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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: A July Holiday in Saxony, Bohemia, and Silesia - -Author: Walter White - -Release Date: April 15, 2013 [EBook #42539] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A JULY HOLIDAY IN SAXONY *** - - - - -Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 42539 ***</div> <div class="tnbox"> <p class="center"><b>Transcriber's Note:</b></p> @@ -225,7 +186,7 @@ document have been preserved.</p> <p>Mis-spellings of non-English words were retained as printed. Readers noted the following:<br /> - Grenzbäuden should be Grenbauden<br /> + Grenzbäuden should be Grenbauden<br /> Kellnerinn should be Kellnerin.</p> <p>On page 144, the phrase starting "and perhaps for such a" @@ -287,7 +248,7 @@ MDCCCLVII.</p> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdh">What the Bookseller said—A Walk in Frankfort—What the Portress -said—Glimpses of Landscapes—Forest and River—Würzburg—Stein +said—Glimpses of Landscapes—Forest and River—Würzburg—Stein Wine—View from the Citadel-hill—A Change of Bedrooms—Coming to an Understanding with the Reader—Good Night!</td> @@ -297,7 +258,7 @@ Night!</td> <td class="tdc" colspan="2">CHAPTER II.</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="tdh">Würzburg—The University—Red, Green, and Orange Caps—The +<td class="tdh">Würzburg—The University—Red, Green, and Orange Caps—The Marienkapelle—The Market—The Cathedral—The Palace—Spacious Cellars—A Professor's Hospitality—To Bamberg—Frost—Hof—A Shabby Peace—The Arch-Poisoner—Dear Bread—A @@ -316,7 +277,7 @@ Plunderers—Luther's Visits—French Bonfire—Electress <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_VI" id="Page_VI"></a></span> Margaret's Dream—Kunz von Kauffungen—"Don't burn the Fish"—A Conspiracy—Midnight Robbers—Two Young Princes -Stolen—The Flight—The Alarm—The Köhler—The Rescue—Kunz +Stolen—The Flight—The Alarm—The Köhler—The Rescue—Kunz Beheaded—The <i>Triller's</i> Reward, and what a famous Author said concerning it</td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> @@ -343,7 +304,7 @@ Wagoners</td> <td class="tdh">Across the Mulde—Scenery—Feet <i>versus</i> Wheels—Villages—English Characteristics—Timbered Houses—Schneeberg—Stones for Lamps—The Way Sunday was Kept—The Church—A Wagon-load -of Music—A Surly Host—Where the Pepper Grows—Eybenstock—Neustädl—Fir +of Music—A Surly Host—Where the Pepper Grows—Eybenstock—Neustädl—Fir Forests—Wildenthal—Four Sorts of Beer—Potato Dumplings—Up the Auersberg—Advertisements—The School—The Instrument of Order—"Look at the Englishman"—The @@ -363,8 +324,8 @@ and Swallows—Tasting the Water—The Cliffs and Terraces—Comical Signs—The Wiese and its Frequenters—Disease and Health—The Sprudel: its Discharge; its Deposit—The Stoppage—Volcanic Phenomena—Dr. Granville's Observations—Care's -Rest—Dreikreuzberg—View from the Summit—König -Otto's Höhe—"Are you here for the Cure?"—Lenten Diet—Hirschsprung—The +Rest—Dreikreuzberg—View from the Summit—König +Otto's Höhe—"Are you here for the Cure?"—Lenten Diet—Hirschsprung—The Trumpeters—Two Florins for a Bed</td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_61">61</a></td> </tr> @@ -431,7 +392,7 @@ Three Hotels</td> <td class="tdh">The Hausknecht—A Place to Lose Yourself—Street-Phenomena—Book-shops—Glass-wares—Cavernous Beer-houses—Signs—Czechish Names—Ugly Women—Swarms of Soldiers—A Scene -on the Bridge—A Drateñik—The Ugly Passport Clerk—The +on the Bridge—A Drateñik—The Ugly Passport Clerk—The Suspension-bridge—The Islands—The Slopes of the Laurenzberg—View over Prague—Schools, Palaces, and Poverty—The Rookery—The Hradschin—The Courts—The