ROMAN PICTURES

By
PERCY LUBBOCK
Author of Earlham & The Craft of Fiction
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Made and printed in Great Britain by Charles Whittingham and Griggs (Printers), Ltd., London.

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[I. FONTANA DELLE TARTARUGHE]		[9]
A lonely young pilgrim, Deering, a citizen ofthe world, his Roman accent, the English ghetto,the real Rome, plump but elegant, the newestculture, the raw world, the way to reality, Romanpictures.
[II. VIA NAZIONALE]		[23]
Crowded tables, Mr. Bannock, the pride of theartist, a grievance, the young dancer, coils oforatory, tribute to Deering, Jaff’s sweetheart,Edna’s way, college style, the report of Buffalo,a substantial Briton.
[III. PIAZZA DELLA CANCELLERIA]		[38]
Near the Vatican, the company of the priestcraft,the palace and the cardinal, Cooksey,secrets of the backstairs, Father Jenkins’s joke,Amerigo, Cooksey’s profanity, his rebuke to thestranger, inside the fortress, a gentleman offeeling.
[IV. ST. PETER’S]		[52]
An early reveller, the hum of the pilgrims, afaltering cheer, Father Holt, a secret society,Lady Mullinger, poor Charlotte, a very greatlady, finer shades, homage to Rome, Rome itself.
[V. VIA GIULIA]		[65]
Mr. Fitch, the Cheltenham furniture, theseminarist, Maundy’s fancy, the path to Rome,the burnt sonnet, Gina, historical research, thegolden evenings, a point of ritual, art in the void,an uneasy neophyte.
[VI. VILLA BORGHESE]		[79]
An aged relic, Teresa and Berta, a fluentantiphon, some English speaking, troubles of apatriot, country days, the Virginian sculptress,Luigi, a gentleman in Rome, precious refinements,a chance worth seizing, Rome the inexhaustible.
[VII. VIA DELLA PURIFICAZIONE]		[94]
A tangle of byways, the medieval challenge,Teresa at home, Mr. Daponte, Rome on thehouse-tops, Teresa in London, English freedom,Luigi on Rome, the end of his chances, a spoilttea-party, a prospect of Rome.
[VIII. ALBANO]		[107]
A day in the country, Teresa’s party, anEnglish ramble, mother and child, Mimi insociety, Olga and the arts, the forgotten pensioners,the Russian waif, despair and disillusion,a page of Dostoevsky, a dusty road-side, theVirgilian forest.
[IX. CASTEL GANDOLFO]		[121]
Fräulein Dahl, a piece of nature, an Arcadianwalk, Erda’s villa, the great saloon, Miss Gilpin,the accent of Dante, a woman of letters, theclever touch, a reposeful friend, the accent ofDresden, Erda in solitude.
[X. VIA SISTINA]		[135]
Deering again, the Clarksons, privileges oftravel, Mr. Bashford, a cousin of the Marshams,golf at Torquay, the true Ruskin, an Englishbabe, the sheep in the bunker, Bashford’s sort,England in Rome.
[XI. PIAZZA NAVONA]		[149]
Miss Gainsborough, Lady Mullinger again,a sedulous Roman, the old guard, majestic wrath,the imperial race-course, a British monument,
[XII. CORSO]		[163]
A sumptuous background, familiar faces, MissGadge, the chant of the pilgrims, things Franciscan,a woman and an artist, chords of theheart, the plane of art, the youth Pole, Mr.Champerdown, a Jesuit in a drawing-room, themoon of May, the city gate.
[XIII. THE FORUM]		[178]
Julia’s discovery, the Professor, an inspiredlecture, the origin of Rome, Mrs. Rollesby’sattack, poetic imagination, privilege of a scholar,the buried statue, the Professor’s secret, a dividedaudience, a single-minded pilgrim.
[XIV. VIA MARGUTTA]		[191]
A studio of romance, the old Bohemian,pictures and friends, the study of type, theeagle-feather, an artist’s wife, an honest tradesman,dreams of an artist, business and a studio-chat,a blander age, the light of the great days,worldly protection.
[XV. VIA DELLE BOTTEGHE OSCURE]		[205]
The great name, the Marchesa at home, Romanguile, the Principessa, the rustle of expense,Miss Gilpin again, Madame de Baltasar, theknightly Latin, a young barbarian, a wonderof art, English daylight, Deering’s stroke, back tothe tortoises, the end of the quest.

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