My dear Miss Gatty,

The Signora Linda Villari wife to Professor Villari at Florence sent me this pretty little sketch of a real favourite bird. It is too youthful for the Packet, but I think you will like to open a connection with her, as she writes prettily and freshly. I enclose a card she sent with her address. She wrote a very pretty story once for the Packet called the Angel of Viareggio.

I hope you ... continue reading