Translated from the Spanish by Louis How
CONTENTS
[ PROLOGUE ]
[ PART ONE. ] ROME
[ I. ] THE PARIS-VENTIMIGLIA EXPRESS
[ II. ] AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY
[ III. ] CÆSAR MONCADA
[ IV. ] PEOPLE WHO PASS CLOSE BY
[ V. ] THE ABBE PRECIOZI. THE BIG BIRDS IN ROME
[ VI. ] THE LITTLE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE IN A ROMAN HOTEL
[ VII. ] THE CONFIDENCES OF THE ABBE PRECIOZI
[ VIII. ] OLD PALACES, OLD SALONS, OLD LADIES
[ IX. ] NEW ACQUAINTANCES
[ X. ] A BALL
[ XI. ] A SOUNDING-LINE IN THE DARK WORLD
[ XII. ] A MEETING ON THE PINCIO
[ XIII. ] ESTHETICS AND DEMAGOGY
[ XIV. ] NEW ATTEMPTS, NEW RAMBLES
[ XV. ] GIOVANNI BATTISTA, PAGAN
[ XVI. ] THE PORTRAIT OF A POPE
[ XVII. ] EVIL DAYS
[ XVIII. ] CÆSAR BORGIA’S MOTTO, “AUT CÆSAR, AUT NIHIL”
[ XIX. ] CÆSAR’S REFLECTIONS
[ XX. ] DON CALIXTO AT SAINT PETER’S
[ XXI. ] DON CALIXTO IN THE CATACOMBS
[ XXII. ] SENTIMENTALITY AND ARCHEOLOGY
[ XXIII. ] THE ‘SCUTCHEON OF A CHURCH
[ XXIV. ] TOURIST INTERLUDE
[ PART TWO. ] CASTRO DURO
[ I. ] ARRIVAL. CÆSAR IN ACTION
[ II. ] CASTRO DURO
[ III. ] CÆSAR’S LABOURS
[ IV. ] THE BOOKSELLER AND THE ANARCHISTS
[ V. ] THE BANQUET
[ VI. ] UNCLE CHINAMAN
[ VII. ] A TRYING SCENE
[ VIII. ] THE ELECTION
[ IX. ] CÆSAR AS DEPUTY
[ X. ] POLITICAL LABOURS
[ XI. ] THE PITFALL OF SINIGAGLIA
[ XIII. ] AMPARITO IN ACTION
[ XIV. ] INTRANSIGENCE LOST
[ XV. ] "DRIVELLER” JUAN AND “THE CUB-SLUT”
[ XVI. ] PITY, A MASK OF COWARDICE
[ XVII. ] FIRST VICTORY
[ XVIII. ] DECLARATION OF WAR
[ XIX. ] THE FIGHT FOR THE ELECTION
[ XX. ] CONFIDENCE
[ XXI. ] OUR VENERABLE TRADITIONS! OUR HOLY PRINCIPLES!
[ XXII. ] FINIS GLORIÆ MUNDI. FROM A SOCIETY COLUMN