one describes new scenes and experiences while his impressions are still fresh and vivid, can only become less graphic by the attempt to improve it.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, June 5, 1868.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

OLD ENGLAND.

First Impressions of England.

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- Chester.Tokens of Antiquity.

Sherwood Forest.— Haddon Hall. - Fountains Abbey.—

Boston. - Houses of Parliament. - Dinner Speaking. - Lord

Brougham. The English Pulpit. - Spurgeon. - Newman

Hall. - Martineau

CHAPTER II.

LONDON.

Municipal Organization. - Climate. Police. Literary Associa-

tions.

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Parks. - Contrasts. The Bank. - The Royal Ex-

Westminster Abbey. - St. Paul's. - The British Museum.

-The South Kensington Museum

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CHAPTER III.

SKETCHES OF TRAVEL IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS.

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Scottish Lakes.-Highland Scenery. - Ben Nevis.— Killarney.

-The Jaunting-car. The Gap of Dunloe.- The Irish

Lakes. — Mendicancy. - The English Lakes. — Memorials of

Wordsworth. Sheffield. Manufactures of Iron and Steel.

- Edinburgh. — Old and New City. - Scott's Monument.

Dublin. St. Patrick's.

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CHAPTER IV.

ART.

Superiority of Ancient and Medieval Art. - The Ministry of Art.

Other Pictures at Dresden.

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The Sistine Madonna.

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Titian's Assumption of the Virgin. - Raphael's Transfigura-

tion.- Rubens' Pictures. Wood-carving. - Pulpit at Brus-

Michael Angelo's Moses. -

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sels. The Dying Gladiator.

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The Milan Cathedral. - Goldsmith's Work.

Decline of Art

Swiss Roads.

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CHAPTER V.

SWITZERLAND.

Inns. People. - Basle. — Lucerne. - The Rigi.

- Lake Lucerne. - Pass of St. Gotthard. The Furca.

Glacier of the Rhone. - The Grimsel Pass.- Lake of Brienz.

-Falls of the Giessbach. - Interlachen. - The Jungfrau. -

Swiss Music. - Bern.

- Baths of Saxon.

CHAMOUNY AND NORTHERN ITALY.

Routes to Chamouny. - The Valley.- The Flégère.

tanvert. - The Mer de Glace. The Glacier des Bossons.

Sunrise at Chamouny. The Simplon. - First Views of Italy.

Domo d'Ossola. — Lake Maggiore. — Lake Lugano. — Lu-

gano. - Lake of Como.- Como. - Market-scene.- Milan.

The Last Supper. - Church of St. Ambrose. - Golden Altar.

- Ambrosian Library

Manysidedness of Paris. - Its Exterior.-Industry.- Manufac-

tures. Holidays.-Charities. - Education. - Paternal Gov-

ernment. The Boulevards.

theon.- Notre Dame. - Chapelle Expiatoire. - Chapel of St.

Ferdinand. Père la Chaise. - Tomb of Napoleon.

Louvre. - Jardin des Plantes. - Jardin d'Acclimatation . . 148

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CHAPTER VIII.

NAPLES AND ITS VICINITY.

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Naples.Views. People. Modes of Living. Vesuvius.

The Solfatara.-Monte Nuovo.-Lake of Agnano. - Stufa

di Nerone. Virgilian Sites. - Avernus. The Acherusia

Palus.-The Elysian Fields. Cave of the Cumæan Sibyl. -

Road to Sorrento. Sorrento. The Blue Grotto. Capri.

-Palace of Tiberius. - Road to Amalfi. — Amalfi. Salerno.

- Peasants' Costume. - Present Condition of Italy. - Prot-

estantism in Naples and Florence

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POMPEIL, PISA, PERUGIA, AND BOLOGNA.

Destruction of Pompeii.- Its Streets, Shops, Houses, and Temples.

National Museum at Naples. - Unrolling of Manuscripts.

- Relics of the Buried Cities. - Pompeii a Commentary on

the Classics. Pisa.-The Cathedral. - The Baptistery.-

The Leaning Tower.-The Campo Santo.- Perugia. - The

Staffa Madonna. - Pietro Perugino. - Bologna. - Raphael's

St. Cecilia. Guido's Madonna della Pieta. The Campo

Santo

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CHAPTER X.

ANCIENT ROME.

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First Impressions.-The Seven Hills.-The Capitol. — The Fo-

rum Romanum. - Trajan's Forum and Column. Baths of

Caracalla. The Colosseum. - The Pantheon. - Aqueducts.

The Tarpeian Rock. - The Mamertine Prison. — The Clo-

aca Maxima.Ancient Sculpture. - Inscriptions. - Church

of St. Clement. - The Catacombs. - Hadrian's Villa.- Ti-

voli. - The Campagna. —The Tiber. - Vestiges of the ancient

Roman Race. Saturnalia on the Eve of the Epiphany

- Sistine Chapel. — The Last Judg-

ment. - - Raphael's Creation. Etruscan Museum.

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Maps. Vatican Library. - Manufacture of Mosaics. - Christ-

mas at St. Peter's. The Cardinals. - The Pope. - Christ-

mas at the Ara Coeli.- Scala Santa. Church of St. Stephen.

-Vault of the Capuchins. Monks in Rome. State of the

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City. Palaces. - Artists. Houses of the Poor. - Beggars.

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- Chestnut Venders.- Bad Police. - Fox-hunt. - Protestant

Cemetery. Falls of Terni

CHAPTER XII.

GERMANY.

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Nuremberg.-Aspect of Antiquity. - Fountains and Markets.

Instruments of Torture. Old Curiosity Shop. - Honor to

Distinguished Natives. - Prague. - Hymns to the Virgin.

- Cathedral of St. Vitus. The Judenstadt.

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- Church-customs. — Heidelberg. - Castle. - Fair.

gogue.

Market. Baden-Baden. - Castles, Old and New. - High

Play. Hot Springs.- Freiberg. - School of Mines. — Prac-

tical Mining

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