# Roman Holidays, and Others Author: Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 Genre: Category: Travel Writing Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7422 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Roman+Holidays%2C+and+Others+Howells&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary No drop-curtain, at any theatre I have seen, was ever so richly imagined, with misty tops and shadowy clefts and frowning cliffs and gloomy valleys and long, plunging cataracts, as the actual landscape of Madeira, when we drew nearer and nearer to it, at the close of a tearful afternoon of mid-January. The scenery of drop-curtains is often very boldly beautiful, but here Nature, if she had taken a hint from art, had certainly bettered her instruction. During the waits between acts at the theatre, while studying the magnificent painting beyond the trouble of the orchestra, I have been most impressed by the splendid variety which the artist had got into his picture, where the spacious frame... ## Chapters - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-holidays-and-others-7422/chapters/24/index.md)