From the Thames to the Tiber / or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc.

by Joseph Wardle

This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler.

FROM
THE THAMES
TO THE TIBER;

OR,
My Visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice,
Milan, Switzerland, etc.,
With Illustrations.

BY
J. WARDLE

Author of

“General Gordon, Saint and Soldier.”
“Tour in Palestine and Egypt.”
“Sound at heart,” etc.

A. TAYLOR,
CHAPEL BAR, NOTTINGHAM.
1909.

CONTENTS.

	PAGE
CHAPTER I.
London: Its teeming millions of population; Its commercialaspect: Leaving Victoria Station for New Haven: On the boat: Newfound friends: Landing at Dieppe: Leaving for Paris: Arrival atRouen: Its Cathedral, etc.	[1]
CHAPTER II.
Arrival at Paris: Our Hotel—“Hotel Londres andNew York”: Visit to the Louvre: The Cathedral of NotreDame: The Church of St. Geniveve: The Pantheon: BloodyBartholomew: Its awful massacre.	[11]
CHAPTER III.
Paris: Palace de Concorde: Champs-Elysees: The Bois deBoulogne: The extensive Boulevards: The River Seine: LeavingParis: Arrival at Dijon: Our Hotel: Dijon: Its Churches, etc.:Our journey to Chambery, etc.	[19]
CHAPTERIV.
Through Mont Cenis Tunnel: Passing the Customs: Our newfriend—Nurse Reynolds: Our scrimmage for provisions atTurin: Arrival at Genoa and Table-de-hote: Arrival at Rome: OurHotel, etc.	[28]
CHAPTER V.
Visit to the Forum and Coliseum: Crossing the Tiber:Castle of St. Angelo: Palace of Justice: Trajan’s Column:Garibaldi’s Monument: The Appian Way: St. Peter’s:Its magnitude and magnificence: Michael Angelo’s work.	[36]
CHAPTER VI.
Rome, continued: St. Peter’s Cathedral: St.Peter’s Statue: His resting place: The Columns, Pictures,Fonts, Confessionals, etc., etc.: The Vatican: The ProfessionalLetter Writer: The Arch of Titus: Statue of Nero, etc.	[50]
CHAPTER VII.
The Church of the Trinity: St. Maria: Church of Onesemus:The Grand Corso: The British and Foreign Bible Society: Outsideview of the Quirinal: Nero’s House: Leaving Rome: Scene ata wayside station: Arrival at Florence: Visit to theCathedral.	[67]
CHAPTER VIII.
Florence: Michael Angelo’s House: Baptistry of St.John: The Uffizi Gallery: The Tribune: A drive to the suburbs:Dante’s House: His Poems: Mrs. Browning on Vallambrosa:Michael Angelo’s work: Galileo, his trial, etc.	[77]
CHAPTERIX.
Appalling catastrophe in Italy: Messina: Savonarola: Hisdefiance of the Pope: His excommunication: His prison cell, etc.:His martyrdom: Raphael: His genius as a painter: His works: Theold Protestant Cemetery: Leaving Florence: Bologna: Crossing theLagoons: Venice.	[90]
CHAPTER X.
Arrival at Venice: The ubiquitous Gondolo: The GrandCanal: The curious water ways: Our Hotel: A snap shot of aGondolo and its freight: St. Mark’s Cathedral: Its curioushistory: Its wonderful Tower, and its interior possessions.	[102]
CHAPTER XI.
The Pigeons in St. Mark’s Square: Description of itsinterior: The Palace of the Doges: The Bridge of Sighs: Thegeneral Archives of Venice: Church of St. Maria dei Frari: ALondon Polytechnic Party: The slums of Venice: Our leaving.	[113]
CHAPTER XII.
Arrival in Milan: Our visit to the Cathedral: Its Spires,and Turrets: Its Stained Glass Windows, Altars, Pictures, andSculpture: The Church of St. Ambrogio: The Bera Picture Gallery:The Hospital: Leaving Milan: Arrival at Como: Lake Como.	[127]
CHAPTER XIII.
Arrival at Lugano: The river Tessin and its bridge of tenarches: Bellinzono: Entrance to the great St. Gothard Tunnel:Station of Andermath: St. Bernard’s Hospice: TheDevil’s Bridge: The Wood Cutter at Work: WilliamTell’s Chapel: His story: Lucerne: Our Hotel: Our run upthe Sonnenberg, etc.	[140]
CHAPTERXIV.
The glacier gardens: The Lion of Lucerne: The glacier millholes: The museum: The Bridge over the Reuss: The Cathedral:Pilatus Mountain: Leaving Lucerne: Zurich: Lake of Zurich:Zwingli, the reformer.	[153]
CHAPTER XV.
From Zurich to Basle: Arrival in Basle: Our Hotel: Ourvisit to the Rhine Bridge: “The Watch on the Rhine”:The Market: The Cathedral and its sculpture, etc.: Erasmus: TheMuseum: The Zoological gardens: Leaving Basle: Arrival atBelfort: Belfort besieged.	[165]
CHAPTER XVI.
At Marseilles: Our Hotel; Meeting Mr. and Mrs. Green andMrs. Martin: The sights of the City: The Cathedral, etc.: Enroute for Mentone: Toulon: Passing Nice: Cannes: Arrival atMentone: Our Hotel: Meeting Mr. and Miss Brown: The scenery,etc.: Visit to Monte Carlo.	[175]
CHAPTER XVII.
Monte Carlo: Its Casino and gardens: Leave taking atMentone of Mr. and Miss Brown: Arrival at Cannes: Meeting Mr. andMrs. Green: Cannes, its scenery, etc.: Visit to Grasse: Journeyto Paris: London: Home, Sweet Home.	[185]