Cathedral—The @@ -466,7 +427,7 @@ Startling Gun—A Birth at Vienna—Departed Glory</td> <tr> <td class="tdh">The Alte Friedhof—A Stride into the Past—The Old Tombs—Vegetation and Death—Haunted Graves—Ancient Epitaph—Rabbi -Löw—His Scholars—Symbols of the Tribes—The Infant's Coffin—The +Löw—His Scholars—Symbols of the Tribes—The Infant's Coffin—The Playground—From Death to Life</td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_141">141</a></td> </tr> @@ -478,7 +439,7 @@ Playground—From Death to Life</td> Affluence—Early Czechish Bibles—Rare Old Manuscripts—Letters of Huss and Ziska—Tabor Hill—Portraits—Hussite Weapons—Antiques—Doubtful Hussites in the Market-place—The -Glückliche Entbindung—A Te Deum—Two Evening Visits—Bohemian +Glückliche Entbindung—A Te Deum—Two Evening Visits—Bohemian Hospitality—The Gaslit Beer-house</td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_146">146</a></td> </tr> @@ -504,7 +465,7 @@ Host's Story</td> Mossy Quarters by Daylight—Delightful Down-hill Walk—Lobositz again—The Steam-boat—Queer Passengers—Sprightly Music—Romantic Scenery—Hills and Cliffs—Schreckenstein—How -the Musicians paid their Fare—Aussig—The Spürlingstein—Fairer +the Musicians paid their Fare—Aussig—The Spürlingstein—Fairer Landscapes—Elbe <i>versus</i> Rhine—Tetschen—German <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_X" id="Page_X"></a></span> Faces—Women-Waders—The Schoolmaster—Passport again—Pretty @@ -533,11 +494,11 @@ and Poetry—A Moonlight Walk—The Lovers' Test</td> <td colspan="2" class="tdc">CHAPTER XIX.</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="tdh">More Hospitality—Farewells—Cross Country Walk—Steinschönau—The +<td class="tdh">More Hospitality—Farewells—Cross Country Walk—Steinschönau—The Playbill—Hayda—All Glass-workers—Away for the Mountains—Zwickau—Gabel—Weisskirchen—A Peasant's Prayer—Reichenberg—Passport again—Jeschkenpeak—Reinowitz—Schlag—Neudorf—A -Talk at Grünheid—Bad Sample of Lancashire—Tannwald—Curious +Talk at Grünheid—Bad Sample of Lancashire—Tannwald—Curious Rocks—Spinneries—Populousness—Przichowitz—An Altercation—Heavy Odds—The Englishman Wins—A Word to the Company</td> @@ -547,18 +508,18 @@ Wins—A Word to the Company</td> <td colspan="2" class="tdc">CHAPTER XX.</td> </tr> <tr> -<td class="tdh">Stephanshöh—A Presumptuous Landlord—Czechs again—Stewed +<td class="tdh">Stephanshöh—A Presumptuous Landlord—Czechs again—Stewed Weavers—Prompt Civilities—The Iser—A Quiet Vale—Barrande's Opinion of the Czechs—Rochlitz—An offshoot from Tyre—A <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_XI" id="Page_XI"></a></span> -Happy Landlord—A Rustic Guide—Hill Paths—The Grünstein—Rübezahl's +Happy Landlord—A Rustic Guide—Hill Paths—The Grünstein—Rübezahl's Rose Garden—Dreary Fells—Source of the Elbe—Solitude and Visitors—The Elbfall—Stony Slopes—Strange -Rocks—Rübezahl's Glove—Knieholz—Schneegruben—View into +Rocks—Rübezahl's Glove—Knieholz—Schneegruben—View into Silesia—Tremendous Cliffs—Basalt in Granite—The Landlord's Bazaar—The Wandering Stone—A Tragsessel—A Desolate Scene—Rougher Walking—Musical Surprises—Spindlerbaude—The -Mädelstein—Great Pond and Little Pond—The Mittagstein—The +Mädelstein—Great Pond and Little Pond—The Mittagstein—The Riesengrund—The Last Zigzags—An Inn in the Clouds</td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_201">201</a></td> </tr> @@ -570,7 +531,7 @@ Riesengrund—The Last Zigzags—An Inn in the Clouds</td> Couplet worth remembering—Four-bedded Rooms—View from the Summit—Contrast of Scenery—The Summit itself—Guides in Costume—Moderate Charges—Unlucky -Farmer—The Descent—Schwarzkoppe—Grenzbäuden—Hungarian +Farmer—The Descent—Schwarzkoppe—Grenzbäuden—Hungarian