. William H. Seward's travels around the world. inisters, and court,all are said to have gone to Rome to reorganize the state of Italyin that ancient capital; but in reality, like the political functiona-ries of Austria, they are enjoying the mountains, the sea-side, andother pleasure - resorts. We found, without difficulty, pleasantapartments in the Hotel de VEurope, near the Piazzi della SantaTrinita. This morning Mr. Wurtz, the United States secretaryof legation, came with our letters, and has given us kind assist-ance in our hurried explorations of this, the most delightful of Eu-ropean ci
. William H. Seward's travels around the world. inisters, and court,all are said to have gone to Rome to reorganize the state of Italyin that ancient capital; but in reality, like the political functiona-ries of Austria, they are enjoying the mountains, the sea-side, andother pleasure - resorts. We found, without difficulty, pleasantapartments in the Hotel de VEurope, near the Piazzi della SantaTrinita. This morning Mr. Wurtz, the United States secretaryof legation, came with our letters, and has given us kind assist-ance in our hurried explorations of this, the most delightful of Eu-ropean cities. The first impression we receive is, that the edificesand dwellings of Florence are majestic and solemn, while thestreets are broader, more perfectly paved, and cleanly kept, thanany others in the world. The next impression is, that the peopleone meets are more gentle and accomplished than any other peo-ple. How marvellous is the contrast in this respect between Flor-ence and Yeddo, Peking, Calcutta, Cairo, Constantinople, or evenVienna !. ENTRANCE INTO ROME. 671 It has been a subject of curious inquiry for us why Florence,more than any other Italian city—indeed, more than any city inEurope—is attractive to Americans as well as to the English. Thereason, we think, is, that the great ideas which the world has de-rived from the philosophy, poetry, and art of Italy, have producedin the character of the people of Florence a harmony with themore enlightened social life of those two nations. It was a touch-ing illustration of this truth, that we found, in the foreign cemeteryof Florence, the tombs of Theodore Parker, Elizabeth BarrettBrowning, and Louise Kuhn, daughter of Charles Francis Adams. Rome, July 29tk.—Even if Rome retains a consciousness of heridentity with the City of the Emperors, she could not complain asthe lady of the harem in Constantinople did, that we had rushedinto her presence irreverently. Leaving Florence this morning, we passed through, what so longh
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