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Hard Back. Etat : Very Good. Second Edition. 44 Pages. Originally published in 1908. Publication date not given for this Second Edition but it is thought to have been published before 1929 or possibly even before 1923. Book shows little wear and no marks or stamps. Stiff covers with dust jacket like flaps. This pamphlet is not a 'Guide to Pompei' as this term is generally understood. Generally the monuments of classical antiquity are considered in a purely exterior, artistic and historical light, as though they belonged to a civilization which has no rapport whatsoever with our own. This is a mistake, for, given the deep and vast inheritance left us by the classical civilization, for good or for ill, it is well to try and penetrate beyond the mere artistic and historic exterior. One should try to cull the very soul of the ancient civilization in its most hidden essence, in order to judge what does or does not accord with today. No spot in the world is better adapted than Pompei for this intimate penetration of Roman civilization, for in no other place can you observe and grasp it so completely. Most travel books on Pompei present the dead City in its purely exterior aspect and from a strictly artistic and historic point of view, and do not try to penetrate this cold and dead crust, and grasp the antique soul in all that it contains, it good or ill, of real and live matter for us. The author is presenting to those who visit Pompei some idea that enables one to penetrate the heart of old Roman civilization, to examine, and consider it, not as a dead thing of no special spiritual value, but rather as a living vital power capable of affecting modern thought to no inconsiderable amount. Illustrated with 12 black and white photographs.