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CONTENTS. BOOK I. PARIS AND AVIGNON. Travelling in the Middle Ages 1 Amiens 1 Paris 7 Thoughts on interesting Cemeteries 20 Versailles 23 Chartres 36 Orleans 38 Avignon 43 The Schism of Avignon 47 Reflections on the Pontificate of Boniface VIII 61 Vaucluse 80 The Loves of Petrarch and Laura 86 Provencal Scenery a type of the modern temper 101 The antiquities of Nismes 106 First sight of the Mediterranean 112 Thoughts on the Catholic movement in France 113 What it is to travel 121 Dialogue I. — Dark notions of Clerical Celibacy, by the Man of the Middle Ages 123 BOOK II. CISALPINE GAUL. Mechanical powers in the World, and movements in the Church 136 Genoa 139 The Monk and the Missionary 140 The honor of the Mother of God 147 Danger of travelling in Roman Catholic countries 154 Henry VIII. Charles V. and Francis I 160 The Certosa of Chiravalle 162 Dialogue II. — The wrath of Kings; Rome in the Holy Week; Character of the English Church; The two tendencies; The Donatist temper of England 166 Milan 182 The Legend of Saints Gervasius and Protasius 185 The Death of St. Ambrose 189 The fortunes of the Milanese Church 191 Transmutation of the Man of the Middle Ages 198 Dialogue III. — The Cloisters of San Ambrosio; Political indifference; Divine right of Kings 204 What the streets of Milan have seen 218 Manzoni and Von Raumer 225 Arnold of Brescia 233 Latin Literature 238 Padua 249 An unaccountable sympathy with an uncouth people 250 Dialogue IV. — Political sentiments; Miracles and Legends of the Church 271 Venice 282 Power of suffering 288 "Popish Mummery" 302 Good Friday Communions 304 A sketch in a garden in the November of 1535 308 The times of Paolo Sarpi 327 Thoughts on the Lido 333 The Armenian Convent 339 Dialogue V. — Catholic geography; Books; Pilgrims to Palestine; Revival of opinions; In the clouds; A Parable; Monasteries 340 BOOK III. THE ADRIATIC AND AEGEAN. Trieste 373 Ancona 376 Dialogue VI. — The Papacy, Primitive and Mediaeval 377 Corfu 393 Patras 398 Navarino 402 A Poem 406 Athens 408 Marathon 410 Xhe Priest and the Lizard Dialogue VII. — Primitive Episcopacy; Persecution; The Sign of the Cross; The Happy Life 412 Oropo 435 Thebes and Livadia 436 Vision at Livadia; The Pagan Genius and the Prophetess of Romance 438 Parnassus 471 The Rydal Road and Ambleside by night 479 The Ancient Paganism 483 Corinth 497 Mycenae and Napoli di Romania 503 Iero, and the Dream on the ruined steps there 514 Epidaurus 528 Dialogue VIII. — Paganism; Pagan View of Nature; Animals; Imagination; The Fall 533 Athens 554 Sunset from the Acropolis ib. Temple of Jupiter Olympius; Hadrian's Gate; the Erectheum; Lord Elgin; Sir F. Head; The Parthenon 555 Christian Athens 566 A Morning Walk in Athens 573 Last Evening in Athens 582 The Greek Church in Greece 583 Greek Scenery 590 Regrets and Anticipations 593 Syra 599 Smyrna 601 Dialogue IX. — Practical, and may be useful to young Catholics in England 607 The Odyssey and the Excursion 628 The Hellespont 632 The Four Consistories, the Apparition on the Sea of Marmara 637 The Illegible Vellum; Sunrise on Constantinople 643 P.S. The Materials for Three more Books have been collected, — The Desecrated City (Constantinople) — The Kaiser's Lands — and Protestant Germany, — which may, perhaps, be prepared for publication, if it should seem advisable.

Subjects: Cathedrals -- Europe; Europe -- Description and travel; Cathedrals; Faber, Frederick William, 1814-1863