Chapter II: Introduction: TO VOLS. VII AND VIII--By the Editor

I--ROME
PAGE
FIRST DAYS IN THE ETERNAL CITY--By Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe 1

THE ANTIQUITIES--By Joseph Addison 10

THE PALACE OF THE CÆSARS--By Rodolfo
Lanciani 17

THE COLISEUM--By George S. Hillard 24

THE PANTHEON--By George S. Hillard 29

HADRIAN'S TOMB--By Rodolfo Lanciani 32

TRAJAN'S FORUM--By Francis Wey 35

THE BATHS OF CARACALLA--By Hippolyte
Adolphe Taine 37

THE AQUEDUCT BUILDERS--By Rodolfo Lanciani 41

THE QUARRIES AND BRICKS OF THE ANCIENT
CITY--By Rodolfo Lanciani 45

PALM SUNDAY IN ST. PETER--By Grace
Greenwood (Mrs. Lippincott) 53

THE ELECTION OF A POPE--By Cardinal Wiseman 55

AN AUDIENCE WITH PIUS X.--By Mary Emogene
Hazeltine 59

THE ASCENT OF THE DOME OF ST. PETER'S--By
George S. Hillard 64

SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE--By Hippolyte
Adolphe Taine 67

CATACOMBS AND CRYPTS--By Charles Dickens 69

THE CEMETERY OF THE CAPUCHINS--By Nathaniel
Hawthorne 73

THE BURIAL PLACE OF KEATS AND SHELLEY--By
Nathaniel Parker Willis 75

EXCURSIONS NEAR ROME--By Charles Dickens 78

II--FLORENCE

THE APPROACH BY CARRIAGE ROAD--By Nathaniel
Hawthorne 83

THE OLD PALACE AND THE LOGGIA--By Theophile
Gautier 86

THE ORIGINS OF THE CITY--By Grant Allen 92

THE CATHEDRAL--By Hippolyte Adolphe
Taine 96

THE ASCENT OF THE DOME OF BRUNELLESCHI--By
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Blashfield 102

ARNOLFO, GIOTTO AND BRUNELLESCHI--By
Mrs. Oliphant 106

GHIBERTI'S GATES--By Charles Yriarte 116

THE PONTE VECCHIO--By Charles Yriarte 119

SANTA CROCE--By Charles Yriarte 121

THE UFFIZI GALLERY--By Hippolyte Adolphe
Taine 125

FLORENCE EIGHTY YEARS AGO--By William
Cullen Bryant 131

III--VENICE

THE APPROACH FROM THE SEA--By Charles
Yriarte 138

THE APPROACH BY TRAIN--By the Editor 140

A TOUR OF THE GRAND CANAL--By Theophile
Gautier 143

ST. MARK'S CHURCH--By John Ruskin 148

HOW THE OLD CAMPANILE WAS BUILT--By
Horatio F. Brown 155

HOW THE CAMPANILE FELL--By Horatio F.
Brown 161

THE PALACE OF THE DOGES--By John Ruskin 163

THE LAGOONS--By Horatio F. Brown 174

THE DECLINE AMID SPLENDOR--By Hippolyte
Adolphe Taine 177

THE DOVES OF ST. MARK'S--By Horatio F.
Brown 183

TORCELLO, THE MOTHER CITY--By John Ruskin 186

CADORE, TITIAN'S BIRTHPLACE--By Amelia B.
Edwards 189

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME VII

FRONTISPIECE

THE COLISEUM AND THE ARCH OF TITUS

PRECEDING PAGE 1

THE PANTHEON, ROME
ROME: THE TIBER, CASTLE OF ST. ANGELO, AND DOME OF ST. PETER'S
ROME: RUINS OF THE PALACE OF THE CÆSARS
ROME: THE SAN SEBASTIAN GATE
THE TOMB OF METELLA ON THE APPIAN WAY
THE TARPIAN ROCK IN ROME
INTERIOR OF THE COLISEUM
THE COLISEUM, ROME
ST. PETER'S, ROME
ROME: INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S
ROME: INTERIOR OF SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE
THE CATHEDRAL, FLORENCE

FOLLOWING PAGE 96

FLORENCE: BRIDGE ACROSS THE ARNO
FLORENCE: THE OLD PALACE
FLORENCE: THE LOGGIA DI LANZI
FLORENCE: CLOISTER OF SANTA MARIA NOVELLA
FLORENCE: CLOISTER OF SAN MARCO
FLORENCE: THE PITTI PALACE
FLORENCE: HOUSE OF DANTE
FRONT OF ST. MARK'S, VENICE
INTERIOR OF ST. MARK'S, VENICE
THE DUCAL PALACE, VENICE
VENICE: PIAZZA OF ST. MARK'S, DUCAL PALACE ON THE LEFT
VIEW OF VENICE FROM THE CAMPANILE

[ST. PETER'S, ROME Courtesy John C. Winston Co.]