Chapter I: Front Matter

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FROM
THE THAMES
TO THE TIBER;

OR,
MY VISIT TO PARIS, ROME, FLORENCE, VENICE,
MILAN, SWITZERLAND, ETC.,
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

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BY
J. WARDLE

Author of

“General Gordon, Saint and Soldier.”
“Tour in Palestine and Egypt.”
“Sound at heart,” etc.

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A. TAYLOR,
CHAPEL BAR, NOTTINGHAM.
1909.

CONTENTS.

PAGE CHAPTER I. London: Its teeming millions of population; Its commercial 1 aspect: Leaving Victoria Station for New Haven: On the boat: New found friends: Landing at Dieppe: Leaving for Paris: Arrival at Rouen: Its Cathedral, etc. CHAPTER II. Arrival at Paris: Our Hotel—“Hotel Londres and New York”: 11 Visit to the Louvre: The Cathedral of Notre Dame: The Church of St. Geniveve: The Pantheon: Bloody Bartholomew: Its awful massacre. CHAPTER III. Paris: Palace de Concorde: Champs-Elysees: The Bois de 19 Boulogne: The extensive Boulevards: The River Seine: Leaving Paris: Arrival at Dijon: Our Hotel: Dijon: Its Churches, etc.: Our journey to Chambery, etc. CHAPTER IV. Through Mont Cenis Tunnel: Passing the Customs: Our new 28 friend—Nurse Reynolds: Our scrimmage for provisions at Turin: Arrival at Genoa and Table-de-hote: Arrival at Rome: Our Hotel, etc. CHAPTER V. Visit to the Forum and Coliseum: Crossing the Tiber: 36 Castle of St. Angelo: Palace of Justice: Trajan’s Column: Garibaldi’s Monument: The Appian Way: St. Peter’s: Its magnitude and magnificence: Michael Angelo’s work. CHAPTER VI. Rome, continued: St. Peter’s Cathedral: St. Peter’s 50 Statue: His resting place: The Columns, Pictures, Fonts, Confessionals, etc., etc.: The Vatican: The Professional Letter Writer: The Arch of Titus: Statue of Nero, etc. CHAPTER VII. The Church of the Trinity: St. Maria: Church of Onesemus: 67 The Grand Corso: The British and Foreign Bible Society: Outside view of the Quirinal: Nero’s House: Leaving Rome: Scene at a wayside station: Arrival at Florence: Visit to the Cathedral. CHAPTER VIII. Florence: Michael Angelo’s House: Baptistry of St. John: 77 The Uffizi Gallery: The Tribune: A drive to the suburbs: Dante’s House: His Poems: Mrs. Browning on Vallambrosa: Michael Angelo’s work: Galileo, his trial, etc. CHAPTER IX. Appalling catastrophe in Italy: Messina: Savonarola: His 90 defiance of the Pope: His excommunication: His prison cell, etc.: His martyrdom: Raphael: His genius as a painter: His works: The old Protestant Cemetery: Leaving Florence: Bologna: Crossing the Lagoons: Venice. CHAPTER X. Arrival at Venice: The ubiquitous Gondolo: The Grand 102 Canal: The curious water ways: Our Hotel: A snap shot of a Gondolo and its freight: St. Mark’s Cathedral: Its curious history: Its wonderful Tower, and its interior possessions. CHAPTER XI. The Pigeons in St. Mark’s Square: Description of its 113 interior: The Palace of the Doges: The Bridge of Sighs: The general Archives of Venice: Church of St. Maria dei Frari: A London Polytechnic Party: The slums of Venice: Our leaving. CHAPTER XII. Arrival in Milan: Our visit to the Cathedral: Its Spires, 127 and Turrets: Its Stained Glass Windows, Altars, Pictures, and Sculpture: The Church of St. Ambrogio: The Bera Picture Gallery: The Hospital: Leaving Milan: Arrival at Como: Lake Como. CHAPTER XIII. Arrival at Lugano: The river Tessin and its bridge of ten 140 arches: Bellinzono: Entrance to the great St. Gothard Tunnel: Station of Andermath: St. Bernard’s Hospice: The Devil’s Bridge: The Wood Cutter at Work: William Tell’s Chapel: His story: Lucerne: Our Hotel: Our run up the Sonnenberg, etc. CHAPTER XIV. The glacier gardens: The Lion of Lucerne: The glacier mill 153 holes: The museum: The Bridge over the Reuss: The Cathedral: Pilatus Mountain: Leaving Lucerne: Zurich: Lake of Zurich: Zwingli, the reformer. CHAPTER XV. From Zurich to Basle: Arrival in Basle: Our Hotel: Our 165 visit to the Rhine Bridge: “The Watch on the Rhine”: The Market: The Cathedral and its sculpture, etc.: Erasmus: The Museum: The Zoological gardens: Leaving Basle: Arrival at Belfort: Belfort besieged. CHAPTER XVI. At Marseilles: Our Hotel; Meeting Mr. and Mrs. Green and 175 Mrs. Martin: The sights of the City: The Cathedral, etc.: En route for Mentone: Toulon: Passing Nice: Cannes: Arrival at Mentone: Our Hotel: Meeting Mr. and Miss Brown: The scenery, etc.: Visit to Monte Carlo.