Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . n places of public businessand of public pleasure, was far more studied and of far greaterimportance than it now is ; and money, both public and pri-vate, was lavished upon such purposes with a profuseness farmore than commensurate, according to modern notions, withthe objects to which it was directed. We may add, to explainthe motives which induced individuals to bestow their moneyso freely in i
Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . n places of public businessand of public pleasure, was far more studied and of far greaterimportance than it now is ; and money, both public and pri-vate, was lavished upon such purposes with a profuseness farmore than commensurate, according to modern notions, withthe objects to which it was directed. We may add, to explainthe motives which induced individuals to bestow their moneyso freely in increasing the splendour of their city, that therewas no surer road to power and influence, either in the capi-tal, or in the smaller sphere of a provincial town, than bygratifying the taste of the people for splendour, either inpublic buildings or in the amusements of the stage or theamphitheatre. The architecture of Pompeii is not always in the besttaste, yet there is much to admire in it, both for the designand the execution. The restoration of the Forum, whichforms the frontispiece to this volume, will convey to thereader some idea at once of the artificial and natural beautiesof that Male Centaur am! Bacchante. 135
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