Wine—The Way to Adersbach—Forty Years' Experience</td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_218">218</a></td> </tr> @@ -608,11 +569,11 @@ Labyrinth in Spain—A Twilight View—After a'</td> <td class="tdh">Baked Chickens—A Discussion—Weckelsdorf—More Rocks—The Stone of Tears—Death's Alley—Diana's Bath—The Minster—Gang of Coiners—The Bohdanetskis—Going to Church—Another -Silesian View—Good-bye to Bohemia—Schömberg—Silesian +Silesian View—Good-bye to Bohemia—Schömberg—Silesian Faces and Costume—Picturesque Market-place—Ueberschar Hills—Ullersdorf—An amazed Weaver—Liebau—Cheap Cherries—The Prussian Simplon—Ornamented Houses—Buchwald—The -Bober—Dittersbach—Schmiedeberg—Rübezahl's Trick upon +Bober—Dittersbach—Schmiedeberg—Rübezahl's Trick upon Travellers—Tourists' Rendezvous—The Duellists' Successors—Erdmannsdorf—Tyrolese Colony</td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_240">240</a></td> @@ -625,7 +586,7 @@ Colony</td> Castle at Fischbach—A Home for the Princess Royal—Is the Marriage Popular?—View from the Tower—Tradition of the Golden Donkey—Royal Palace at Erdmannsdorf—A Miniature Chatsworth—The -Zillerthal—Käse and Brod—Stohnsdorf—Famous +Zillerthal—Käse and Brod—Stohnsdorf—Famous Beer—Rischmann's Cave—Prophecies—Warmbrunn</td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_250">250</a></td> </tr> @@ -636,7 +597,7 @@ Beer—Rischmann's Cave—Prophecies—Warmbrunn</td> <td class="tdh">The Three Berliners—Strong Beer—Origin of Warmbrunn—St. John the Baptist's Day—Count Schaffgotsch—A Benefactor—A Library—Something about Warmbrunn—The Baths—Healing -Waters—The Allée—Visitors—Russian Popes—The Museum—Trophies—View +Waters—The Allée—Visitors—Russian Popes—The Museum—Trophies—View of the Mountains—The Kynast—Cunigunda and her Lovers—Served her right—The Two Breslauers—Oblatt—The Baths in the Mountains</td> @@ -649,8 +610,8 @@ Baths in the Mountains</td> <tr> <td class="tdh">Hirschberg—The Officers' Tomb—A Night Journey—Spiller—Greifenberg—Changing Horses—A Royal Reply—A Griffin's Nest—Lauban—The -Potato Jubilee—Görlitz—Peter and Paul Church—View -from the Tower—The Landskrone—Jacob Böhme—The +Potato Jubilee—Görlitz—Peter and Paul Church—View +from the Tower—The Landskrone—Jacob Böhme—The Hidden Gold—A Theosophist's Writings—The Tombs—The Underground Chapel—A Church copied from Jerusalem—The Public Library—Loebau—Herrnhut</td> @@ -680,7 +641,7 @@ Tidings—Fugitives—Squatters on the Hutberg—Count Zinzendorf's Steward—The First Tree—The First House—Scoffers—Origin of the Name—More Fugitives—Foundation of the Union—Struggles and Encouragements—Buildings—Social -Regulations—Growth of Trade—War and Visitors—Dürninger's +Regulations—Growth of Trade—War and Visitors—Dürninger's Enterprise—Population—Schools—Settlements—Missions—Life at Herrnhut—Recreations—Festivals—Incidents of War—March of Troops—Praise and Thank-Feasts</td> @@ -730,7 +691,7 @@ SAXONY, BOHEMIA, AND SILESIA.</p> <p class="hanging"> What the Bookseller said—A Walk in Frankfort—What the Portress -said—Glimpses of Landscapes—Forest and River—Würzburg—Stein +said—Glimpses of Landscapes—Forest and River—Würzburg—Stein Wine—View from the Citadel-hill—A Change of Bedrooms—Coming to an Understanding with the Reader—Good Night!</p> @@ -760,7 +721,7 @@ than none.</p> <p>"You will not get the map you want till you arrive at Prague," was the sort of encouragement I got some twenty-four hours afterwards from a Bohemian Professor -in the Medical School at Würzburg.</p> +in the Medical School at Würzburg.