Memoirs and Adventures of Felice Orsini, Written by Himself, Tr. by G. Carbonel (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...by this scene. One of these young men seated himself opposite to me; he appeared to be about eighteen; he addressed me with " Ghttenabend"--good evening (this was the only sentence I knew in German, and with it I had saluted all I had met with on my journey). He would have continued the conversation in German, but I told him I did not understand the language. He asked me if I spoke French, and in my replying in the affirmative, he put the following questions to me: --" Are you going to the hunt to-morrow?" "No," I replied, " I am not a Swiss.f I have just been visiting the Bernina La Martina is now living at the Auberge Delia Posta, at Silvaplana, near the baths of St Moritz; if any of my readers should ever go there, they may interrogate her about Tito Celsi. + I should state here that it is very diffioult for a stranger to obtain permission to hunt the chamois in Switzerland. Mountains, which are so rich in botanical treasures." "0 yes, the Canton of the Grisons is very celebrated on this account," said he. After this, with a curiosity which startled me, he exclaimed " Have you come from Poschiavo?" "No," said I, "from St. Moritz." "Oh tell me something about the people who were arrested there then?" "I don't know anything about them," I replied. "What You know nothing of them? A gentleman named Celsi was arrested there three days ago for having taken part in some political movement. They say that Mazzini and Kossuth are taken too, with many other Italian patriots." "Oh yes," said I, "I heard something about it, but as I take no part in such matters, I can't give you any positive information." At these words with a sorrowful as...