CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII
Italy, Sicily, and Greece--Part One
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
