Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber : $b or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge

The punctuation and spelling from the original text have been preserved faithfully. Only obvious typographical errors have been corrected. PILGRIMAGE FROM THE ALPS TO THE TIBER. PILGRIMAGE FROM THE ALPS TO THE TIBER. OR THE INFLUENCE OF ROMANISM ON TRADE, JUSTICE, AND KNOWLEDGE. BY REV. J.A. WYLIE, LL.D. AUTHOR OF "THE PAPACY," &c. &.c. EDINBURGH SHEPHERD & ELLIOT, 15, PRINCES STREET. LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO. MDCCCLV. CONTENTS. PAGE The Introduction , 1 The Passage of the Alps , 8 Rise and Progress of Constitutionalism in Piedmont , 23 Structure and Characteristics of the Vaudois Valleys , 43 State and Prospects of the Vaudois Church , 62 From Turin To Novara—Plain of Lombardy , 83 From Novara To Milan—Dogana—chain of the Alps , 94 City and People of Milan , 105 Arco Della Pace—St Ambrose , 119 The Duomo of Milan , 126 Milan To Brescia—The Reformers , 137 The Present the Image of the Past , 152 Scenery of Lake Garda—Peschiera—Verona , 158 From Verona To Venice—The Tyrolese Alps , 168 Venice—Death of Nations , 178 Padua—St Antony—The Po—Arrest , 198 Ferrara—Renée and Olympia Morata , 209 Bologna and the Apennines , 216 Florence and Its Young Evangelism , 237 From Leghorn to Rome—Civita Vecchia , 262 Modern Rome , 276 Ancient Rome—The Seven Hills , 289 Sights in Rome—Catacombs—Pilate's Stairs—Pio Nono, &c. , 302 Influence of Romanism on Trade , 333 Influence of Romanism on Trade—(continued) , 352 Justice and Liberty in the Papal States , 366 Education and Knowledge in the Papal States , 401 Mental State of the Priesthood in Italy , 415 Social and Domestic Customs of the Romans , 430 The Argument from the Whole, or, Rome her own Witness , 447 ROME, AND THE WORKINGS OF ROMANISM IN ITALY. THE INTRODUCTION. I did not go to Rome to seek for condemnatory matter against the Pope's government. Had this been my only object, I should not have deemed it necessary to undertake so long a journey. I could have found materials on which to construct a charge in but too great abundance nearer home. The cry of the Papal States had waxed great, and there was no need to go down into those unhappy regions to satisfy one's self that the oppression was "altogether according to the cry of it." I had other objects to serve by my journey. There is one other country…