Excerpt from Rome, Its Churches, Its Charities, and Its Schools Tm: followin g pages were written as a recreation from severer studies, during a period of severe illness, when the author was prevented from takin g other relaxation. They are now permitted to see the light, at the desire of several friends, who gave it as their opinion, that a work of this description, which would treat of Rome and its charities in a Catholic point of view, would be calculated to effect some good, and would tend to re move the prejudices which have been excited against the Eternal City, and all connected with it, by modern tourists and by writers of modern books of travel. 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.