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&quote;Our Italy&quote; is a fascinating treatise on half-century Italy by Charles Dudley Warner, with chapters on politics, geography, economy, history, agriculture, and much more. Contents include: &quote;How Our Italy Is Made&quote;, &quote;Our Climatic And Commercial Mediterranean&quote;, &quote;Early Vicissitudes.-productions.-sanitary Climate&quote;, &quote;The Winter Of Our Content&quote;, &quote;Health And Longevity&quote;, &quote;Is Residence Here Agreeable?&quote;, &quote;The Winter On The Coast&quote;, &quote;The General Outlook.-land And Prices&quote;, &quote;The Advantages Of Irrigation&quote;, etc. Charles Dudley Warner (September 12, 1829 - October 20, 1900) was an American novelist and essayist. He was a close friend of Mark Twain, and co-authored &quote;The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today&quote; with him. Other notable works by this author include: &quote;Baddeck, And That Sort of Thing&quote; (1874), &quote;In the Levant&quote; (1876), and &quote;On Horseback, in the Southern States&quote; (1888). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.