, 1873-12-27
The Cathedral Of Milan and the Tomb
Of San Carlo Borromco.
Tic Picture. Galleries of Florence
---Snntn CrOcc.
lsoll's "Lincoln, anl "Eve ,'...nfeal's
"I.tncoln'' aud "Etlian Allcns...
Grey's ssAmericnn Flag"
.--p0Wers, Studio.

Tn tuo evening OF UCE IL, nt o'cloclts our
coacl,nau cracbol lis wlp llko fusilado Of
musketry, Us l,o rallopod Ills horses uudor the
arcl,ca entrance to tic court of tho Hotol Belle
Wow, ut Dayano on Lai;o AIaggioro. In five Soc
ont1s, tho maator aud mistress, followed by al
least a dozen servants, woro helping ns from tho
carriage, aud, acizing tho n,,mbcrlcss bundles
and boxes OF tho ladies', woro conducting tts to
our rooms md, with italian obsoquionsncss,
tho mastcr, with liu hand on his heart. assured
,s that ha hotel and everything 1t contained, ILL.,
cludng himself, woro at Our service.
Sunday morning, Oct. II, was bright and clonr,
and us lovely as our finest September mornings
1T homo.
LAKE MAau1onE,
with Iso1a Bella and the othor Borromean Islands.
was sparkling i'll the morning sunlight, and tlliH
beautiful lako, with Its blue waters, looked very
lovely III a framework of mountains covered
with the luxuriaut foliage of Itnly, and formed
picture rcalizng ono's brightest drenma Of this
,aud of t1owcrg Soon after breakfast, the sil-
,or tones Of tho bell in tho chapel in tho grounds
If wealthy English gcntlonian called us to
.lll1rch.
Monday we spent on tho Lake, whiting
1soLA MApnE AND 1soLA BELLA.
Tho fornor il we'll wooded, md haB Bomo flno
nearly covered with tho palaceu and gardens Of
tho Count Borromoo. Tic garden Ia in tho
French STYLE, full of terraces, poor statuary, and
rrotcsauo fountains, Tho palace itsclf il large,
and Possesses much antique splcntor but tic
many formal terraces, tho very artificial, unnat-
ural grottoos, tho dry fountains, and much very
old, broken mud grotcsquo statuary, are p,,erilo
aud 1eayo tic impression of q yast toy-earlou
and are interesting only as q specimen Of the
Ind taste in laulscapo. gardening prevailing two
,r n,roo centu,ios .ro rhe 1so1a Ma1ro ia
''s1 % 1.,a ,.;I ~
moen moro na'ura4' ""u' as l haso sA'o' uaa
some tine trees,-the TWO hnost beihG MI
American hen,locls-sprnco and Norway llr.
On the 17th ,re rcachod Mnn. and doyoted tho
erot tl,roo o,. ,,,ost r,;,,1,, "a +,o co,ehrotoa
tna, taIe' ua,n 'a.s' 80, .,. ei-,..
Cathedfa', winch tne aAllallese ca'l tne elsusn
wonder Of tho world. We devoted ono entlro
lnv to tho various chapc]s, tom,s. and nonu-
mcnts aud another to tho etaipca-class vim
- '.1.;.1 -, ,,;.t a,;o, ~onroao,,+otio,, ,,o,
uo"s' on "n'en ~ 'letol"4 ,opAese.,"..o'' ~
may slnoy tho history Oh tho "orla' from the
creation down to tho death Of Sun Carlo Dorro-
mco. in the sixtoouth century, The
ao,,v ~, r,,, o,,v1
.,. p s..a.,.>.a... III T,,,,,, .,ou .,,,,
IL 10 the crypt a"a asutl'asaos "A A"'e eYel sceh
i'll aplcnlor and lnngnificence. Tho sarcopEiagua
ia OF rock.crystaE, bound all round with silver.
r1,o hof1ror whnt vaa once tlo lot1v-is f3rcsao1
:. -. -, T,aua;-,,1 A ,n,.,n;r,aa4 a,o,,,
~ n1a ,opes w sato..i". - s.o"a
ot gold, dsau1onds, anu other precious stohos' III
on his head. cross Of onacralds aud diamonds
blazos on his branst, present from tho EmprcBs
,1or;n rrorao.. . t,,ia orosu in of ;n,rcnaa yauo
a 80 ,'".'.4.. 1s.1s,. s,,a -.aa,a,,, ato,,a.
