 He attracted public attention by his volume of poems published under the pseudonym of Dario Gaddi, and a collection of critical essays, "Odi Tiberine".He was professor of Italian literature at Turin, and in 1893 was made prefect of the Library Vittorio Emanuele at Rome.He collaborated on the "Nuova Antologia", and co-founded and co-edited the magazine "Archivio Storico dell'Arte".