HPLACE--By Amelia B.
Edwards 189

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME VII

FRONTISPIECE

THE COLISEUM AND THE ARCH OF TITUS

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THE PANTHEON, ROME
ROME: THE TIBER, CASTLE OF ST. ANGELO, AND DOME OF ST. PETER'S
ROME: RUINS OF THE PALACE OF THE CAESARS
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

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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

[Illustration: THE PANTHEON OF ROME
Courtesy John C. Winston Co.]

[Illustration: THE TIBER, CASTLE OF ST. ANGELO, AND DOME OF ST. PETER'S
RUINS OF THE PALACE OF THE CAESARS]

[Illustration: THE SAN SEBASTIAN GATE OF ROME]

[Illustration: THE TOMB OF METELLA ON THE APPIAN WAY
Courtesy John C. Winston Co.]

[Illustration: THE TARPEIAN ROCK IN ROME]

[Illustration: INTERIOR OF THE COLISEUM]

[Illustration: THE COLISEUM]

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

[Illustration: ROME: INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S]

[Illustration: ROME: INTERIOR OF SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE]

[Illustration: THE CATHEDRAL OF FLORENCE]

I

ROME

FIRST DAYS IN THE ETERNAL CITY[1]

BY JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

At last I am arrived in this great capital of the world. If fifteen
years ago I could have seen it in good company, with a well-informed
guide, I should have thought myself very fortunate. But as it was to be
that I should thus see it alone, and with my own eyes, it is well that
this joy has fallen to my lot so late in life.

Over the mountains of the Tyrol I have as good as flown. Verona,
Vicenza, Padua, and Venice I have carefully looked at; hastily glanced
at Ferrara, Cento, Bologna, and scarcely seen Florence at all. My
anxiety to reach Rome was so great, and it so grew with me every moment,
that to think of stopping anywhere was quite out of th