The Glory of the City--Destruction--Excavation--_Entering Pompeii_ (_Page 21-25_)--The Streets of the City--The Theatres of Pompeii--Villa of Julia Felix--Pavements and Sidewalks-- _Arrangement of Private Houses_ (_Page 26-53_)--Elegance of Domestic Architecture--Ground Plan of Roman House--Exterior Apartments--Interior Apartments--Dining Halls--The Triclinium--Materials and Construction--The Salve Lucru-- Paintings and Decorations--The Drunken Hercules--Wall Decoration--The Peristyle--The House of Siricus--Political Inscriptions--Electioneering Advertisements--The Graffiti-- Street of the Lupanar--Eighty Loaves of Bread Found--The House of the Balcony--Human Bodies Preserved--Discovered Bodies--_House of Diomedes_ (_Page 54-74_)--Location of the Villa--Ground Plan of the Villa--Detail of Ground Plan--The Caldarium--Galleries and Halls--Porticoes and Terraces--Tomb and Family Sepulchre--The Villa Destroyed--Conclusive Evidence-- Jewels and Ornaments--Pliny's Account of a Roman Garden--_Stores and Eating Houses_ (_Page 75-81_)--Restaurant--Pompeian Bill of Fare--Circe, Daughter of the Sun--_Houses of Pansa and Sallust_ (_Page 82-102_)--Curious Religious Painting--General View of House--Worship of the Lares--Domesticated Serpents--Discoveries Confirm Ancient Authors--Ornamentation and Draperies--Remarkable Mansions--House of the Vestals--Surgical and other Instruments-- Shop of an Apothecary--_House of Holconius_ (_Page 103-112_)-- Decorations of the Bed-Chambers--Perseus and Andromeda--Epigraphs and Inscriptions--Ariadne Discovered by Bacchus--_General Survey of the City_ (_Page 113-118_)--Wine Merchant's Sign--Sculptor's Laboratory-- House of Emperor Joseph II 17-119 AMUSEMENTS. The Amphitheatre--Coliseum--84,000 Seats--The Bloody Entertainments--Examining the Wounded--Theatres--_Roman Baths_ (_Page 147-156_)--Description of the Baths--Cold Baths--Warm Chambers--The Vapor Baths--Hot-Air Baths--_Social Games and Sports_ (_Page 157-162_)--Domestic Games--Jugglers--Game of Cities--Gymnastic Arts--_Social Entertainments_ (_Page 163-180_)--Characteristics of the Dance--Grace and Dress of the Dancers--Position at the Table--Vases and Ornaments--Food and Vegetables--Mode of Eating--Reminders of Mortality--_Egyptian Music and Entertainments_ (_Page 181-188_)--Musical Instruments--Jewish Music--Beer, Palm Wine, Etc--_Games and Sports of the Egyptians_ (_Page 189-202_)--Games with Dice--Games of Ball--Wrestling--Intellectual Capabilities--Hunting 120-202 DOMESTIC LIFE.