Chapter XVIII: Southern Shores

Melancholy Ravenna—Early Byzantine architecture—Forests
of stone-pine—Smiles and tears—The need of a little
misfortune—Monte Gargano—Millions of Spanish
merinos—Primæval forest—A forest miracle—Church of the
Apparition of St. Michael—Other apparitions of the
Archangel—The revelation to St. Aubert—The great round
church—Order of the Knights of St. Michael—A “maiden”
fortress of France pp. 354-365

INDEX pp. 366-372

ILLUSTRATIONS

VENICE: THE GRAND CANAL _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE
ST. BENEDICT 24
ST. GREGORY 44
ROME: THE PANTHEON 62
PIUS IX 82
PIUS IX IN LATER LIFE 106
PIUS VII 132
QUEEN JOAN OF NAPLES 200
CLEMENT VI 260
NAPLES: CASTEL DELL’UOVO 264
THE TOMB OF QUEEN JOAN 274
JOACHIM MURAT, KING OF NAPLES 288
CAROLINE BUONAPARTE, QUEEN OF NAPLES 310
LIVORNO 332
TORCELLO: THE CATHEDRAL AND THE CHURCH OF ST. FOSCA 344
RAVENNA 354

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