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ROME,

IN THE

NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Eaton, Mr Charlotte Anne (Waldies)

IN THE

NINETEENTH CENTURY;

CONTAINING

A COMPLETE ACCOUNT

OF THE RUINS OF THE ANCIENT CITY,
THE REMAINS OF THE MIDDLE AGES, AND THE
MONUMENTS OF MODERN TIMES.

WITH

REMARKS

ON THE FINE ARTS, ON THE STATE OF SOCIETY,
AND ON THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS,
OF THE MODERN ROMANS.

IN A

SERIES OF LETTERS

WRITTEN DURING A RESIDENCE AT ROME,

IN THE YEARS 1817 AND 1818.

By Miss Waldie.

"'Tis Rome demands our tears,

The Mistress of the World, the seat of empire,
The nurse of heroes, the delight of gods,-
That humbled the proud tyrants of the earth,
And set the nations free,--Rome is no more!"

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. Í.

EDINBURGH:

Printed by James Ballantyne and Company,

FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH;
AND HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO. LONDON.

1820.

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