National Geographic June 1915

Venice
Exploring a labyrinth of canals, streets, and famous piazzas, the author tries to fathom Venice’s power over the human imagination but finds the city to be a sphinx whose enigma we never wholly penetrate.
Frontier Cities of Italy
Beginning at Genoa, a Mediterranean gateway to northern Italy, the author tours from Milan and Pavia on the Lombard plain to Verona, the city of Romeo and Juliet.