, 1874-05-16


out the balconies and windows to stTangesst
from which to witness the fun and iollleB OF the
crowd on the street below. Tho Corso Ia the
great shopstreet OF the city, Tor the sale OF drY
goods, jewelry, pictnres statuettea. photographs,
works OF nrt and cnrioslsies OF all sorts. But, i
il it were twice as wide. and extended to Cnplto-
line Hill, which overlooEs the pr1nc1pai runs OF
.he ancient city, 1ncluoins tne conseuH, 1ne
Forum. and tho palaces OF the CHaars, 1t "ould !
DO tcnfold more imposing to the eye OF the |
stranger
4 great Fart OF Inhabited Rome 1s, comparh~
tiyely speaking,
MODERN CITY.
occupying the once open spaces OF the Caurpus
3Tariius down the Valley OF the Tiber which
Aows through the city in a circuitons co1rse,
so1nowhat in the shape Of the letter Sits gen
eral direction being from north to south Very
few Of the buildings in Rome date beyond the
year 1900. The greatest ravages committed on
the ancient structures were between that ONO
and the middle OF the last century. Modern
Romo Is, IN CHIEF part, constructed 11o1n tno
ruins Of the aneens G IKE oat -, q tma and
the effects OF fire, were torn down and repn1ts IN
palaces and churches OF Which there are 3oo OF
the latter and twice as many OF the former; ana
tens OF thousands OF marble pillars ana granite
columns we're feno'eo i.ois luo &o'uFl9o' 1o ~ '
baths, theatres, anpn11heatfea; Aua Palaeeo'
to decorate and beautlfY tue palaces, cnu!cnee.
and cathedla ais which were erected IN hone
within the period stated Even the VAST o..
-
plundered from thu temples, batls, nna palaces
Of Imperial Rome. Had it not been ior tneeo
Wholesale deprcdatious and distinctions the
| works OF the mighty dead would have "ithstood
the rayages OF ,ime hre, hna ha lveiisst wonder
aud admiration OF mankind. But they were not
ablo to resist the picks aud cro"bars OF 40 army
| Of workmen employed IN their oemoAtlon LOT
more than two contnr1es. aence IL ls .nat ~
ruins and dehrs Of the sncient structures create
| rathcr feeling Of disappointment at hrst view.
| There are less remains visible than the tfaVeie1
expected to iud, and those found are mose rum
| ous and prone than Gun oe ac4ora.sa - - nnt
eacb day that the visitor spends in inspecting
| churches, palaces, aud pictnre-eauoIies' he WI
perceive the missing portions OF the anclent
piles.
-rhich would cover half-a dozen squares in Chi
| "ano and whose exterior wall Was l2o foct high
sn1 so fact thick. is half gone. All its count
less marble and granite pillars and colonnades,
n,'d ma|hio floors and ssairv nys, have disappear
~ utterly. They have been broken up and
| nurut into limo or built into churches apu P0i"
stope-q,1arry ou during the sixteenth and par: of
sa1anteentb cenrurits and millions OF cubic
a9ds ~ stone and brick were quarriod out Of it
ssna ca1ted sway.
Tha ner,od Of modern Rome called
! THE RENAISSANCE,
o..or,,;on was the time the great ediices Of
o1 Daoaa He,e Ynoet ruthless1y aud completely
ola hoDa9 ~ "..o 1sarca1 n unsirhtiy debris. Many
.1.o Ton.n ruins Of Which considerable rolcd
~ t;n nn,o,n nra thr,gt into unsghtly naighbor-
sun retnau ha,Iderad and allowed by high, COM
hooos,- .tr,ct,ras md chokod out OF sight
| 1v narrow. crooked. gloomy streets In many
piIee0' IA +arnn}a filled in between with brio
some oio ssu .r;.h d,nev atncco. and go dis
dauoeu o'et 49, t.~t ~, 1;to axcrescances from
gu1sea Iuns LAT! !orartba1eas tha ruins that still
meAu "aas. ,';eh,a .Ta nnornnoug in quantity,
e1'st auu sta,t and rariety crow On the visitor
| and their extont ano ~. a., h1 d.v Rut wha.
as he traces 'hen. h.fora +ha - Renaissance n
> must they nave oe1n peoAo
began 10 prey ,,> W. na.a,h,a that Rome will ever
1t aqes hsco%a n1a 1 larfe city, It questionable if
1t will doa1le IN tes0n, -,,psh" IL oyar conse
century. . hneauy ~ the National Capital
quent on 1he ,at;va an. for corner-lots il
! hlthet. lno re-ts a4a,,ed s1r the frat two
= PAST i;, enrressad The neople very greatly
: yeAis, ':. r. Iconaaounnca OF the multitude ot
are oecGs nd;nsa Wish haye been constructed ani
T ~" ~" -" aI.;ng of The f1oy Of newcomers.
'nG nons has
/ No mAxurAcrunEs Or COMMERCE
u1;,t, n aunnort great CITY. It has little o.
on "h ~ snhssi save fhe memory OF its past ant
rona creatneas 1t lives on its old reputation
-, its ruins aud its pictures and statunry It u
~ ~ '' ,nost interesting shou place In the world
~ .aataa and canacitleB can find here somethin!
- a. .dn,;Ta and comprehend It is three-fol'
GanitaI.-Capisal Of the ancient world. Capital Q
~ ratbo,o Church, and Capita, Of Italy,
sach eanaciIy It attracts nulttudes OF visitors
A. ,ta resident population cannot much excee'
tha pu' nnnher LIB Of people who can snbast til
enaq the a1mp epnsnded here by the Official classes
!; %ehes VisitoTt. .1'
= Tue Tber is too swift-runni1E end shallow Vt
fueF fui siae ma. IN old tmos the ga'leye we're pss
s naiad hv oars Of slaves There ia practicab'
n wster-power near Rome; and no mines OF % COS
% ~ otbar useful minerals are found on the Cam
naena The nearest marble -quarrios-those {
! 6aslar.-are es9par 12o to l5o mile, north of Rome
lie great mal.rous plains about a Rome; ta ees 4,
the Campagna, from which the ancient elss a.. n'
enrnar,tiyely little cultivated. They most
= eivep over to hords Of cattle aud sheep.3,n.
~ moro than one-e,ghth part, being devoted
4 Il slsewhere for most OF her bread. Rome vi
= continue to be in the future, as In the laSs I"
re ~ th~aa canturies
r. r. AK1SD OF MECCA,