New-York tribune., 1898-10-23

-, ,r IN which A brief historical survey
.,ou,d he pitched. We hear great dea' ''o'u.
~, decoration of Rome by modern ha"uS' INV
W Crawford himself is constantly oe"al""S
,,a ,.,ndalisr OF the present regime pu' "V''
us s,,spect that he is talking more iro'" ''.,
rovot nreudice than from conFict'o" ''' WIZ
~, ,.av of looking AT Rome. II Is rea''y NV
M, ., no much afflicted by the So-Cii'eu
r,oderrization Of the city. Rome can he't'
r,odornized Witness the reclain''oh u ','1
1;hor from its ancient sad estate Inv ''-
y.ere very picturesque. no uou'' 49,.
v.ara lined with OverhanSiDe 'ei'e"" -.
don bv trees and underbrusn' anu ~ 80,
go, ,,,.sr more charming to the eye man "ne"
If was sink Of disease But nv" '"0 -
o,hor,ra,ts which are Of such large sanitii'
value give back also to the i'i'''' '-' ,s,.,
sor,o,binp Of that grandose character "nic"
-, :, history. Who that has imag-
,r,tior and feeling. who that has th0 irS''nos
! :, -, could find the stone sheathins -
| a., u,,.o- y. the new stone bridges imped'rne""
| 49, .,. ,si,n NJ the true Rome? Not Mr. Cra"
| fa oor,oinlv for in spite OF hlmseh the 'a
- .,o,a an tho horizon to which he telerS w
! 80. tho ,nerest specks as he unrotls MS pan
| orom. We believe that. put to the tes''
uou,d even look through. and not at. the n'ue
ous elevator shaft which some years ago -
its ugly iron framework above tue ie'e' -
- =, tho ron ot the Scala di SpagnA
| Your genuine lover Of Rome IS never
that scar upon the face of the CITY "'s
only takes in the marvellous mosaic ~
! ,oot, enreaa out before him. broken py LIZ
| Vulnerable towers and domes and me'eihs
last into the purple haze Of the campaigns A--
| the distant hills. ,x.
| Gazing thus upon the Roman Spec'A'ie' ~
Crawford has not neglected its more Sonu
| rac,s 1,hls hook which is so romantic ana en-
| thusiastic Is also very Systematic Inc -
! t,rr cbanfers sketch respectively the making
Of the city in the earliest times, It's deVelopieA,
under the Empire its particular character a.
| ,,,,,s,,s ,ar, II and its fortunes during tho
Middle Ages. Following there is & chapter de-
scribing the separation OF Rome into It's four~
,ear rioni. or wards ROne, observes nr'
| Cravford is only a corruption OF the Laon
-opio the same with our region. and oy tha1
| English word ne speaks OF the fourteen oi-
visions Each region has is name and emblem
| Thus "Montl," TO which we have a!reaoy IT,
f-rred means The Hills" and the shield OK tue
region bears within is borders symbols oi mos"
three which have been mentioned above TAX
ing each region in turn. MI Crawtord gives
rough idea OF lts topography, and then VIII
anecdote and description, reyives ltS pnysios-
nOmy in classical and renaissance Times in-S
method while very helpful in respect 70 giving
\ consistent picture Of Rome as a Whole. does
| not exclude opportunities for dscursiVe tFea1-
ment OF specially interesting episodes ana
though Il causes a little repetition now ana
than ,yban memories OF one region inevitably
Ian oyer into another the scheme il. on ths
whole fieal II makes the narrative uncom-
monty tangible and vivid. SO that for all the
r,tst NJ romance, that Is flung over the city eaca
: / r,,,,,e b,lildng each heroic sinister Or pa
tbnt;, figure. stands out effectively in its proper
nlaca one breathes sigh OF relief at finding
ar,ien, matters treated without a shade OF
nadantrv .One the OF Catuus." our author
wisely declares. makes his time more ailVs
! to-day than the huge mass or the CoIosseu"
. | can eyer make Titus seem and there Is notn-
. ! ;r, in thns, thick volumes more eloquent OF
bygone epoch than that almost afectIonatey
written portion Of the chapter on the Augustan
city in which Mr.. Crawford depicts the per
sonality and life OF Horace selecting every
thing from the experience OF that man OK
genius which broadly typical We would
like 10 cite the longer passage recountins the
Doets famous encounter with characteristic
Roman bore but must De content with the
bricfer description OF one OF Horace's acc,s-
toned days:
II, strolled wherever he you'd. alone; in the
market looking At everything and asking the
| price Of what he saw, OF vegetables ana gram
and the like: in the forum Or the circus, az
| evening when society was dining ana the
poor people and slaves thronged the open places
| for rest and air and there he used to listen 10
! The fortune -tellerS and among them, no uouo@
was that old has Gambia. immortalzed IN me
huge joke OF his comic resentment lie goes
! hnrD IN ard frlttprS