. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . emains of later glories, each and all had a charm forhim. The General was fortunate in the time of his arrival at excitement over the election of the new Pope had subsided,and Leo XIII. was comfortably seated in the Chair of St. Eminence, Cardinal McCloskey, of New York, was presentin Rome at the time, and immediately upon General Grants ar-rival called upon him, and offered to secure for him any facilities hemight desire for seeing the churches, the Vatican, and the ob
. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . emains of later glories, each and all had a charm forhim. The General was fortunate in the time of his arrival at excitement over the election of the new Pope had subsided,and Leo XIII. was comfortably seated in the Chair of St. Eminence, Cardinal McCloskey, of New York, was presentin Rome at the time, and immediately upon General Grants ar-rival called upon him, and offered to secure for him any facilities hemight desire for seeing the churches, the Vatican, and the objects of interest under the immediate care of the Church. The Car- (402) ITALY, FRANCE, HOLLAND. 403 dinal also arranged for an interview between General Grant andthe Pope, and accordingly on the 13th of March, General andMrs. Grant were formally presented to His Holiness Pope LeoXIII., who received them cordially, Cardinal McCloskey makingthe presentation. A pleasant interview followed, and the partiesseparated mutually pleased with each other. Immediately upon the arrival of General Grant at Rome he. ST. PETERS AND THE VATICAN—ROME. was waited upon by an aide-de-camp of King Humbert, who,in his sovereigns name, welcomed the General to Rome, andplaced at his disposal every facility he might desire for seeingthe countless monuments and museums of the Eternal General promptly called upon the King, and an interestingand cordial interview took place. On the 15th of April King 4O4 AROUND THE WORLD. Humbert entertained General Grant at a magnificent state dinner,at which all the Italian ministers were present. This was oneof the most distinguished honors ever conferred by an Italiansovereign upon a citizen of a foreign country. From Rome the travellers went to Florence, the favorite ofItalian cities with Americans, which was reached on the 20th ofApril, 1878. The stay of the General and his party in thisbeautiful city was very brief, but very pleasant. The authoritiesof t
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