New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-15
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
CkSrFIAR,s ROME AND ITALY.


presented is combined with a singulary exact ana
impressive portraiture of the social life Of modern
Italy II is true that the author disclams any pur
poec depicting the manners of the people ms they as
exhibited AT thepresent day. but his graphic sketches
are the faithful expressions of reality, ana auolu
brilliant panorama of the living movement OF ''e ar
nient capital He regards the spectacle beloie MN
with the eye of poet rather than oil eoico'oi %
statistics or ploddng explorer of anlq''ile'' AH'
scenes Of the past and Of the present make po"o'
ful appeal TO his imagination, and ms creative so-
MUS clothes the moldoring remains OF ages WI"
fresh and vioorons Ife with the exception OF
Hawthorne no writer has entered SO deepy lu,o inc
spirit whio. gives a weird charm to the hoihah
opu,nen,s or has so aptly reproduced the features
which express the strange antique character Oh Vne
Roman streets.
His FIRST entrance into Italy was at the port OF
s,yto Vccobia As the boat ne3red the shore, every
heart bounded with enthusiasm. The buildings
and ALI around spoke Of antiquity. He was ready 10
fling himself on his knees aud kiss the earth But
has rdor war speedily cooled down by the vision OF
a customhouse officer in pursuit of baggage and
of the police who clamored for passports
ths into the POnthcal States with
my arrival IA the Swiss CantOns. Certainty, sentiments
net Sublime awakened az behOdlng NOSE ihoun
with eternal SHOWS those dark anu sug
e0veA beside whch stretch meadows OF tender green
enaucrd with Towers those AZURE axes seeng az bf
80 =, S,is. tbose iu,prtuous torrents OF crystal
wa-ets those villages peopled hy vigorous ana nary
rae. which realizes the greatest happiness known
a. human socicty-the union OF noery anu , ue
moeracy Nothing dsturhs the traveller IN the eon'e M
pl.tiuu 20 thus grandeur. No policeman demands ns
banf eustomhouse official searches 1s pass' ~;
iie,,y bs fbIoWn thcn opsn TO the world, while the
Roman shnre-those coasts Wnch looh ~ $500 and
isx atncrers incose The country which nature mas
opened 60 nations and 10 every breath Oh he''e'
The railway journey from Civita Neechia TO Rome
heQt
,ent 10 the heart Of the traveller by the vast PLAIN
which holds the city OF the C,esars in its pestilenia
embrace.
The torr OF departure strikes. The whistle sounds
Cvi Vrca the port OF the Roman states; but there
ar, no carte nor barrels burdens, nor laborers-
r,tIur indicative OF commercial existence except tue
custonhouse officials placed nero 70 oostrooI ~ a
heard ~ the drcarness OF the Roman Oanpd
hut lad NOT imagined its reality Death seems 70 nave
swallowed even the runs Ravens ana ygl'nres , nSse
the bones Of THIS huge CORPSE Ih1e @ @
stations between the sea and the EteIha Ciy, put NJ
any OF them The ohcals ea out .uo hi,,
ouch as Rio Fiume Magana sounds lost IN distant
erhors ga the immensely Of the desert IL Is very strange
10 zee "a raln solitude, no one mounting OF descend.
aug. no one looking one loading or unloading
oircuiar howell surmouuted by wooden cross Is ulgh
ned b, the name Of the station" They look IKE the
tobs of savages The train moves as slowly as cart
90 there Is ample to observe the immense horlzon
heres and 6uffaloes, a few shepherds on wornout
ponies, a cart with poor feyerstricken lamy-tne
remains OF nOmadC race, dying in the desert WneIe so
buried.
HIS arrival gives occasion 10 NNiu Hhhi"'uiO
painting Of the historical gores of the ancient cap
itsJ.
Al lsst M the fall Of evening, when shadows hung
over Rome we arrived in the Eternal CITY that city
Mn beT trunes snthorty with her Caesars religion
with ber priests that city which the annals OF the
iramphai arch through which the modern ages have
been ushered the temple To when generations Oh Sat
hight Tue great school N which artists learn Of SeT ore
eh
tneoOges brought to the Pantheon on cars OF
triumph the city the august and most powerful that
has ever existed on the earth which still directs
the conscience of part Of the human family by the
prestige lie history, by the mysteries when arise from
It, majestic ruins. penetrated with deep senti-
cui OF yencrdOu toward this city, unique In the world
Babylon, Tyre. Jerusalem, Athens' alexandra, haSe
rgued ancient story at different intervals ana at
certain periods, realizing each one nus IDEA ten ~ mas
thau the records OF existence, the bones OF its
viii be great In history bat this Rome which the
ancients Justly called Eternal belongs TO both hens-
pheres fitne-tbe heather and tue Christian world
The impressions produced by the sight of the
Pontifcal Court were tinged with feeling of pro
found sadness The baslicas, in spite of their
colossal majesty chill the warmth Of devotion. The
tolduess oi marble touches the soul. Nor is the
pristine character Of religion preserved amid the
pompous ceremonies which have changed the hon.
AGE If the sJiiit into the worship of sense with
This system If uurostraned luxury; of strangely
dressed courters and pages clad in gold Of cardi-
nals attirpd IA purple and ermine of bishops with
Oriental mitTcs; of Swiss who resemble harlcquinS;
Of noble body guards whO throw black velvet man.
tlos on their shoulders and wear silver swords by
their side, OF servants clothed in all the hues of
the rainbow Of lackeys, whose hnery challenges
the painted parrots of the tropics of soldiers with
uniforms like that Of General Boom IN the
Grand Duchess of GeTolsten'-with all this
Eastern ostentation the Papal Court wan
ders from Christ and approaches Heogabalus."
An example of this Difference to outward show is
given IN the description of one of the most splendid
Functions OF the ecclesiastical year.
Itis Pain Sunday. The great Basilea OF ST. Peter
Behind In The church the people are crushed to-
eether as II they had not received with baptism
altar 10 The great door are Two Of soldiers pre-
vent the multitude from pressing on the Pope Although
immense space; for 81. Peters could contain sixty
thousand souls. The words OF military command re
so.ud londy ia temple where the voice Of prayer
should alone be audible The butts OF the firearms fall
no on the marble bb amSsf
an the nundation OF foreigners called by the Pope 10
PIN TX appears ne rs impossible Tor any one TO give
AL idea the different dresses worn by his retnue 10
Ike maj of Bizancio. At length after an army Of
eourtiers comes the Pope, seated on gded throne
robe OF crimson velvet and white mltre his let hand
holding the golden crosier - right nplfea IN Dene
appears theater The stalls raised on steps under the
vast arches which support the wondrcGs dome OF
Michael Angeloiare occupied by ladies' Inc arrange
ment these religious seats seems the same as tha %
the central area OF the Grand opera OF PARIS G1nos
nen whose costume strictly en- rege occupy the places
below the stalls. ,. =,
occasionally opera glasses sometimes turned on le
ladies the stalls sometimes directed toward the car
dinals The noble guards-dressed ike our cavaliers OF
the Court Of Philip ~, with trunk hose and silk stock
ingB short velvet jackets, the sleeves saeheu anu
shouder the dagger with hilt OF steel before; the
black under the arm. and the white collar on