Excerpt from Rome and Venice: With Other Wanderings in Italy, in 1866-7 Count me not, then, with them who, to amaze The people, set them on the stars to gaze; Insinuating, with much confidence, They are the only men that have science Of some brave creatures yea, a world they will Have in each star, though it be past their skill To make it manifest unto a man That reason hath, or tell his fingers can. John bunyan, Prologue to the Holy Wa/r. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.