</p> <p>I saw Frankfort under all the charm of a first visit. I perambulated the narrow streets, and the <i>Judengasse</i>, @@ -771,7 +732,7 @@ and the bits of antiquity peeping up here and there in the city and the Sachsenshausen suburb—contrasted by the modern look of the spacious quays. And of course I saw the house in which Goethe was born, and Dannecker's -Ariadne, and the Römer, that relic of the +Ariadne, and the Römer, that relic of the olden time, crowded with reminiscences of the Empire. You may see the whole line of Emperors in panels round the wainscot of the stately hall on the first @@ -799,7 +760,7 @@ five beggars, each of whom favoured me with a blessing in return.</p> <p>At noon, on the 3rd of July, I left Frankfort for -Würzburg. The landscape at first is tame, and you +Würzburg. The landscape at first is tame, and you will have to watch closely, in more senses than one, as the train speeds across, for the scenes and objects that relieve it. There are glimpses of the Taunus mountains; @@ -839,10 +800,10 @@ sea.</p> railway road and river come near together, and the frequent windings of the stream brighten the landscape. We saw the steamer labouring upwards on her two -days' trip from Frankfort to Würzburg. Then a village +days' trip from Frankfort to Würzburg. Then a village where the Saal falls in, and more and more vines, and old walls gay with yellow stonecrop, and on the -right the ruin of Karlstadt, and by-and-by Würzburg +right the ruin of Karlstadt, and by-and-by Würzburg comes in sight, and our five hours' journey is over.</p> <p>Bavarian art attracts and gratifies your eye as you @@ -873,7 +834,7 @@ guest is allowed to drink and pay for the half only, at his pleasure. With vineyards producing such wine around them, it is little wonder that the Prince-Bishops were always ready to fight for their good city -of Würzburg. The <i>Strangers' Book</i> followed the dinner +of Würzburg. The <i>Strangers' Book</i> followed the dinner as a matter of course, and when the landlord saw that I signed my name as "from London," and heard me inquire for the residence of one of the Professors, he @@ -881,7 +842,7 @@ put off his natural manner and became obsequious: a change that gave me no pleasure.</p> <p>There is more of life, more to interest the attention in -Würzburg, than in some places which are much more +Würzburg, than in some places which are much more frequented and talked of. The streets generally are narrow, and built in picturesque disregard of straight lines; now widening suddenly for a brief space, now @@ -898,7 +859,7 @@ you come upon an ancient turret with conical roof, now a sculptured fountain, now images of the Virgin or some of the saints over the doors; and anon huge statues of the Bishops remind you of the men who -built and prayed for Würzburg. So numerous are the +built and prayed for Würzburg. So numerous are the churches erected to perpetuate their memory or adorn their inheritance, that you need not go many yards whenever you feel inclined to meditate in a "dim religious @@ -967,13 +928,13 @@ crowned at Frankfort. And beyond the trees begin the vines, acre after acre to the tops of the whole encircling rim of hills. Broad slopes teeming with wine and gladness of heart, but looking bald in the distance from -want of trees. One of these hills—the <i>Köppele</i>, so +want of trees. One of these hills—the <i>Köppele</i>, so named from a chapel on the summit—is a favourite resort of the inhabitants, who perhaps find in the view therefrom a sufficient reward for a long ascent, unrefreshed by shade or rustling leaves.