Roma beata; letters from the Eternal city

ROMA BEATA

Terrace of the Palazzo Rusticucci
From a pencil drawing in the Collection of Miss Mabel Norman
Letters from the Eternal City BY MAUD HOWE AUTHOR OF “A NEWPORT AQUARELLE,” “THE SAN ROSARIO RANCH,” “MAMMON,” “PHILLIDA,” “LAURA BRIDGMAN,” ETC. With Illustrations from Drawings by John Elliott and from Photographs BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1909 Copyright, 1903, 1904 , By J. B. Lippincott & Company. Copyright, 1904 , By The Century Co. Copyright, 1904 , By America Company. Copyright, 1904 , By The Outlook Company. Copyright, 1904 , By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved Printers S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U. S. A. To My Sister LAURA E. RICHARDS

Rome, January 20, 1894.
Rome, which we reached Thursday, is very much changed since I last saw it; imagine the Fountain of Trevi, all the principal streets, even many of the smaller ones, gleaming with electric lights!
We at once engaged an apartment bathed with sun in the Piazza di Spagna, sun from early morning till late afternoon. But when we moved into it, the day was overcast. The apartment which had been tropical with the sun when we hired it was arctic without it!
We interviewed our padrona (landlady), an immense woman, and demanded a fire.
“But, Excellency, it is not good for the health.”