Translated from the Spanish by Louis How

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE
PART ONE. ROME
I. THE PARIS-VENTIMIGLIA EXPRESS
II. AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY
III. CÆSAR MONCADA
IV. PEOPLE WHO PASS CLOSE BY
V. THE ABBE PRECIOZI. THE BIG BIRDS IN ROME
VI. THE LITTLE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE IN A ROMAN HOTEL
VII. THE CONFIDENCES OF THE ABBE PRECIOZI
VIII. OLD PALACES, OLD SALONS, OLD LADIES
IX. NEW ACQUAINTANCES
X. A BALL
XI. A SOUNDING-LINE IN THE DARK WORLD
XII. A MEETING ON THE PINCIO
XIII. ESTHETICS AND DEMAGOGY
XIV. NEW ATTEMPTS, NEW RAMBLES
XV. GIOVANNI BATTISTA, PAGAN
XVI. THE PORTRAIT OF A POPE
XVII. EVIL DAYS
XVIII. CÆSAR BORGIA’S MOTTO, “AUT CÆSAR, AUT NIHIL”
XIX. CÆSAR’S REFLECTIONS
XX. DON CALIXTO AT SAINT PETER’S
XXI. DON CALIXTO IN THE CATACOMBS
XXII. SENTIMENTALITY AND ARCHEOLOGY
XXIII. THE ‘SCUTCHEON OF A CHURCH
XXIV. TOURIST INTERLUDE
PART TWO. CASTRO DURO
I. ARRIVAL. CÆSAR IN ACTION
II. CASTRO DURO
III. CÆSAR’S LABOURS
IV. THE BOOKSELLER AND THE ANARCHISTS
V. THE BANQUET
VI. UNCLE CHINAMAN
VII. A TRYING SCENE
VIII. THE ELECTION
IX. CÆSAR AS DEPUTY
X. POLITICAL LABOURS
XI. THE PITFALL OF SINIGAGLIA
XIII. AMPARITO IN ACTION
XIV. INTRANSIGENCE LOST
XV. "DRIVELLER” JUAN AND “THE CUB-SLUT”
XVI. PITY, A MASK OF COWARDICE
XVII. FIRST VICTORY
XVIII. DECLARATION OF WAR
XIX. THE FIGHT FOR THE ELECTION
XX. CONFIDENCE
XXI. OUR VENERABLE TRADITIONS! OUR HOLY PRINCIPLES!
XXII. FINIS GLORIÆ MUNDI. FROM A SOCIETY COLUMN