. 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 . ored to the light of day. Todescribe every building would have been useless, even in aprofessed guide-book. It has been our endeavour howeverto omit no object remarkable either for beauty or singularity;nothing to which the attention of those who have the goodfortune to visit the spot ought to be directed. Occasionally wehave indulged in a minuteness of detail, especially in spealdngof the inter
. 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 . ored to the light of day. Todescribe every building would have been useless, even in aprofessed guide-book. It has been our endeavour howeverto omit no object remarkable either for beauty or singularity;nothing to which the attention of those who have the goodfortune to visit the spot ought to be directed. Occasionally wehave indulged in a minuteness of detail, especially in spealdngof the interior decorations of the houses, which may appeartedious : we have done so, however, from a belief that with-out the advantage of personal insj)ection, it is only by minute-ness of description, and even rej)etition, that any sort of fami-liarity with the subject can be attained. In conclusion, we haveto express a regret that the small size of our illustrations, andespecially the want of coloured plates, prevent our doing fulljustice to the beauty and interest of this remarkable place. * See Overbeck, B. i., Anhang, Anmerk, 4, S. Pomp. Ant. Hist., t. i. p. 152 (Aug. 13th, 1763). 532 Money-bag and Coins. CHAPTEE XII. DOMESTIC UTENSILS. The immense number and variety of statues, lamps, urns,articles of domestic use, in metal or earthenware, &c., dis-covered at Herculaneum and Pompeii, have rendered theMuseum at Naples an inexhaustible treasury of informationrelative to the private life of the ancient Italians.* To givean adequate description of the richness and variety of itscontents would far exceed the whole extent of this work,much more the small space which still lemains; but thatspace cannot be better occupied than in describing some fewarticles which possess an interest from the ingenuity of theirconstruction, the beauty ol their workmanship, or their powerto illustrate ancient usages or ancient authors. Writing implements are among the most important of thelat
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