. The Percy family. The Baltic to Vesuvius . ERCY FAMILY. Yes, it is little Samuel kneeling in prayer. You know they are very common. Yes, almost every Italian image seller hasthem. But what of it ? Just this — I have seen the original. Pam-paloni, to whose studio I have been, designedthat, cast it in plaster, and then carved it inmarble. And all that we see are copies. Yes. Did you see Pampaloui, who made it ? No, he is dead; but his son inherits hisgenius. One day they rode out, and as they went, directed the driver to take them to SantaCroce. Santa Croce! said Minnie; what is that
. The Percy family. The Baltic to Vesuvius . ERCY FAMILY. Yes, it is little Samuel kneeling in prayer. You know they are very common. Yes, almost every Italian image seller hasthem. But what of it ? Just this — I have seen the original. Pam-paloni, to whose studio I have been, designedthat, cast it in plaster, and then carved it inmarble. And all that we see are copies. Yes. Did you see Pampaloui, who made it ? No, he is dead; but his son inherits hisgenius. One day they rode out, and as they went, directed the driver to take them to SantaCroce. Santa Croce! said Minnie; what is that? A church, Min, said Walter. A church, hey ? Yes; Santa Croce, erected six hundredyears ago, is to Florence what WestminsterAbbey is to London — the charnel of its illustri-ous dead. So I read in the guide books. When they reached the edifice, they found itfilled with many monuments, among which is,in a most conspicuous position, the grand sar-cophagus of Michael Angelo, the worlds greatartist. The sister arts, Painting, Sculpture, and. THE CAMPANILE, FLORENCE. ARTISTS AND FLOWER GIRLS. 115 Architecture, are weeping over the tomb, whilesurmounting them is a statue of the great manhimself. The spot where he sleeps was selected,and the manner of his burial was described, bythe artist himself, who wished his resting placeto be within sight of the cathedral, on whosespacious dome he loved to gaze in life. Theyalso saw the monuments of Dante, Alfieri, andGalileo. It would take a long time to tell all the chil-dren saw in Florence, or Firenze7SiS the Italiansspell it. One or two funeral processions theymet in the street, one or two masses they sawsolemnized in the churches, visits they made tothe cathedral, many times they climbed up intothe bell tower, excursions they took out into thecountry, and so much pleasure did they secure,that Minnie declared she could not tell whichcity she liked best, Florence or Paris. Walterthought that when he became a man, and hadmoney of his own
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