Word: rome
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Professor Cooke is a universal favorite, and a large and appreciative audience assembled in Upper Boylston Hall last evening to hear his third lecture on Italian cities. The subject was "Rome," and it was treated in an instructive and entertaining manner...
This evening in Upper Boylston, Professor Cooke will give the third of his illustrated lectures. He will take for his subject. "Rome," and his descriptions of the noted buildings and spots of interest in this celebrated city will, doubtless, be of the same entertaining and instructive nature which has marked the two previous lectures of the course. The views which will be shown are of so varied a character that no student at all interested in the art or history of ancient or modern Rome can afford to miss this lecture...
Professor Cooke will give another illustrated lecture next Thursday, upon Rome...
...time, had apartments. The tower of this building dominates the city, and is the most prominent feature in every picture. Near this is the Uffizzi palace with its famous picture gallery. Here are many art treasures, including the Venus di Medici, found in the villa of Hadrian at Rome, the statue of Niobe, and numerous others. The great glory of Florence is the Duomo, or cathedral, built of black and white marble, with a tower, said to be the handsomest in the world. The baptistry of this church contains a number of famous bronze doors, one pair of which occupied...
...contains several interesting essays, among which are "Butterflies in Disguise," by Samuel H. Scudder, the well-known Cambridge entomologist. "A Plea for Humor," by Agnes Repplier, a thoughtful article on politics entitled "The Spirit of American Politics as shown in the Late Election," by Charles W. Clark, and "Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries." The poetry of the number is "Brianda de Bardaxi," by Henry C. Lea, which is a weird description of the fate of Circe's victims...