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Title: The Wonders of Pompeii
Author: Marc Monnier
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[Illustration: Recent Excavations made at Pompeii under the Direction

of Inspector Fiorelli, in 1860.]

THE WONDERS OF POMPEII.
BY
MARC MONNIER.
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH.
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER & CO., 654 BROADWAY.
1871.

=Illustrated Library of Wonders.=
PUBLISHED BY
Messrs. Charles Scribner & Co.,
654 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
Each one volume 12mo, Price per volume $1.50
* * * * *
Titles of books. No. of Illustrations
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, 89 WONDERS OF OPTICS, 70
WONDERS OF HEAT, 90 INTELLIGENCE OF ANIMALS, 54
GREAT HUNTS, 22 EGYPT 3,300 YEARS AGO, 40 WONDERS OF
POMPEII, 22 THE SUN, BY A. GUILLEMIN, 58 SUBLIME IN
NATURE, 50 WONDERS OF GLASS-MAKING, 63 WONDERS OF
ITALIAN ART, 28 WONDERS OF THE HUMAN BODY, 45
WONDERS OF ARCHITECTURE, 50 LIGHTHOUSES AND
LIGHTSHIPS, 60 BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN, 68 WONDERS OF
BODILY STRENGTH AND SKILL, 70 WONDERFUL BALLON

ASCENTS, 80 ACOUSTICS, 114 WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS,
48 * THE MOON, BY A. GUILLEMIN, 60 * WONDERS OF
SCULPTURE, 61 WONDERS OF ENGRAVING, 32 * WONDERS
OF VEGETATION, 45 * WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD,
97 * CELEBRATED ESCAPES, 26 * WATER, 77 * HYDRAULICS,
40 * ELECTRICITY, 71 * SUBTERRANEAN WORLDS, 27
* In Press for early publication
_The above works sent to any address, post paid, upon receipt of the
price by the publishers._

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Facing page
Recent Excavations Made at Pompeii in 1860, under the Direction of
the Inspector, Signor Fiorelli 25
The Rubbish Trucks Going up Empty 30
Clearing out a Narrow Street in Pompeii 33
Plan of Vesuvius 39
The Forum 42
Discovery of Loaves Baked 1800 Years Ago, in the oven of a Baker 84
Closed House, with a Balcony, Recently Discovered 87
The Nola Gate at Pompeii 96
The Herculaneum Gate Restored 99
The Tepidarium, at the Thermæ 126
The Atrium of the House of Pansa Restored 138

Candelabra, Trinkets, and Kitchen Utensils Found at Pompeii 148
Kitchen Utensils found at Pompeii 150
Earthenware and Bronze Lamps Found at Pompeii 154
Collar, Ring, Bracelet, and Ear-rings Found at Pompeii 158
Peristyle of the House of Quæstor, at Pompeii 167
The House of Lucretius 169
The Exædra of the House of the Poet 185
The Exædra of the House of the Poet--Second View 189
The Smaller Theatre at Pompeii 206
The Amphitheatre at Pompeii 220
Bodies of Pompeians Cast in the Ashes of the Eruption 239

CONTENTS.
I.
THE EXHUMED CITY. Page The Antique Landscape.--The History
of Pompeii Before and After its Destruction.--How it was Buried and
Exhumed.--Winkelmann as a Prophet.--The Excavations in the Reign
of Charles III., of Murat, and of Ferdinand.--The Excavations as they
now are.--Signor Fiorelli.--Appearance of the Ruins.--What is and
What is not found there. 13
II.
THE FORUM.
Diomed's Inn.--The Niche of Minerva.--The Appearance and The

Monuments of the Forum.--The Antique Temple.--The Pagan ex-Voto
Offerings.--The Merchants' City Exchange and the Petty
Exchange.--The Pantheon, or was it a Temple, a Slaughter-house, or a
Tavern?--The Style of Cooking, and the Form of Religion.--The
Temple of Venus.--The Basilica.--The Inscriptions of Passers-by upon
the Walls.--The Forum Rebuilt. 37
III.
THE STREET.
The Plan of Pompeii.--The Princely Names of the Houses.--Appearance
of the Streets, Pavements, Sidewalks, etc.--The Shops and the
Signs.--The Perfumer, the Surgeon, etc.--An Ancient
Manufactory.--Bathing Establishments.--Wine-shops, Disreputable
Resorts.--Hanging Balconies, Fountains.--Public Placards: Let us
Nominate Battur! Commit no Nuisance!--Religion on the Street. 67
IV.
THE SUBURBS.
The Custom House.--The Fortifications and the Gates,--The Roman
Highways.--The Cemetery of Pompeii.--Funerals: the Procession, the
funeral Pyre, the Day of the Dead.--The Tombs and their
Inscriptions.--Perpetual Leases.--Burial of the Rich, of Animals, and of
the Poor.--The Villas of Diomed and Cicero. 93
V.
THE THERMÆ.
The Hot Baths at Rome.--The Thermæ of Stabiæ.--A Tilt at Sun
Dials.--A Complete Bath, as the Ancients Considered It: the
Apartments, the Slaves, the Unguents, the Strigillæ.--A Saying of the
Emperor Hadrian.--The Baths for Women.--The Reading Room.--The
Roman Newspaper.--The Heating-Apparatus. 120

VI.
THE DWELLINGS.
Paratus and Pansa.--The Atrium and the Peristyle.--The Dwelling
Refurnished and Repeopled.--The Slaves,