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CONTENTS.

TENTH STATION.

A Week in Genoa—Folks-Life—Palaces—Italian Evangelical Church—Journey to Spezia—Glance over the Sardinian States—Pisa—Exterior of Hospitals—Pisa, formerly and at the present time—The Leaning Tower—Catharina Ferucci—La Donna Italiana—Rosa Ferucci—The Cathedral of San Piso—Florence—Life—Art—Beauty—La Specola—Galileo—La Tribuna—Tuscany as formerly, and at the present time—From Florence, by Sienna, to Rome

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ELEVENTH STATION.

In Rome—First impression—First rambles in old and new Rome—The Pope—The last Judgment—Church Festivals—Drawing-room Life—Popular Life—Faith in Miracles—The Catacombs—A Poetess—Christmas-day in the Vatican—Child preachings—S. Paulo fuori de Mure—Attempt at Conversion—A little of Every thing—Close of the year 1857

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TWELFTH STATION.

New Year's Thoughts—Romantic Preludes—Festal Life in Rome—Beggars—“Museo Christiano”—Evening in the Palazzo Farnese—Festival of the Propaganda—Cold and Catarrh—View from the Capitol—Carnival—La Grippe—Preparations for Lent—Pontifical Jubilee, and Pontifical Bill of Fare—Soirée at the Grants'—Cardinal Antonelli

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