Penelope’s Postscripts: Switzerland, Venice, Wales, Devon, Home (1915)

BACK ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

One difficulty about the faithful study of Italian frescoes is that they can never be properly viewed unless one is extended at full-length on the flat of one’s honorable back (as they might say in Japan), a position not suitable in a public building.

Do you recall the diaries of Penelope? Yes, those – the ones about her visits to England, Scotland, and Ireland! How they thrilled and amused countless readers when they came out … but then Penelope went all quiet, doing things like getting married and raising children.

Now, though, Penelope has a little time to tour again, and oh, how she likes to scribble about it. Here, dear reader, are her adventures in Europe, delivered with bons mots and panache.

And what of her pals Salemina and Francesca?

Indeed, they are here. Along with Switzerland, Italy, Wales and Devon, and the most rewarding place of all:

Home.

Read on, dear reader. Read on!