The sun., 1910-05-29

uas 10 Be insaltsa By ths FrUacs in A.,
yuarg ssGni. Anth and FsEsntlnO.
with thu eEonrsion along ths Via Aa,,.
10 Norba and on 20 TorracinA and Cirs.S
he dailghs q tie OpsA air life .e.ms 4.
OverpOWsr even Prof. PFoehinehar.
archsOlogioal enthusiasm. Norris, via
lee cyolOpean wRlb. b LOOKED on as alrDo-
bic By night q discovery. but With ,o~.
bitteTnsss be hints at the jealousy q a.
Italian GOveTumsnt regarding the ,gor-
Of foreign scholars 4 REFUSED permlu,o.
10 the American School 10 sxoavats AZ
b not very strenuous In pushing tie wOrt,
A heroic aruhaoloGical defeat is reoors,a
by Prof. FrothinGham hers. Re Spsu,
two months lD surveying NoFba 'ou a
daily diet Of cold pork chopa' Ths DUN
we're kept In a cavern that psnstratSd
from the face Of tho ollH into the hear
ol ths city. and be hoped 10 hnd there tAs
archaic rubbish In which ArchRoloEis,,
delight. Ths cavern bad ben used a
q pig sty Tor centuries. still be ventuFsd
In. Each tine I vas driven hack by
lsgions Of predatory aeas. installed tAsn
for gsnsrations In harmony With the PIN
Ths combination was too strong Al
othsT incident of that campaign rsoalh
q famous creation Of early American
humor. After certain preliminary nm.
blss from Norba a. . centre ! started from
Cora 20 really make q consecutive tracing
Of the road. and walked all The way 10
Terracina. whsn I GOT there my tAos
we're all aaksw and my feet huddled iuis
thsir right sides from walking s,sadily
on q stssp slant for four days in ons d
FoUtion. 20 that whils I was inclinsd %
give myself up for my return to the lurury
Of tho stuHy diigsncs ! vas obliged. n
order 10 restore their shape. TO walk bact
along the sane hiIlsides.'
The account Of NorbA and. later on thn
trip. Of Terracina and Circsii 10 fasc.
mating enough to divert tourist FaEt
% those towns Prof. Frothingham TIN
tarns north % the cities Of Etrara
seeking not EtESincan remains bu; h
traces Of the Roman cities which ever
one knOwa we're built up on ths ruins
Of Roms's old ensmies. The reason.
ablensss and promise Of this invsstiEa,
ton are a. plain a. h its thoruy nature
questions of the correct dating Of moau.
msnts and buildings become compH-
Gated with differences q opinion regard.
ing EeEuscan. Italio OF Roman origin.
Prof. Frothingham dwells parsiculArly
on Psr1gia and nov his pFsdilectioa
for arches begins 10 show itssh 10
the eEoursion into UmbHa and Alons
the Flaminian way that follows. 4 % Assit
and Spoleto that he studics especially,
not the Assist Of 81. Brancis and tie Re-
naissAncs nor the Spolsto q tho Lombard
Dukes. but the, old Roman citiss with
their copiOus and instructive remains.
The pleasant trips 10 Spsllo. 10 Ascoh
Piceno and 10 Aquino might vel tempt
other travellers vhoss eyes cannot 80
all that Prof. FrOthinghAm saw. 50
far his wandsrinGs have bsun pretty
compact both geographically and Ia
historical connection. and By this tims
he has made clear 20 his reader his msthod
of investigates and dsmonstEaAsd a.
value of studying ths archiesctuTs and
the history of Rome through the analoU
q what Ws can find In better shape h
the minor towns. His msthods u tEavd
TOO have bsen such a. the tourist rAFely
resorts 20. walking. using ths dilgsa0
and other local oonvsynncss. turning h
~ inns that are nearly a. primitive a
Tho ruins. carrying his 0Hn provisiom
With him. He knows that pare % Itay
Intimately and roAma about In tha rsnal
Italian uay TeGardlaas of time and hurfy
with sogshsTn Italy and -. Aasiatu
lhors the travellsr appears. Prot Frufh-
ngham has q dsGnits ohDsct IN visiting
ths towns he describes; hs isals The limits
u tims mors. and IN his exnmiratioa Il 3
.hs Roman character Of the rsmains
iather than thsir daasa that Ne has IN
mind. Here too. whsrs be must In sons
isgrse chOoas what hs may 81. the arches
predominAts. He adds Roman Rnsocia-
Soma 20 ths attFactions % Rimini; hs gives
! NV ideA of Turin. the lsasa picturesque
u Italian cities. By telling us that ths
regular American gridiron aETangsmsnt
II tho strasEs 10 due 70 its fAithfulnsss 10
Roman antiquity. and that . yard OF too
under the present pavement. In the core
n the town. 'ths sewers and pavemsuta
he house walls and even the Csllars q
he city q Augustus' are preserved. Tha
10 studies the Porta Pnlatina. He rcss
N % SllsA and 70 Aosta. Than he eFusssl
'ver 70 verona. Whsrs thu pieCes q ths
lroh torn down By ths Frsnch IN iss are
'tored In the pssngss Of the Arena. Ths
Journey down the DaluatiAn ooas, b m0s
osrfunctory; Prof. FrOthingham visiI
5alona. Trieste. Pola with ita Hmphi.
.heatFS. AsssriA and spalato. Il 10 In.
possible 70 leave out the story of the later
Empire hsTe. though Prot Fruthinghnm
'aicks bravsly 20 tho search for What "a.
sod under and before Augustus
The book h full Of information and Wg.
gestions that will interest historians asd
Of bits Of nsus about Krcha-
ological matters and Of questions thli
Ne being discussed With vigor Gnons
IpeciAlists. For the general reader. -
imagine. ths more parsonal qualities vi
,r0vs more attEActive the rsvelatioa q
lovslty IN what had ben tEAvsIlsdoVal
70 often. the frOahnss and poetry q ~
Inscriptions. The sympathy With thiap
Italian. ths enthusiasm of ths Bsskss.
When Prof. FrothlnGhAm dEops inis
Roman history. - hs does occasionAlly,
1a makes it live for his readers; a SsoTJ
'rOm Ivy 10 told a. though it hAppensd
My Yesterday. The book is illustrAhsd
Sith . great many nsW and interesting
seizures from photographs. A mCn
lrtfal aETangsmsnt, BY which thsy Shouts