The National Magazine (New Series) December 1887 A Monthly Review

The military significance of the annihilation of the barbarous domination of the Turcomans in Central Asia has attracted in India attention to the consequences which might follow the renewal of a barrier which for centuries. has effectually separated the inhabitants of Hindoostan from in tercourse with the people of the sandy deserts of Turkomania. [...] The temple of Fortune is not far ; the houses of the Faun of Apollo Meleager the Nereids the Quaestor of Pansa and of the Tragic poet are all in this neigbourhood. [...] Inside the Herculaneum gate arc the house of the Vestal virgins' the bowie of dancing girls and that of the Poet Sallust one of the most elegant in the city. [...] Passin g from room to room the visitor examines with curiosity the curious colored glass which was in use in olden times and the finer rock crystal beautifully cut and engraved for the use of the wealthier people and the beautifully worked gold and silver trinkets and ornaments which graced the fair foreheads and rounded arms and necks of the stately dames and damsels of old. [...] Walking along the straight and spacious roads of Turin one can look on the snowy mountains to the north and the snowy mountains to the south ! The castle known as Palazzo Madarna or Lady Palace is the centre of the town both in position and in ptint of interest.