A young Jesuit—The lake of Perugia and the hill cities—_Urbs
recondita, cittá rovinata_—The Pantheon, the palace of the
Cæsars that was—The skeleton of the Forum—The antiquarian
genius—The transfiguration of Rome and the Transfiguration
of Raphael—The Laocoon—The Apollo Belvidere, _alias_ Lord
Chesterfield’s transfiguration—The Ariadne—The Athlete, at the
end of a Via di Scolpitura—The Barbarini Palace and Beatrice
Cenci—The Ghetto, the Cenci palace—The Romans proud of Rome—A
worn-out pedigree—The Corso, the Piazza Colonna—St. Paul
replaces Marcus Aurelius Antoninus—The obelisk in the Piazza
di Monti Clitorio—The Palazzo Doria Pamfili—Upstairs to the
Capitol—Stopped on one’s way by two lions spurting water—Castor
and Pollux; their nags—The Campidoglio—Marcus Aurelius taking
his ride into future times—The museum of the modern Capitol 265