Buried Cities, vol 1, Pompeii

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BURIED CITIES, VOLUME 1
POMPEII
BY
JENNIE HALL
Author of "Four Old Greeks," Etc. Instructor in History and English in
the Francis W. Parker School, Chicago
With Many Drawings and Photographs From Original Sources

The publishers are grateful to the estate of Miss Jennie Hall and to her
many friends for assistance in planning the publication of this book.
Especial thanks are due to Miss Nell C. Curtis of the Lincoln School,
New York City, for helping to finish Miss Hall's work of choosing the
pictures, and to Miss Irene I. Cleaves of the Francis Parker School,
Chicago, who wrote the captions. It was Miss Katharine Taylor, now of
the Shady Hill School, Cambridge, who brought these stories to our
attention.

FOREWORD: TO BOYS AND GIRLS
Do you like to dig for hidden treasure? Have you ever found Indian
arrowheads or Indian pottery? I knew a boy who was digging a cave in
a sandy place, and he found an Indian grave. With his own hands he
uncovered the bones and skull of some brave warrior. That brown skull
was more precious to him than a mint of money. Another boy I knew
was making a cave of his own. Suddenly he dug into an older one made
years before. He crawled into it with a leaping heart and began to
explore. He found an old carpet and a bit of burned candle. They

proved that some one had lived there. What kind of a man had he been
and what kind of life had he lived--black or white or red, robber or
beggar or adventurer? Some of us were walking in the woods one day
when we saw a bone sticking out of the ground. Luckily we had a spade,
and we set to work digging. Not one moment was the tool idle. First
one bone and then another came to light and among them a perfect
horse's skull. We felt as though we had rescued Captain Kidd's treasure,
and we went home draped in bones.
Suppose that instead of finding the bones of a horse we had uncovered
a gold-wrapped king. Suppose that instead of a deserted cave that boy
had dug into a whole buried city with theaters and mills and shops and
beautiful houses. Suppose that instead of picking up an Indian
arrowhead you could find old golden vases and crowns and bronze
swords lying in the earth. If you could be a digger and a finder and
could choose your find, would you choose a marble statue or a buried
bakeshop with bread two thousand years old still in the oven or a king's
grave filled with golden gifts? It is of such digging and such finding
that this book tells.

CONTENTS
FOREWORD: To BOYS AND GIRLS
POMPEII
1. The Greek Slave and the Little Roman Boy
2. Vesuvius
3. Pompeii Today
_Pictures of Pompeii:_
A Roman Boy
The City of Naples
Vesuvius in Eruption
Pompeii from an Airplane
Nola Street; the Stabian Gate
In the Street of Tombs
The Amphitheater; the Baths
Temple of Apollo; School of the Gladiators
The Smaller Theater
A Sacrifice
Scene in the Forum; Hairpins; Bath Appliances

Peristyle of the House of the Vettii
Lady Playing a Harp
Kitchen of the House of the Vettii
Kitchen Utensils; Centaur Cup
The House of the Tragic Poet
Mosaic of Watch Dog
The House of Diomede
A Bakery; Section