. The spell of Italy. in spite ofthe glowing description of them you read in JohnInglesant. But then you know Shorthouse had theadvantage of never having seen them! I should go,if I were you, to the Lateran once for Vespers, andyou will like to run into Trinita dei Monti at sunsetto hear the nuns chant; it is very near your pensionethere in the Via Sistina. In spite of the fact thatSaint Peters within is vulgar and pompous I thinkyou would be interested in the service there onThursday. The thirtieth is Corpus Christi Day andthere will be something of an ecclesiastical you care to se
. The spell of Italy. in spite ofthe glowing description of them you read in JohnInglesant. But then you know Shorthouse had theadvantage of never having seen them! I should go,if I were you, to the Lateran once for Vespers, andyou will like to run into Trinita dei Monti at sunsetto hear the nuns chant; it is very near your pensionethere in the Via Sistina. In spite of the fact thatSaint Peters within is vulgar and pompous I thinkyou would be interested in the service there onThursday. The thirtieth is Corpus Christi Day andthere will be something of an ecclesiastical you care to see the Pope? Fiha gave no uncertain sound in the affirmative. I think I can manage the presentation for you,but one has to wait. It will not come until latenext week even if I apply at once. I will also getpermission, if you hke, for you to sec the BorgiaRooms of the Vatican. Oh, the Pinturicchio frescoes! I exclaimed. Ihave so wanted access to them but the guide-bookmade it seem very difficult. There is really no end. POPE INNOCENT X, BY VELASQUEZ. The Wine of Rome 107 to the collections of paintings we must visit, Iadded. A note of discouragement in my voice musthave struck the Contessa. Dear Signora, she said earnestly, there arereally very few pictures of the first order in Rome,aside from the frescoes you have seen. You will seegreater things by nearly every master in Florenceand Venice. Let them all go. There is just one ex-ception; you would find it worth while to go to theDoria Gallery in the Corso for the sake especially ofthe Velasquez Pope, — Innocent Tenth, the mostinteresting portrait in Rome, I think. Having seenGuido Renis St. Michael in the Cappuccini churchyou will be interested in the resemblance between theauthentic features of the Pope and Guidos was probably a spite portrait. Tliis by the I wish to say is that after the Doria you willhave seen pictures enough for Rome. We were amazed. I was first to express my surprise. You do not think w
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