CHAPTER XLVIII.

FROM ROME, VIA FLORENCE TO VENICE.

Peasants—A Three-Fold Crop—Elba, the Exiled Home of Napoleon—Pisa—Leaning Tower—An Odd Burial-Ground—Florence—The Home of Savonarola, Dante, and Michael Angelo—Art Galleries—On to Venice—A Flood—Johnson Excited—Storm Raging—Lightening the Ship—Venice, a Water-Lily—No Streets but Water—No Carriages but Gondolas—Shylocks. Page, 563

ILLUSTRATIONS.

COLORED PLATES. Page.

The River Jordan, where it is supposed Christ was baptised, 380 Vesuvius in Action, 526

MAP.

Palestine—Time of Christ, 250

WOOD ENGRAVINGS, PHOTO-ENGRAVINGS, ETC.

Steel Plate of the Author—Frontispiece, Clarence P. Johnson, 40 Burns’ Cottage, 42 Burns’ Monument, 45 Edinburgh, 48 Scott’s Monument, 51 Edinburgh Castle, 53 Abbotsford, 76 Melrose Abbey, 78 Newstead Abbey, 94 Chapel of Henry VII, Westminster Abbey, 104 Nelson’s Monument, 106 The House of Parliament, 109 The Tower of London, 112 St. Paul’s Cathedral, 115 Chas. H. Spurgeon, 120 Bunyan’s Cottage, 129 Edward Parker, 132 Queen Victoria, 144 Windsor Castle, 146 The Home of Shakespeare, etc., (six pictures,) 148 Strasburg Cathedral, 158 View on the Rhine, 164 Giessbach Falls, 192 A Glacier in Switzerland, 197 Among the Peaks, 202 Hospice in the Alps, 208 Swiss Mountains, 211 The Belvidere, Vienna, 221 The Danube, 224 Castle on the Danube, 226 Constantinople, 228 Modern Athens, 231 The Acropolis, 233 The Parthenon of the Acropolis, 234 The Acropolis of Athens as it was, 235 Turkish Lady, 243 Island of Patmos, 247 Cedars of Lebanon, 263 Ruins of Baalbek, 274 Damascus, 278 Tombs of the Caliphs, 290 Sea of Galilee, 313 Palms in Bush Form, 321 Priest of the Greek Church, 325 Vale and City of Nazareth, 330 Interior of a Caravansary, 338 Dancing Girl, 341 Snake Charmer, 343 Ancient Sheep Fold, 344 Mt. of Olives, 348 An Arab Horseman, 350 A Bedouin, 352 View on the Road from Jerusalem to Jericho, 356 Ford of the Jordan, 391 View in the Valley of the Jordan, 395 The Dead Sea, 399 Lot’s Wife, 402 Ruth, 415 Cave of the Nativity, 418 Bethlehem, 420 Pools of Solomon, 423 Mosque of Hebron, 424 Government Guards, 438 Jerusalem, 448 Hills and Walls of Jerusalem, 450 Old Olive Trees in Gethsemane, 455 Street in Jerusalem, 459 Wailing Place of the Jews, 461 Mosque of Omar, 470 Solomon’s Temple as it was, 474 Holy Sepulchre, 483 Pool of Siloam, 486 Tombs of the Kings of Judah, 489 Burial of Christ, 492 The Castle of David and Jaffa Gate, 497 An Egyptian, 502 Donkey Boys of Cairo, 507 Pyramid and Sphinx, 509 Pompeii, Street of Cornelius Rufus, 517 Climbing Mt. Vesuvius, 528 Colosseum of Rome, 537 John H. Eager, 555 Baptist Chapel at Pellice, Italy, 559 Leaning Tower of Pisa, 565