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THE THREE CITIES

ROME

BY
EMILE ZOLA

TRANSLATED BY ERNEST A. VIZETELLY

PREFACE
IN submitting to the English-speaking public this second volume of M.
Zola's trilogy "Lourdes, Rome, Paris," I have no prefatory remarks to
offer on behalf of the author, whose views on Rome, its past, present,
and future, will be found fully expounded in the following pages. That
a book of this character will, like its forerunner "Lourdes," provoke
considerable controversy is certain, but comment or rejoinder may well
be postponed until that controversy has arisen. At present then I only
desire to say, that in spite of the great labour which I have bestowed on
this translation, I am sensible of its shortcomings, and in a work of such
length, such intricacy, and such a wide range of subject, it will not be
surprising if some slips are discovered. Any errors which may be
pointed out to me, however, shall be rectified in subsequent editions. I
have given, I think, the whole essence of M. Zola's text; but he himself
has admitted to me that he has now and again allowed his pen to run

away with him, and thus whilst sacrificing nothing of his sense I have
at times abbreviated his phraseology so as slightly to condense the
book. I may add that there are no chapter headings in the original, and
that the circumstances under which the translation was made did not
permit me to supply any whilst it was passing through the press;
however, as some indication of the contents of the book--which treats
of many more things than are usually found in novels--may be a
convenience to the reader, I have prepared a table briefly epitomising
the chief features of each successive chapter.
E. A. V.
MERTON, SURREY, ENGLAND, April, 1896.

CONTENTS TO

PART I
I "NEW ROME"--Abbe Froment in the Eternal City--His First
Impressions--His Book and the Rejuvenation of Christianity
II "BLACK MOUTH, RED SOUL"--The Boccaneras, their Mansion,
Ancestors, History, and Friends
III ROMANS OF THE CHURCH--Cardinals Boccanera and
Sanguinetti--Abbes Paparelli and Santobono--Don Vigilio--Monsignor
Nani

CONTENTS TO

PART II
IV ROMANS OF NEW ITALY--The Pradas and the Saccos--The
Corso and the Pincio
V THE BLOOD OF AUGUSTUS--The Palaces of the Caesars--The
Capitol--The Forum--The Appian Way--The Campagna--The
Catacombs--St. Peter's.
VI VENUS AND HERCULES--The Vatican--The Sixtine
Chapel--Michael Angelo and Raffaelle--Botticelli and Bernini--Gods
and Goddesses--The Gardens--Leo XIII--The Revolt of Passion

CONTENTS TO

PART III
VII PRINCE AND PONTIFF--The International Pilgrimage--The
Papal Revenue--A Function at St. Peter's--The Pope-King--The
Temporal Power
VIII THE POOR AND THE POPE--The Building Mania--The
Financial Crash--The Horrors of the Castle Fields--The Roman
Workman--May Christ's Vicar Gamble?--Hopes and Fears of the
Papacy
IX TITO's WARNING--Aspects of Rome--The Via Giulia--The Tiber
by Day--The Gardens--The Villa Medici---The Squares--The
Fountains--Poussin and the Campagna--The Campo Verano--The
Trastevere--The "Palaces"--Aristocracy, Middle Class,
Democracy--The Tiber by Night

CONTENTS TO

PART IV
X FROM PILLAR TO POST--The Propaganda--The
Index--Dominicans, Jesuits, Franciscans--The Secular Clergy--Roman
Worship--Freemasonry--Cardinal Vicar and Cardinal Secretary--The
Inquisition.
XI POISON!--Frascati--A Cardinal and his Creature--Albano, Castel
Gandolfo, Nemi--Across the Campagna--An Osteria--Destiny on the
March
XII THE AGONY OF PASSION--A Roman Gala--The
Buongiovannis--The Grey World--The Triumph of Benedetta--King
Humbert and Queen Margherita--The Fig-tree of Judas
XIII DESTINY!--A Happy Morning--The Mid-day Meal--Dario and
the Figs--Extreme Unction--Benedetta's Curse--The Lovers' Death

CONTENTS TO

PART V
XIV SUBMISSION--The Vatican by Night--The Papal
Anterooms--Some Great Popes--His Holiness's Bed-room--Pierre's
Reception--Papal Wrath--Pierre's Appeal--The Pope's Policy--Dogma
and Lourdes--Pierre Reprobates his Book

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