Desc: Pagan Rome: This recent release of the Vero Educational Society made under instructions of N. Stephen Bush and accompanied with an explanatory lecture, deals with the history of Pagan Rome from the dawn of Roman civilization to the beginning of the Christian era. The first part deals with the period of the kings of Rome, beginning with Romulus. The remains of his tomb give one a very fair idea of the first age of Rome. One of the most interesting pictures in this part of Pagan Rome is the Cloaca Maxima (the great sewer) built by Tarquinius the proud. Many of the ancient temples are shown, and the series then goes into the days of Republican Rome. It begins with a striking picture of the temples of Castor and Pollux. It shows the trophies of Marius in the Campidoglio, the wonderful tomb of Cecilia Metalla, the most remarkable monument in the history of the world, for it attests the love of a husband for his wife far beyond the grave. The pyramid of Caius Cestius is next shown and then the "Temple of Strong Fortune." There is a glimpse of the forum in the days of the Republic, and presently the scene shifts to the beginning of the imperial era which for splendor and magnificence has never been surpassed in the history of mankind. We see a most convincing demonstration of the famous saying of Augustus that he found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble. The palaces of the great emperors are shown in most interesting and instructive detail. Some of the great theaters follow the imperishable baths of Agrippa and Caracalla, and are of striking and picturesque aspect. Many arches of the famous aqueduct in a most excellent state of preservation are also shown. There are the arches of the great emperors in history, notably that of Trajan, and the monument left by the lavish and munificent Augustus Tiberius up to the days of Constantine. Especial care has been taken to give all that is interesting, striking and picturesque about the arches which the senate and people of Rome built for the emperors upon their victorious returns from foreign fields of battle. These arches are the most eloquent landmarks of Roman history, and more may be learned from a study of them than from many a textbook. Not the least inviting aspect of these pictures lies in the fact that they show the greatness and grandeur of the classic days in their present surroundings often forming a contrast that calls up the memories of the past, and affords much food for reflection. It is indeed a most curious sight to see a military train rushing through what remains of the notable aqueduct of Rome, to see a butcher shop in what, in the classic days, was the portico of an ancient theater, and to see the humble abode of the charcoal seller located in what was once the entrance of the famous theater of Marcellus.