Rollo in Rome

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ROLLO IN ROME,

BY

JACOB ABBOTT.

BOSTON:

BROWN, TAGGARD &CHASE,

(SUCCESSORS TO W. J. REYNOLDS &CO.)

25 &29 CORNHILL.

1858.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by

JACOB ABBOTT,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

ELECTROTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

[Illustration: THE VATICAN BY TORCHLIGHT. See page 204.]

[Illustration: ROLLO'S TOUR IN EUROPE.

Publishers. Boston.]

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.-THE DILIGENCE OFFICE, 13

II.-THE JOURNEY, 34

III.-THE ARRIVAL AT ROME, 56

IV.-A RAMBLE, 68

V.-GETTING LOST, 88

VI.-THE COLISEUM, 105

VII.-THE GLADIATOR, 127

VIII.-THE TARPEIAN ROCK, 147

IX.-GOING TO OSTIA, 167

X.-THE VATICAN, 192

XI.-CONCLUSION, 208

ENGRAVINGS.

THE VATICAN BY TORCHLIGHT, (Frontispiece.)

THE MOSAIC SHOP, 12

PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY, 21

THE PONTINE MARSHES, 49

DOING PENANCE, 59

RIDING AMONG THE RUINS, 91

LOOKING DOWN FROM THE COLISEUM, 109

VIEW OF THE LOWER CORRIDORS, 123

ASCENT TO THE CAPITOL, 139

STATUE OF THE GLADIATOR, 143

INTERIOR OF THE PANTHEON, 163

THE COLISEUM BY TORCHLIGHT, 209

ROLLO'S TOUR IN EUROPE.

ORDER OF THE VOLUMES.

ROLLO ON THE ATLANTIC.

ROLLO IN PARIS.

ROLLO IN SWITZERLAND.

ROLLO IN LONDON.

ROLLO ON THE RHINE.

ROLLO IN SCOTLAND.

ROLLO IN GENEVA.

ROLLO IN HOLLAND.

ROLLO IN NAPLES.

ROLLO IN ROME.

[Illustration: THE MOSAIC SHOP. See page 73.]

ROLLO IN ROME.