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 . 53 4tc-*~. JJauciug Faun. 353. Antique Bas-relief in terra-cotta, representing a Mule attached to a Mill. CHAPTEE VI. ART OF BAKING.—FULLONICA. The fame of an actor lias been justly said to be of all famethe most perishable, because he leaves no memorial of hispowers, except in the fading memories of the generationwhich has beheld him. An analogous proposition might bemade with respect to the mec
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 . 53 4tc-*~. JJauciug Faun. 353. Antique Bas-relief in terra-cotta, representing a Mule attached to a Mill. CHAPTEE VI. ART OF BAKING.—FULLONICA. The fame of an actor lias been justly said to be of all famethe most perishable, because he leaves no memorial of hispowers, except in the fading memories of the generationwhich has beheld him. An analogous proposition might bemade with respect to the mechanical arts : of all sorts ofknowledge they are the most perishable, because the know-ledge of them cannot be transmitted by mere any great convulsion of nature put an end to theirpractice for a generation or two, and though the scientificpart of them may be preserved in books, the skill in manipu-lation, acquired by a long series of improvements, is lost. IfBritain be destined to relapse into such a state of barbarismas Italy passed through in the period which divides ancientand modern history, its inhabitants a thousand years hencewill know little more of the manual processes of printing,dyeing, and the
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