Buried cities . —From Maus Pompeii PERISTYLE OF THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII. With the columns and tables and statues that were found, thiscourt has been built on the site of an old ruined villa. Flowersbloom and the fountain plays in it to-day just as they did overtwo thousand years ago. There are wall paintings in theshadows at the back. The little boys holding the ducks mustlook very much like Caius when he was a little boy. When hewent to the farm in the hills for a hot summer, he had ducks toplay with; here are statues to remind him, in the winter time, ofwhat fun that was. A garden like this,
Buried cities . —From Maus Pompeii PERISTYLE OF THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII. With the columns and tables and statues that were found, thiscourt has been built on the site of an old ruined villa. Flowersbloom and the fountain plays in it to-day just as they did overtwo thousand years ago. There are wall paintings in theshadows at the back. The little boys holding the ducks mustlook very much like Caius when he was a little boy. When hewent to the farm in the hills for a hot summer, he had ducks toplay with; here are statues to remind him, in the winter time, ofwhat fun that was. A garden like this, not generally so large, was laid out insideevery important house in Pompeii. The family rooms sur-rounded it. These rooms received most of their light and airfrom this garden. Caius was lying on a couch in a garden likethis, when the shower of pebbles suddenly began. Arfston waspainting the walls of a room that overlooked the LADY PLAYING A HARP. This is part of a beautiful wall painting in a Pompeian house,the sort of painting that Ariston was making when the volcanoburst forth. See how much the little boy looks like his mother,and what beautiful bands they both have in their hair. Chairslike this one have been found in the ruins, and the same designis on many other pieces of furniture. The Metropolitan Museum owns the complete wall paintings fora Pompeian room. They are put up just as they were inPompeii. There is even an iron window grating. A beautifultable from Pompeii stands in the center. The room is one of thegayest in the whole museum, with its rich reds and bright yel-lows, greens, and blues.
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