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890 ABOUND THE WOELD. Our poet Longfellow, attending a stance at Baxon Kirkup's residence, avowed himself a believer in the present ministry of angels. Appreciating the baron's labors in the restoration of the painting of Dante, there was conferred upon him by royal decree. La Corona cf Italia. He had previously been " knighted " by Victor Emmanuel.

CHAPTER XXIX. EUROPE AND ITS CITIES. Oriental life has a never-ending charm ; the charm of beauty, of tropical freshness, and perpetual summer. Humboldt declares in his " Cosmos," that a man once residing in the spice-lands of the palm and the banana, the cactus and the orange, can never be content to live again in the colder latitudes. We reached this Austrian city, Trieste, the 15th of September. The cholera was prevalent, and the American consul absent in Vienna. Next to Naples, the harbor of Trieste is the most beautiful in Europe. The city is eminently commercial. Italian is the language most spoken. Nearly all nationalities may be seen in Trieste. The Greeksretain their turbans and flowing robes. Dark-haired, blackeyed Italians do the shop-keeping. Occasionally a German blonde threads the streets. The wealthier class of citizens reside in beautiful villas high up the mountain-side, and a little north of the city. Leon Favre, the Consul-General of France, and a devoted Spiritualist, resides in Trieste. Unfortunately he was absent. Happy were the hours we spent with this gentleman and scholar, several years since, in Paris. Signor G. Parisi, another eminent Spiritualist, whom we first saw in Florence, meeting us in the street, embraced us with a love paternal and fraternal. It is as customary in Southern Europe for men to embrace and kiss as for women. " Greet ye one another with a holy kiss " (2 Cor. xiii. 12). 891

890 ABOUND THE WOELD.<br />

Our poet Longfellow, attending a stance at Baxon Kirkup's<br />

residence, avowed himself a believer in the present<br />

ministry of angels.<br />

Appreciating the baron's labors in the restoration of the<br />

painting of Dante, there was conferred upon him by royal<br />

decree. La Corona cf Italia. He had previously been<br />

" knighted " by Victor Emmanuel.

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