ROUEN 170 CHARTRES 179 RHEIMS 186 BRUGES 192 GHENT 201 ANTWERP 211 AMSTERDAM 220 COLOGNE 229 HEIDELBERG 236 NUREMBERG 241 WITTENBERG 249 PRAGUE 259 ATHENS 266 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Rouen. A Street showing the Tower of the Cathedral, 1822 _Frontispiece_ Rome. The Bridge and Castle of St Angelo, 1831 _To face page_ 2 Venice. The Grand Canal, 1831 " 30 Florence. Ponte Santa Trinita, 1832 " 58 Verona. 1830 " 72 Seville. Plaza Real and Procession of the Corpus Christi, 1836 " 80 Cordova. The Prison of the Inquisition, 1836 " 98 Toledo. 1837 " 120 Oporto. From the Quay of Villa Nova, 1832 " 152 Poitiers. The Church of Notre Dame, 1845 " 164 Ghent. 1832 " 202 Antwerp. The Cathedral, 1832 " 212 Cologne. St Martin's Church, 1826 " 230 Nuremberg. 1832 " 242 Prague. The City and Bridge, 1832 " 260 Athens. A supposed appearance if restored, 1824 " 266 OLD CONTINENTAL TOWNS ROME The story of Rome is a mighty chronicle of such deep importance towards an understanding of the growth of Europe, that a feeling almost of helplessness assails me as I essay to set down in this limited space an account of the city's ancient grandeur and of its monuments. It is with a sense of awe that one enters Rome. The scene gives birth to so much reflection, the pulse quickens, the imagination is stirred by the annals of Pompey and Cæsar, and the mighty names that resound in the history of the wonderful capital; while the ruins of the days of power and pomp are as solemn tokens of the fate of all great civilisations. The surroundings of Rome, the vast silent Campagna, that rolling tract of wild country, may be likened to an upland district of Wales. Here are scattered relics of the resplendent days, in a desert where the sirocco breathes hotly; where flocks of sheep and goats wander, and foxes prowl close to the ancient gates. Eastward stand the great natural ramparts of purple mountains, whence the Tiber rolls swiftly, and washing Rome, winds on through lonely valleys.