The sun., 1910-05-29
Rovna Eterua.

To the number % fortunats men Who
have discovered the sscret that gives etsT-
nal freshness 60 travel may be added Prof
AhTHCR L FROTHINoHAN Of Princston
Unlvsfsity. Who writes ROnaA Ciiiss q
Rs=lv ed DsAzsas CstuEEis aEd Walton
Company. New YOrkl. The secret b
simpls enough: IL 10 % have . real bobby.
powerful enough 20 carry you along. 70
gardleas oR trouble o. outlay. in pdrs1it
of your object. II matters not whsthsF
IL BE- coins or painting or ceramics o.
architecture. - long ~ Il poasaasss you
'it oil carry you into bywayb and strange
places by an sSrts Of curious routes: 4
Uin give a new fAcs 20 the moat familiar
obiects and will make ruEions that have
been seen and described by svery Ons for
centuries seem novel Il may be hardly
respectful 20 Dr. Frothingham. Who is
pFofessog % archRology. or % hin science.
10 spsak % his quest for the Rome that
hAa disappsared. o. hts huntiaG for monu-
mental arches a. hobbies. lui IN the pur-
suit hs shows the eageFness and the en-
thusiaam that charactsriss the colleotor
mors than the scieatl6c man. He lsads
his readers IN strange paths and diSclosss
70 them an entirely unknown Italy almost
IN ths min road 0f tourist travel
PTOf FrOthingham's purpose u 20 go
for himsea. and allow his readers 20 80,
vhat Rome. especially TspublicAn Rome.
vas like. TO do this be turns away from
Rome heraslR where the successive civiliEa-
tions Of 7OoO years have proved destruc-
tive 20 early remains and turns 20 the other
towns of Italy where they have been bsttsr
preserved. ItisS commoaplacs of history
that where ths Romans estAbliahsd new
towns Or COLONIES they initiated the mother
city a. yell ~ they could. especially In the
public and private buildings. Bstter sx-
amplss q tsmplas. theatres. fortiAcatious
and walls can b found IN Othsr towns than
in Rome. Prof Froshingham shares the
profssBs0nal craving for osmstsries that
archaeological rsssAgch has fosesred. sThe
early tombs found In the Forun. on
the PAlasins. E6quillns. QuiFinaI and elns.
where cannot compare In numbsru. wealth
Or extent q time 20 the similar material
in ths nscropoli of Alba. PrRnssts. FaIsrii.
Narcs. cAsre. Veil. veelloniA and other
Cities. from which ws can dsduos What ths
nscrOpoh Of Roms originally contained
in the royal and early Republican csn-
tnries. and consequently what ths early
Romano wore. ussd and decorated thsus-
selves and thsir houses with. What were
thsirrVlGiousFitss and theirCustOma
On Prot. FruthinghHn's iussrsseine
hisaorical and anliqaFian thonriss and
surIuisss ~ snail not tOuCh; ths ga
of archaeology b no place Tor blundsr-
isS. p=ossss ssst. L y eAs nsw rama,
- havei. ~ fF~sh viswa q Cd shaae.
that GstFAOs. In following he cour-s
the rsader viii nsosulArily EFasp tha
chief stspa In the expansion % Rome
In the psuinSula. Tor his b q hlaaoricai
pilgrimage. Ths hrut excursion 20 PaIss-
trina % PrWns0le. the type CITY Of the
Iasin lsagne. will show him vhat be win
gain By kpsping company With Prof.
FrushinRham. He viii scorn the nil
rod o. even ths easier Wa Lahlcana and
MAKE he wNy along thu ancisut Via
Prmnssfina- Ths professor poiuta n,rt
svsgy object a classical intaFsut on si1hur
hand till ths town h vachs.i. oaos thsrs
hs FsoongiEuots 4 frosu IN sxiaiiuG ~
matna. ths on town thBt Was ths rival
q ESus. ~ lassz fs4orses Gig. ths ~
huiidinG oi SGila Nnd q Jhs EmpsEe.
Hs dssurihss ths apulla ohaaimed trum
TIE PruBssltns tOmha. Hs oslln also
ths Slogy q ths town and that a a.
band. e Psmnsaiins uuKillaFiss WhcasI
kgguto Sand - CagIln1fm haid Hau4ihal
iR shsck sft1r klg vioooEy - clzuB El6
gsvs RoIS tine 70 pTupyFs hsE d1ssnas.