Walks in Rome

WALKS IN ROME TWO VOLS.



JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.

TO HIS DEAR MOTHER THE CONSTANT COMPANION OF MANY ROMAN WINTERS These pages are Dedicated BY THE AUTHOR.



AGAIN this date of Rome; the most solemn and interesting that my hand can ever write, and even now more interesting than when I saw it last, wrote Dr. Arnold to his wife in 1840—and how many thousands before and since have experienced the same feeling, who have looked forward to a visit to Rome as one of the great events of their lives, as the realization of the dreams and longings of many years.