Chapter XLVIII: From Rome, Via Florence to Venice

Peasants—A Three-Fold Crop—Elba, the Exiled Home of
Napoleon—Pisa—Leaning Tower—An Odd Burial-Ground—Florence—The
Home of Savonarola, Dante, and Michael Angelo—Art Galleries—On
to Venice—A Flood—Johnson Excited—Storm Raging—Lightening the
Ship—Venice, a Water-Lily—No Streets but Water—No Carriages but
Gondolas—Shylocks. Page, 563

ILLUSTRATIONS.

COLORED PLATES. Page.

The River Jordan, where it is supposed Christ
was baptised, 380
Vesuvius in Action, 526

MAP.

Palestine—Time of Christ, 250

WOOD ENGRAVINGS, PHOTO-ENGRAVINGS, ETC.

Steel Plate of the Author—Frontispiece,
Clarence P. Johnson, 40
Burns’ Cottage, 42
Burns’ Monument, 45
Edinburgh, 48
Scott’s Monument, 51
Edinburgh Castle, 53
Abbotsford, 76
Melrose Abbey, 78
Newstead Abbey, 94
Chapel of Henry VII, Westminster Abbey, 104
Nelson’s Monument, 106
The House of Parliament, 109
The Tower of London, 112
St. Paul’s Cathedral, 115
Chas. H. Spurgeon, 120
Bunyan’s Cottage, 129
Edward Parker, 132
Queen Victoria, 144
Windsor Castle, 146
The Home of Shakespeare, etc., (six pictures,) 148
Strasburg Cathedral, 158
View on the Rhine, 164
Giessbach Falls, 192
A Glacier in Switzerland, 197
Among the Peaks, 202
Hospice in the Alps, 208
Swiss Mountains, 211
The Belvidere, Vienna, 221
The Danube, 224
Castle on the Danube, 226
Constantinople, 228
Modern Athens, 231
The Acropolis, 233
The Parthenon of the Acropolis, 234
The Acropolis of Athens as it was, 235
Turkish Lady, 243
Island of Patmos, 247
Cedars of Lebanon, 263
Ruins of Baalbek, 274
Damascus, 278
Tombs of the Caliphs, 290
Sea of Galilee, 313
Palms in Bush Form, 321
Priest of the Greek Church, 325
Vale and City of Nazareth, 330
Interior of a Caravansary, 338
Dancing Girl, 341
Snake Charmer, 343
Ancient Sheep Fold, 344
Mt. of Olives, 348
An Arab Horseman, 350
A Bedouin, 352
View on the Road from Jerusalem to Jericho, 356
Ford of the Jordan, 391
View in the Valley of the Jordan, 395
The Dead Sea, 399
Lot’s Wife, 402
Ruth, 415
Cave of the Nativity, 418
Bethlehem, 420
Pools of Solomon, 423
Mosque of Hebron, 424
Government Guards, 438
Jerusalem, 448
Hills and Walls of Jerusalem, 450
Old Olive Trees in Gethsemane, 455
Street in Jerusalem, 459
Wailing Place of the Jews, 461
Mosque of Omar, 470
Solomon’s Temple as it was, 474
Holy Sepulchre, 483
Pool of Siloam, 486
Tombs of the Kings of Judah, 489
Burial of Christ, 492
The Castle of David and Jaffa Gate, 497
An Egyptian, 502
Donkey Boys of Cairo, 507
Pyramid and Sphinx, 509
Pompeii, Street of Cornelius Rufus, 517
Climbing Mt. Vesuvius, 528
Colosseum of Rome, 537
John H. Eager, 555
Baptist Chapel at Pellice, Italy, 559
Leaning Tower of Pisa, 565