to the Caffe or Café Greco and have our cup of black coffee.'


AMERICA IN ROME.

It may be a good thing to have the conceit taken out of us--but not by
the corkscrew of ignorance; the operation is too painful. Caper, proud
of his country, and believing her in the front rank of nations, was
destined to learn, while in Rome and the Papal States, that America was
geographically unknown.

He consoled himself for this with the fact that geography is not taught
in the 'Elementary Schools' there;--and for the people there are no
others.

The following translation of a notice advertising for a schoolmaster,
copied from the walls of a palace where it was posted, shows the sum
total taught in the common schools:--

The duties of the Master are to teach Reading, Writing, the First
Four Rules of Arithmetic; to observe the duties prescribed in the
law '_Quod divina sapientia_;' and to be subject to the biennial
committee like other salaried officers of the department; as an
equivalent for which he shall enjoy (_godrá_) an annual salary of
$60, payable in monthly shares.

(Signed)

IL GONFALONIERE ---- ----.