 1 July 1846]

<***> La Cava is impossible for the winter owing to the damp and cold– At no season should any person remain out at the hour of sunset– An hour afterwards the air is dry and healthy- [1] This applies to all Italy, and is a precaution too often neglected– Salerno has bad air too near it, to be safe as a residence. Besides, it is totally without the resources of books, good food, or medical advice– Palermo would be agreable in the winter, and not very much frequented by English– However, where good climate exists, English are to be found– Murray’s “Southern Italy” would give every particular as to the distance of La Cava from the sea. <***>

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Wellesley College.

1. “(Is this at La Cava? Ba)” superscribed over line.

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