tiquities; Marseilles, Genoa, Leghorn, Civita Vecchia, to Rome.
_Rome._--Three weeks among its antiquities, palaces, churches,
colleges and schools.
_June 13th, 1845._--Naples; the peasants on the way from Rome to
Naples; Vesuvius, Herculaneum, Pompeii, museums, hospitals,
college, schools.
_June 20th._--In a steamer from Naples to Leghorn, thence in a
hired coach to Pisa and Florence,--beautiful country, and highly
cultivated. Employed four weeks in studying the institutions and
peculiarities of Florence; no beggars or Jesuits allowed in
Florence; the grand Duke a father to his people.
_July 19th._--Proceeded to Bologna, re-enter the Papal dominions,
and crossed the Appenines; views; a Normal School at Bologna,
containing 1,000 pupils, and a Foundling Hospital with 3,000
children.
_July 23rd._--Left Bologna in a vetturina, in company with two
agreeable gentlemen, a German and an American; Ferrara; reached the
Po, where we entered Austrian dominions; when we entered the first
custom-house in Italy, the head officers of which did not ask for
money, and declined it when offered to them. Crossed the Adige;
interesting places; thence to Venice, where I spend four days in
that wondrous city.
_Bavaria._--In a stage by the Trent, through the Tyrolese Alps to
Munich, capital of Bavaria, where I employed nineteen days in
visiting its schools and museums, conversing with the professors.
From Munich by stage to Ratisbon; down the Danube to Luiz and
Vienna--the most perfect city in its buildings, streets, and
gardens I had visited. Gave a day to go down the Danube to the
capital of Hungary.
_Bohemia._--From Vienna, through Bohemia, by the first train on the
then new railroad to Prague; women working on the railroad.
_Saxony and Germany._--From Prague to Dresden--visits to schools;
thence to Leipsic--visits to public buildings, schools, and
university; thence to Halle--Franke's foundations, and other
schools; to Wittemburg--Luther and Melancthon.
_Prussia._--Berlin, Sept. 8th.--Examination of its various
institutions, schools, and its university; Hanover, Cologne,
Mayence, Wiesbaden, Frankfort, Strasbourg, Bale, Zuerich; school of
M. Fellenburg; Lausanne--Geneva--to Paris.
_Episode in my European travels, 1844, etc._-
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