the Poor, and the Palaces of Rome. 135
VII.
ART IN POMPEII.
The Homes of the Wealthy.--The Triangular Forum and
the Temples.--Pompeian Architecture: Its Merits and
its Defects.--The Artists of the Little City.--The
Paintings here.--Landscapes, Figures, Rope-dancers,
Dancing-girls, Centaurs, Gods, Heroes, the Iliad
Illustrated.--Mosaics.--Statues and
Statuettes.--Jewelry.--Carved Glass.--Art and Life. 167
VIII.
THE THEATRES.
The Arrangement of the Places of Amusement.--Entrance
Tickets.--The Velarium, the Orchestra, the Stage.--The
Odeon.--The Holconii.--The Side Scenes, the Masks.--The
Atellan Farces.--The Mimes.--Jugglers, etc.--A
Remark of Cicero on the Melodramas.--The Barrack
of the Gladiators.--Scratched Inscriptions, Instruments
of Torture.--The Pompeian Gladiators.--The Amphitheatre:
Hunts, Combats, Butcheries, etc. 199
IX.
THE ERUPTION.
The Deluge of Ashes.--The Deluge of Fire.--The Flight
of the Pompeians.--The Preoccupations of the Pompeian
Women.--The Victims: the Family of Diomed; the
Sentinel; the Woman Walled up in a Tomb; the Priest
of Isis; the Lovers clinging together, etc.--The
Skeletons.--The Dead Bodies moulded by Vesuvius. 232
DIALOGUE.
(IN A BOOKSTORE AT NAPLES.)
A TRAVELLER (_entering_).--Have you any work on Pompeii?
THE SALESMAN.--Yes; we have several. Here, for instance, is
Bulwer's "Last Days of Pompeii."
TRAVELLER.--Too thoroughly romantic.
SALESMAN.--Well, here are the folios of Mazois.
TRAVELLER.--Too heavy.
SALESMAN.--Here's Dumas's "Corricolo."
TRAVELLER.--Too light.
SALESMAN.--How would Nicolini's magnificent work suit you?
TRAVELLER.--Oh! that's too dear.
SALESMAN.--Here's Commander Aloe's "Guide."
TRAVELLER.--That's too dry.
SALESMAN.--Neither dry, nor romantic, nor light, nor heavy!
What, then, would you have, sir?
TRAVELLER.--A small, portable work; accurate, conscientious,
and within everybody's reach.
SALESMAN.--Ah, sir, we have nothing of that kind; besides, it
is impossible to get up such a work.
THE AUTHOR (_aside_).--Who knows?
THE
WONDERS OF POMPEII.
I.
THE EXHUMED CITY.
THE ANTIQUE LANDSCAPE--THE HISTORY OF POMPEII BEFORE AND AFTER
ITS DESTRUCTION.--HOW IT WAS BURIED AND EXHUMED.--WINKELMANN AS A
PROPHET.--THE EXCAVATIONS IN THE REIG
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