Excerpt from Life on the Lagoons IN preparing this new edition of Life on Me Lagoons, I have re-written the chapter upon the structure of the Venetian estuary, and have> added a very brief history of, those who made it their home. I trust that this condensed account of the Venetian Republic may prove useful to those who visit the City in the Lagoons. I have also included some description of the restorations which have recently been carried out at the Ducal Palace, based upon information furnished to me by the architect in charge of the works. The addition of illustrations to the book will, it is hoped, prove acceptable. Those chapters in the first edition which referred chiefly to the main land of Venetia have been omitted, with a view to concentrating the work upon the city of Venice; they may, perhaps, be utilised, some day, in a companion book upon the cities, villages, and castles of the Veneto. 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.