x CONTENTS. 



THE HUNS OF ATTILA. 



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Their origin on the steppes of Tartary in central Asia. 

 These Highlands the prolific source from which have 

 sprung all the dominant races. The migration of the 

 Huns into Europe. Their progress set in westward 

 motion all the intervening tribes of barbarians, causing 

 all the successive nomadic irruptions into the Roman 

 territory. Sketches of these irruptions. The Huns 

 under Attila were the last. Their meeting with the 

 Roman armies in the heart of France. The bloody 

 and eventful battle of Chalons. One of the great 

 decisive battles of the world. - - Final triumph of 

 Christianity over barbarism. - 207 



ANCIENT PAINTING AS AMONG THE LOST 

 ARTS. PREFACE. 



American travelers as a class do not take interest in the ruins 

 and relics of ancient structures and art that abound in 

 Italy. There is however great value and absorbing 

 interest in old things that are "good for nothing," as 

 the following discourse will attempt to show. - 225 



ANCIENT PAINTING AS AMONG THE LOST 

 ARTS. LECTURE. 



The rare and uncertain visits of the genius of culture to 

 mankind. What we know of Grecian painting from 

 the classical writers. Its processes are Lost Arts. 

 Sketches and noted productions of some of the Greek 

 painters. Story in regard to Benj. West as illustrating 

 the cause of the great superiority of the Grecian artists. 

 Farnese Bull and Laocoon described. The abound- 

 ing wealth of ancient sculpture. Art remains found 

 in Pompeii. The causes that brought about the ex- 

 tinction of all art knowledge and the destruction of all 

 art remains. The decay of Roman culture and empire, 

 along with the gradual demolition of the great city of 

 Rome. - - ' - 227 



