van Dyck (Van Dyke), Anthony, 73–74, 98–99, 107–108
vegetation, 16
Devonshire’s color and beauty, 76
Lake George, 20–21
Venice, Italy
approach to, 132–133
atmosphere, 190–191
Bridge of Sighs, 131(fig.)
Tintoretto’s paintings, 137–141
Torcello excursion, 134–136
visual delights of, 133–134
Vernon, Dorothy, 68
Verona, Italy, 141–145
Veronese, Paolo (Paul), 107, 134, 137–139
Villa Ludovisi, Rome, Italy, 151
Villa Medici, Rome, Italy, 151–152
vulgarity
of Gravesend, 236–237
of Saratoga, 2–3
Walsh, Catharine, xx–xxi
Warwick, England, 71–74
Washington Square (James), xxiv
watering-places
Homburg, 158–159, 168–169
Ilfracombe, 79–82
Newport, 31–32
See also Saratoga
Episcopal Palace, 92–94
Glastonbury Abbey, 94–95
selectness of the Cathedral congregants, 90–91
Vicars’ Close, 91–92
Wharton, Edith, viii
Whitman, Walt, vii–ix
Wilton House, 97–98
women, 4
American tourists, 163–164
elegance of Saratoga’s women, 6–9
English visitors in Scotland, 242–243
Newport social hierarchy, 34–35
social isolation, 9
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