</p> -<p>Seen from the hill, Würzburg is said to resemble +<p>Seen from the hill, Würzburg is said to resemble Prague; not without reason, as I afterwards found. It would be, in my opinion, the more pleasing picture of the two, were its frame set off and beautified by patches @@ -1022,7 +983,7 @@ to Carlsbad, the bathing-place of kings, and through the rustic villages to Prague. Then to the <i>Mittelgebirge</i>; down the Elbe, to a scene of rural life and industry; away to the <i>Riesengebirge</i>—the mountains haunted by -Rübezahl—and the wonderful rocks of Adersbach. +Rübezahl—and the wonderful rocks of Adersbach. Then over the frontier into Silesia, to Herrnhut, the head-quarters of the Moravians, to Dresden and the Saxon Switzerland, Berlin, Magdeburg, and Hamburg, @@ -1042,7 +1003,7 @@ Trim began for Uncle Toby and never finished.</p> <h2>CHAPTER II.</h2> <p class="hanging"> -Würzburg—The University—Red, Green, and Orange Caps—The +Würzburg—The University—Red, Green, and Orange Caps—The Marienkapelle—The Market—The Cathedral—The Palace—Spacious Cellars—A Professor's Hospitality—To Bamberg—Frost—Hof—A Shabby Peace—The Arch-Poisoner—Dear Bread—A Prime Minister @@ -1052,7 +1013,7 @@ Market-place—Female Cuirassiers—More about the Wends—Grossen Teich—The Plateau—The Cemetery—Werdau. </p> -<p class="p2">Würzburg is now the chief town of the Circle of the +<p class="p2">Würzburg is now the chief town of the Circle of the Lower Main; it was once the capital of a principality governed by a line of eighty bishops, and figures prominently in German history. The University, founded @@ -1062,7 +1023,7 @@ still retains. What with schools, with resources in art and science, cultivated society, and ample means of recreation, the old city is an agreeable residence.</p> -<p>Under the guidance of Professor Kölliker, I visited +<p>Under the guidance of Professor Kölliker, I visited the botanic garden, the anatomical museum, and the medical school, which is one of the best in Europe. The Julius Hospital, a noble institution, founded by one of @@ -1136,7 +1097,7 @@ student poring over his book, or groups of strollers, or nursemaids with troops of children. The palace, which dates from the year 1720, shows the consequences of neglect. Hohenschwangau has greater attractions for -the royal family than Würzburg; and now, after a view +the royal family than Würzburg; and now, after a view <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">14</a></span> of the staircase and chapel, there is nothing in the rusty and faded apartments that once exhibited the magnificence @@ -1151,7 +1112,7 @@ second page, who gave me a letter to his father at Prague. And then, after a sojourn of twenty-four hours, I departed.</p> <p>To see Nuremberg, and journey from thence into -Bohemia, across the <i>Böhmerwaldgebirge</i>, had been in +Bohemia, across the <i>Böhmerwaldgebirge</i>, had been in my thoughts; but finding on inquiry that more time would be required for that route than I could spare, I decided for Saxony. So, away to Bamberg, sixty miles @@ -1224,7 +1185,7 @@ an hour all Germany was startled by the news, and bewildered with speculations as to the causes which had induced the exemplary English nation to get rid of their Prime Minister by so summary a process. "<i>Palmerston -gehänget!</i>" ejaculated one after another, with a chuckle.</p> +gehänget!</i>" ejaculated one after another, with a chuckle.