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Excerpt from Rome Through the Stereoscope, Journeys in and About the Eternal City The present work, Rome Through the Stereoscope, I have read in the course of its preparation, and I am satisfied that it possesses certain unique features which make it the most valuable means of obtaining a knowl edge of that City, particularly when it is impossible for the student to supplement information obtained from books by an actual visit to the places themselves. It certainly gives experiences which are very close to those obtained from actual' presence in the places re ferred to. These satisfactory results are obtained by the combination here employed for the first time of the stereoscopic photograph with its natural and life-like effects, and the ingenious map system, which is a recent invention and very practical, and the conversational tone of the text - a feature not found in guide books - all of which render the experiences obtained definite and real. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.