Tombs of Romeo and Juliet.
In 1888 M. Victorin Joncieres, the distinguished composer and musical critic, paid a visit to Verona, and he states that the tomb of Romeo's sweetheart, which is at the end of a garden in the old cloister of the Franciscan convent at that place, is absolutely in ruins. Above it, in a kind of a niche in the garden wall, which is of brick, is a basket full of decayed and weather stained visiting cards. Hanging en the wall near by the niche is a wreath with a card attached bearing the name of "Mme. Talbot Shakespeare," whom M. Jouoieres puts down as a descencleut of the Bard of Avon. On the wall to the left is a portrait of Friar Lawrence. Romeo is buried at Mantua, and it is said that his tomb is in a much better state of preservation than that of his lady love. It is to be hoped that persons who take an interest in historic Italian monuments will see to it that the memory of these two famous lovers is forever kept green.—St. Loui3 Republic.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1892, Page 3
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