Excerpt from Narrative of a Three Years' Residence: In Italy, 1819-1822. With Illustrations of the Present State of Religion in That Country With some alterations to fit the work for the press, much of our domestic narrative is retained; because I believe, that my book might thus be made useful to those families, who meditate leav ing their native land for the sake of educating their children abroad. They will here see the disadvantages and difficulties to which they will be exposed; the danger to their health is not, perhaps, the least evil to be dreaded: and if they will learn from the experience of one who is affectionately interested in the welfare of her countrymen, they will not think the lighter ao complishments which they may acquire by a lengthened residence on the Continent, worthy to be compared to the injury which they may there sustain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.