Its glories have already been inadequately described by some of the most famous of literary men, and where they have failed it would be folly for a mere ball player to make the attempt.

In St.Peter's we spent almost an entire day, and leaving it we felt that there was still more to be seen.
The second day we visited the palace of the Caesars, the Catacombs, the ruins of the Forum, and the Coliseum, within whose tottering walls the mighty athletes of an olden day battled for mastery.

We drove far out on the Appian Way, that had at one time echoed the tread of Rome's victorious legions, until we stopped at the tomb of St.Cecelia.

The glories of ancient Rome have departed but the ruins of that glory still remain to challenge the wonder and admiration of the traveler.

Rome is not composed entirely of massive ruins in these latter days, as some people seem to imagine.