Prof. Lanciani's Lecture.

The Palatine Hill became the central quarter of Rome by a mere accident, the birth in it of the Emperor Augustus. Additions were made to the great palace of the Caesars, but the portion built by Augustus is the only one that remains unchanged, just as it was built.

Horace and Propertius describe the palace of Augustus with great enthusiasm.

Wonderful treasures of art were distributed in these magnificent halls and the world perhaps has never seen such quantities of them in one group of buildings.

Very interesting was the account of the evidences that the Christian religion was made fun of and its personages caricatured. Nero's golden house covered an area of almost one square mile and contained the greatest wonders of art and nature.

The lecture was profusely illustrated with sides of the ruins and remnants of the Palastine Hill.