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and during the lulls in our conversation he had a good deal
to say in Italian to Paulina the maid servant who waited
upon me and seemed to be his factotum. Upon leaving he invi-
ted me to breakfast with him twice a week during my stay and
to bring Allston too. We therefore went regularly as invited and
in various ways saw a great deal of the old gentleman. He
repeatedly expressed himself as much pleased with our company,
and especially did it seem to gratify him to call upon us for a
short time before our dinner hour when he was always completely
equipped for the ceremonious dinner at the banker’s.

An amusing incident in connection with the first breakfast of
which Allston participated was that the only little silver spoon
for eating the egg which the batchelor establishment could boast
of was given to Allston as the distinguished guest, and a little
old wooden one to me. Afterwards however another silver one was
obtained for me.

Neither Allston nor myself had our money at Torlonia’s, and we
consequently were never invited to any of his entertainments. We
desired much to see Canova’s Hercules which was in the house,
and asked our old friend to arrange the matter for us. but he
positively declined. His reason was that it would necessitate
from him so many fulsome remarks in praise of the work and
so many obsequious thanks to the owner for permitting us to
see it, all of which, although he knew well how to do it, was
distasteful to him - that he must be excused.

One of the first places to visit after St Peter’s was the Vatican
and its works of Art. The long galleries of busts and other pieces
in marble, at the end of which is the celebrated Torso so much
admired by Michael Angelo, do not contain much to arrest the
attention, except perhaps the bust of the young Augustus, which
shows the youth at an age when he had not yet been under the
corrupting influence of unrestrained power. It is very interesting
and suggestive and the impression it makes may be judged of
by the number of reproductions in plaster which are seen in
America. Of course I looked at the Torso carefully, and could
see that the representation of the body proper and especially the
large abdominal muscles had been well done by the Greek
sculptor who executed it

The civilization of Rome was derived almost exclusively from
Greece, and perhaps the only part of it which was eventually
developed into something separate and distinct was its lite-
rature. The Art of painting can scarcely be considered as exist-
ing then as we know it now, but sculpture was carried to the
highest degree of perfection by the Greeks, and although the Ro-
mans, after the conquest of the Greek States, carried away
all the best statues and groups of Statuary which they found, they never seem to
have been able to produce themselves any thing worthy of admiration
at the present day.

From the Torso to the Apollo Bel-