FAMILIAR ALLUSIONS: A Handbook of Miscellaneous Information about Celebrated Statues, Palaces, Churches, Ships, etc. Begun by WILLIAM A. WHEELER. Completed and Edited by CHARLES G. Wheeler. 12mo. Price $3.00 I. PAINTINGS AND STATUARY. La Fornarina, Last Judgment, Slave Ship, Beatrice Cenci, Old Téméraire, Marguerite, etc.; Antinous, Niobe, Torso Belvedere, Venus of Milo, etc. a. RUINS, etc., as Mouse Tower, Drachenfels, Stonehenge, Forum of Trajan, Maison Carrée, etc. b. ROYAL PALACES, as Holyrood, Schönbrunn, Doge's Palace, Trianon, etc. c. MUSEUMS, etc., as Pinakothek, Geyptothek, Uffizi, etc. d. CATHEDRALS, ABBEYS, etc., as Ara Coeli, Madeleine, Mormon Temple, Westminster Abbey, Trinitá de' Monti, etc. e. THEATRES, HALLS, etc., as Exeter Hall, Drury Lane, Haymarket, Trinity House, Wallack's, La Scala, etc.. PALACES, CASTLES, etc., as Pitti, Farnesina, Casa Guidi, Stowe, Sunnyside, Chatsworth, Arlington, Old Manse, etc. g. PRISONS, etc., as Newgate, Fleet, Libby, Bastille, Spielberg, Piombi, etc. h. TAVERNS, as The Tabard, Star and Garter, etc. i. SHIPS, as Bounty, Bucentaur, Alabama, Monitor, Pinta, Constitution, Dreadnaught, Trent, Mayflower, etc. III. NATURAL CURIOSITIES, &c. a. NATURAL CURIOSITIES, as Green Grotto, The Notch, Natural Bridge, Lorelei, Tarpeian Rock, etc. b. STREETS, etc., as the Corso, Prado, Prater, Chiaja, Strand, Pall Mall, Via Dolorosa, Appian Way, Five Points, Seven Dials, Toledo, Wapping, Unter den Linden, etc. c. PARKS, etc., as Bois de Boulogne, Boboli Gardens, Pére la Chaise, Greenwood, Campo Santo, Fairmount, Jardin Mabille, etc. d. CLUBS, etc., as Kit-Cat, Beefsteak, Athenæum, etc. As Bambino, Brook Farm, Glastonbury Thorn, Poet's Corner, Coronation Chair, London Stone, Plains of Abraham, Salisbury Plain, Golden Horn, Bow Bells, Stone of Scone, Merry Mount, Kohinoor, Herne's Oak, Swamp Angel, Donnybrook Fair, Warwick Vase, Mora Stone, Pitt Diamond, Veronica, etc. "An invaluable supplement to gazetteers and encyclopedias." -N.Y. World. JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO., Boston. |