</p> <p>At seven o'clock we arrived at Altenburg. A night in a railway train is not the best preparation for a day @@ -1239,7 +1200,7 @@ pleasure-houses stand here and there among the trees, and you see a pavilion built in the style of a Greek temple. A little farther, and there are the ducal opera-house, the orangery, and the stables—a handsome range -of buildings. And beyond is the Little Forest—<i>Wäldchen</i>—enclosed +of buildings. And beyond is the Little Forest—<i>Wäldchen</i>—enclosed by a wall, where, among the stately trees, you <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">17</a></span> may see two, the Princes' Oaks—<i>Prinzeneichen</i>—so @@ -1279,11 +1240,11 @@ thick, commonly called the <i>Bottle</i>, from the form of its slated roof. It has two ugly chambers, which were used as dungeons up to 1641, after which it did duty as a magazine; and now the lower part is a cinder-hole. -Adjoining is the <i>Jünkerei</i>—once the pages' quarters—in +Adjoining is the <i>Jünkerei</i>—once the pages' quarters—in which are certain official apartments and the armoury. The Imperialists plundered the castle, during the Thirty Years' War, of most of its treasures and curiosities; and -later, many specimens of mediæval armour were carried +later, many specimens of mediæval armour were carried off to Coburg, leaving little besides objects which have an intimate relation with Saxon history. Weapons old and new, banners, garments, paraphernalia used in ducal @@ -1497,7 +1458,7 @@ flowers.</p> <p>After a visit to all these places, and a peep into the two churches in which Luther once preached—the -Bartholomäikirche and the Brüderkirche—I travelled +Bartholomäikirche and the Brüderkirche—I travelled on to Zwickau, and as there is little to be seen on the way besides fields, low hills, and the tall-chimneyed, smoking, stocking-weaving town of Werdau, we will @@ -1512,7 +1473,7 @@ Origin of Altenburg—Prosperous Burghers—A Princely Crime—Hussi Plunderers—Luther's Visits—French Bonfire—Electress Margaret's Dream—Kunz von Kauffungen—"Don't burn the Fish"—A Conspiracy—Midnight Robbers—Two Young Princes Stolen—The Flight—The -Alarm—The Köhler—The Rescue—Kunz Beheaded—The +Alarm—The Köhler—The Rescue—Kunz Beheaded—The <i>Triller's</i> Reward, and what a famous Author said concerning it. </p> @@ -1595,7 +1556,7 @@ coming to a decision.</p> <p>The old town suffered from the disasters and commotions of the Peasants' War. The Imperialists quartered -themselves upon it after the fatal battle of Lützen. The +themselves upon it after the fatal battle of Lützen. The troubles of the Seven Years' War fell upon it, and of the campaigns that ended in the downfall of Napoleon. In 1810, the French commissioners seized a quantity of @@ -1705,17 +1666,17 @@ by the alarm-bells. To his surprise, he saw horses showing marks of hasty travel, and a fair-haired boy well attired, who said at once, "I am the young prince. They have stolen me." No sooner spoken than the -<i>Köhler</i>, running up to Kunz, who was still stooping +<i>Köhler</i>, running up to Kunz, who was still stooping <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">31</a></span> over the berries, felled him with a blow of the stout pole which he used in tending his fires. A shout brought up a gang of his comrades, sturdy fellows with long hair and grimy faces, who promptly laid hold of Kunz and Schweinitz, bound their hands, and carried them off for -safe keeping to the neighbouring monastery of Grünhain. +safe keeping to the neighbouring monastery of Grünhain. Thither also was the young Albert borne in friendly arms, and from thence, on the following day, an escort, -among whom went the <i>Köhler</i>, conducted him back to +among whom went the <i>Köhler</i>, conducted him back to his weeping mother—a real triumphal procession by the time they arrived at Altenburg.</p> @@ -1739,10 +1700,10 @@ the Elector.