Romance of Roman Villas - (The Renaissance)

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Romance of Roman Villas,by Elizabeth W. (Elizbeth Williams) ChampneyThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Romance of Roman Villas(The Renaissance)Author: Elizabeth W. (Elizbeth Williams) ChampneyRelease Date: January 10, 2009 [eBook #27766]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROMANCE OF ROMAN VILLAS*** E-text prepared by Chuck Greifand the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team(http://www.pgdp.net) book-cover Click to view enlarged.Pope Julius II. Viewing the Newly-found Statue of the Apollo Belvedere From the painting by CarlBecker. Permission of the Berlin Photographic Co. Pope Julius II. Viewing the Newly-found Statue of theApollo BelvedereFrom the painting by Carl Becker. Permission of the BerlinPhotographic Co.ROMANCE OF ROMANVILLAS(THE RENAISSANCE)BYELIZABETH W. CHAMPNEYAUTHOR OF "ROMANCE OF THE ITALIAN VILLAS," "ROMANCE OF THE FEUDAL CHÂTEAUX,""ROMANCE OF THE FRENCH ABBEYS," etc.ILLUSTRATED G. P. PUTNAM'S SONSNEW YORK AND LONDONThe Knickerbocker Press1908IntroductionContentsIllustrationsRomance of Roman VillasFootnotesimage not availableINTRODUCTIONIn came the cardinal, grave and coldly wise,His scarlet ...