"uo e1ca' peA"''' oo"e's ""a p'. p's.1one asenso
arc lncrusfcd everywhere ABOUT tAo nareopaagus;
slere are diamond rings upon tho bones Of tho
fingers nnd the cha,oeI is faid to bp solid silver
md to,a s,tocotner IL far snrrn.sca anv NJ
.' t 20 ."s..,> ~ :.,sa,, ,,p,'a saa
tue eoilecl!ons ~ ~ N.Y. oSo a
eeeu. II %as a. taaael 9lmens1 ~ eue .e srea, a,o
angera o. ehe oa'.,t 1ot shc " 5amo's
alafnontls anu eoa 4tault1un Snss tlv oa'l!l
Mas an uusnuu, ~ @ ~, ae,,ms na
1"ea1 H.. .''v n~,, ir"a
1fesis III ntslei"!!; VIZ i''' oM!! W. ilsce!y
na19s " 1no aano'o III 'n' ''''io " t''
VI 'ne
:, cAlAEphAh or MliAS ,,
u ~ al'lca't ~ Moian - coa'e5 "l!i tue sr ~
20 sast, 10 Gola}'i'ctuu ; w. h'a.iscunl, lno
interior ie .aeepiy impressive: Ale hafea, ~
ou ~ s's@ua.t Iu..' ttu''. m,t!v
tle n1ee.lI a1oneh eIaeeant's splnE " '"ppy,t.
tool tnat 4oons ~ .tunsn ~ .!uuis .Is il,"s
!eae npon ~; sno S;.st aoIu Ill., !1a l.S'ia ~" mp
i; so,iar,, 1n1 90 ,'iecod oa to tro III n.
eoa,ulI NIL, ~ H,s.e9a III. ~ " ,.;a .t ~ ~.
sSus v1; nJ;e,,ea =; ~ spAo' =. IT, t;o1
sout Iatnos 1e'tGses - Wy ~ ~ ~ 10y
"as,o ra.t l. III oro, thnt ,a'v ocrv;cn, mae
~ eleae ~ tuu ate.. si:L u'aH netstSes 10y
We actually witnessed 'nafriase & o. oao aaal, a
naptlsa1 ~ hnosnc!, a1,u luaetaa 'lsnt Ivy naso
nsa paco 1nt ~ iu au y a;t;a i ora au ,vaa .oao
preu ~ aHa. ~ s,,et1 m1n
eIoMG ol Wonues!ng allu aanl't'ns spoetatols'
u! WIN apu1!eans IGoh a'!a sl'aec. ,,.
,d ny nn IT. u ao Guteo g ~ & M'e 1 it
taIa !; luo.a l.Ne 'ou.Mai u aLue, sut lulu
1 atntu w. SPraa' r ~ ls
anu SEMINARY. Inc rool ~ 'oreat ol stalnaty
9nu plnnaeies; nn; ~ eeema 10 NE oyGfefo"ooo'
hn i, ooi Ju at uar ~ op Of forost rees ma If
more tnptessou WIN ~ LOW ma1cselc s!'eciEaells
ssn tnV HnEsi a', o. s hmu M NO. paeou tnas sG.
n,sn ., W ~ ~ ra onsc Soraat t1 50 oc !" lila
~ @ uuso adross, b? itc - ~ sa 'Gne ,"s
pa.ls'as'os ana sssutS; ~ ~ ~ ue.se lGEst Ist
IT. so 'na Snm e'us ~ ~ .co :" 1nS: ~ ~.
,ence sus ~ II 'mnroa sp
Ipseneo o. hensaton". a 1, os;aclasa1o w.; mptes
nc more tnn1i III tuo Mouaota " LIE oM"tHh
30AeraM. IL seensa TO me tnat, Wlillo Hs pfo
nottloils aro coloSsa1 1h1 ~, 'Htct'at ~ 5i"iiu
.l1a o1torlor ~ oyesloadoa aug oVofcio%ao9; tu'
naucuco OF tue Eastern afcmtectnfe, tAo bSzan