The Edinburgh Magazine, February 1821, pages 122-132
ITALIAN LITERATURE.
No. III.
Il Conte di Carmagnola, a Tragedy, by Alessandro Manzoni.
Francesco Bussone, the son of a peasant in Carmagnola, from whence his nom de guerre was derived, was born in the year 1390. Whilst yet a boy, and employed in the care of flocks and herds, the lofty character of his countenance was observed by a soldier of fortune, who invited the youth to forsake his rustic occupations, and ac-
