CHAPTER XXVI.

1884.

Start for Italy--The Cholera--Ten Days in Quarantine on Lake Maggiore--A Heroic King--We Are Presented to Queen Margaret--American Artists in Rome--The Royal Balls-- Receptions and Parties--Meet Many People of Note--The Hills of Rome--Minister Astor and His Home--Hugh Conway-- Ibsen--Marion Crawford--One of the Bonapartes--Keats’ Room--The Cardinals--Ischia Destroyed--Christmas in Rome-- Letter from General Sherman--His Views of Rome--Cleveland’s Election--Franz Liszt Again. 244