THE COLISEUM AT ROME. “ On approaching the majestic ruins of this vast amphitheatre, the most stupendous work of the kind which antiquity can boast, a sweet and gently-moving astonishment is the first sensation which seizes the beholder; and soon afterwards the grand spectacle swims before him like a cloud. To give an adequate idea of this sublime building, is a task to which the pen is unequal; it must be seen to be duly appreciated. It is upwards of 1600 feet in circumference, and of such an elevation that it has been justly observed by a writer, AMMIANUS, the human eye scarcely measures its height.' Nearly the one half of the external circuit still remains, consisting of four tiers of arcades, adorned with columns of four orders, the Doric, Ionian, Corinthian, and Composite. Its extent may, as well as its elevation, be estimated by the number of specta