Excerpt from The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 18: August 15, 1883 Our engraving is intended to represent the return from the place of marriage of a Roman bride to her home. Carried upon the arms of two attendants, whose pathway is Strewn with flowers by the youths who precede them, and followed by a numerous train of friends, she is warmly welcomed in her future home by the fond relatives. To the left stand the musicians announcing in joyful, melodious strains the happy event. This was the introduction of the ancient Roman maiden to married life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.