v S.H. 1827 85 TRANSALPINE MEMOIRS; OR, ANECDOTES AND OBSERVATIONS, SHEWING THE ACTUAL STATE ΟΙ ITALY AND THE ITALIANS. "A curious sight, "And very much unlike what people write." Don Juan, Cant. xi. BY AN ENGLISH CATHOLIC. IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. I. BATH: PRINTED BY RICHARD CRUTTWELL; AND SOLD BY LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, 166. 1008 CONTENTS OF VOL. I. INTRODUCTION. The Author's Wish to get sight of a Book forbidden by the French GovernmentThe Manner in which he obtains his end-Extract from a rejected Preface -Similarity of Situation between the Writer of the "Forbidden Book" and the Author, and consequent Decision of the latter PAGE i PREFACE. The Author defends himself against the Insinuation of a Catholic Friend LETTER I. XV Description of the Author's Villa at Leghorn -of his manner of Bathing-meets Iturbide, Ex-Emperor of Mexico, and Ferdinand I. King of Naples-Illumina- tion of the Suburbs-Journey to Rome English Tourists-The Roman Custom-House -The Author's Palace in the Via di Ri- petta-His first Walk through Rome- S. M. Maggiore-Blames the manner Tomb of C. Cestius-Ruins of the Basilica of St. Paul-Leo XII.-The Cardi- |