“‘HARK!’ SAID PANCRATIUS, ‘THESE ARE THE TRUMPET-NOTES THAT SUMMON US’” 95 “‘HERE IT GOES!’ AND HE THRUST IT INTO THE BLAZING FIRE” 321 “‘IS IT POSSIBLE?’ SHE EXCLAIMED WITH HORROR, ‘IS THAT TARCISIUS WHOM I MET A FEW MOMENTS AGO, SO FAIR AND LOVELY?’” 409 “EACH ONE, APPROACHING DEVOUTLY, AND WITH TEARS OF GRATITUDE, RECEIVED FROM HIS CONSECRATED HAND HIS SHARE--THAT IS, THE WHOLE OF THE MYSTICAL FOOD” 415 “PANCRATIUS WAS STILL STANDING IN THE SAME PLACE, FACING THE EMPEROR, APPARENTLY SO ABSORBED IN HIGHER THOUGHTS AS NOT TO HEED THE MOVEMENTS OF HIS ENEMY” 427 “THE JUDGE ANGRILY REPROVED THE EXECUTIONER FOR HIS HESITATION, AND BID HIM AT ONCE DO HIS DUTY” 481 “FABIOLA WENT DOWN HERSELF, WITH A FEW SERVANTS, AND WHAT WAS HER DISTRESS AT FINDING POOR EMERENTIANA LYING WELTERING IN HER BLOOD, AND PERFECTLY DEAD” 535 * * * * * THE RUINS OF THE COLISEUM, AS SEEN FROM THE PALATINE OF ST. BONAVENTURE 89 ST. LAWRENCE DISPLAYING HIS TREASURES 151 INTERIOR OF THE TEMPLE OF JUPITER 163 THE RUINS OF THE ROMAN FORUM, AS THEY ARE TO-DAY 199 THE MARTYR’S WIDOW 221 THE TOMB OF ST. CÆCILIA 227 A COLUMBARIUM, OR UNDERGROUND SEPULCHRE, IN WHICH THE ROMANS DEPOSITED THE URNS CONTAINING THE ASHES OF THE DEAD 233 THE CLAUDIAN AQUEDUCT 267 INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE USED AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS, FROM ROLLER’S “CATACOMBES DE ROME” 287 AN ATTACK IN THE CATACOMBS 349 THE MARTYR CÆCILIA 363 THE MARTYR’S BURIAL 377 THE NORTH-WEST SIDE OF THE FORUM 453 THE CHRISTIAN MARTYR 485 ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. EXCLUSIVE OF ORNAMENTAL INITIALS. THE BARK OF PETER, AS FOUND IN THE CATACOMBS 12 INTERIOR OF A ROMAN DWELLING AT POMPEII 19 PLAN OF PANSA’S HOUSE AT POMPEII 20 DOOR OF PANSA’S HOUSE, WITH THE GREETING SALVE OR WELCOME 22 ATRIUM OF A POMPEIAN HOUSE 23 ATRIUM OF A HOUSE IN POMPEII 23 CLEPSYDRA, OR WATER-CLOCK, FROM A BAS-RELIEF IN THE MATTEI PALACE, ROME 25