Excerpt from Pontificate of Pius the Ninth: Being the Third Ed, Of 'Rome and Its Ruler, ' Continued to the Latest Moment and Greatly EnlargedThis work, as it now appears, is the result of three visits to Rome, the first in 1856, the second in 1858, the third in 1869. The first edition was published in 1857, the second in 1859, and the third - the present edition makes its appearance in 1870.The Second Edition contained, with a variety of new matter, three special chapters, - those on the Cardinals, the Roman Inquisition, and the Temporal Power.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.