</p> <p>Unlucky Kunz having been carefully escorted to Freiberg, was there beheaded on the 14th of July—an example to knightly kidnappers. On the next day the -<i>Köhler's</i> homely gaberdine and the garments of the +<i>Köhler's</i> homely gaberdine and the garments of the princes were hung up in the church at Ebersdorf, not <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">32</a></span> -far from the scene of the rescue. As for the <i>Köhler</i> +far from the scene of the rescue. As for the <i>Köhler</i> himself, he had but to speak his wishes, for the Electress, in the joy of her heart at the restoration of her sons, could not sufficiently reward the man who had saved @@ -1761,7 +1722,7 @@ at Altenburg, on the side towards the Pauritzer Pond, is said to indicate the place where in the former building the robbers entered. The Princes' Oaks still flourish; and the cave in which Ernest was hidden is still known -as the <i>Prinzenhöhle</i>. And our own history is involved +as the <i>Prinzenhöhle</i>. And our own history is involved in the event, for from that same Ernest descends the Consort of our Queen.</p> @@ -1800,8 +1761,8 @@ by Zwickau as you approach it from the terminus. There needs no long research to discover that the <i>Prinzenraub</i> is a household word among the people: hanging on the wall in the hotel you may see engravings -of the <i>Prinzenhöhle</i>, the castle of Stein, the monastery -at Grünhain, and other places incidental to the robbery; +of the <i>Prinzenhöhle</i>, the castle of Stein, the monastery +at Grünhain, and other places incidental to the robbery; and the waiters are ready to tell you that the Triller estate lies near Eckersbach, about half an hour's walk to the east of the town.</p> @@ -1825,7 +1786,7 @@ you in sight of a pile of huge bright-red brick buildings, erected on the farther side of a deep, narrow dell, contrasting well with the green of a cherry orchard and woods in the rear. There lies the <i>Triller</i> estate. Times -are changed; and where the sinewy <i>Köhler</i> tilled his +are changed; and where the sinewy <i>Köhler</i> tilled his field and reared his family, now stands a brewery—<i>Triller Bierbrauerei</i>. The wakeful genius of trade has taken possession, and finds in the patriotic sentiment @@ -1855,7 +1816,7 @@ called my attention to a writing over the main entrance—</p> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poem"> -<p><i>Dulcius ex ipso fonte bibuntur aquæ</i>,</p> +<p><i>Dulcius ex ipso fonte bibuntur aquæ</i>,</p> </div></div> <p>remarking that he had never known a visitor disposed @@ -1880,7 +1841,7 @@ he added, pointing to an engraving of the whole procession—the <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">36</a></span></p> <p>A similar festival was held at Altenburg, Hartenstein, -and Grünhain on the same day, to the entire satisfaction +and Grünhain on the same day, to the entire satisfaction of all concerned, and the reinvigoration of Saxon loyalty.</p> @@ -2044,7 +2005,7 @@ a forcing-garden on the spot; and in the adjacent forests there are land-slips, produced by disturbances of the strata, which are described as romantic in their effects. The valley of the Mulde offers much pleasing -scenery; the castle of Stein and the <i>Prinzenhöhle</i> +scenery; the castle of Stein and the <i>Prinzenhöhle</i> are within half a day's walk; and somewhat farther are the singular rocks at Greifenstein, a pile as of huge beds petrified. The legend runs that a princess, having @@ -2056,7 +2017,7 @@ the perfidy. There are, besides, baths and mineral springs at the village of Oberkainsdorf, and at Hohensteiner <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">41</a></span> Bad; and curious old carvings in the castle of -Schönfels; and, if you incline to geology, the coal +Schönfels; and, if you incline to geology, the coal measures abound in fossil plants and shells, while of minerals there is no stint.</p> @@ -2131,7 +2092,7 @@ a discord of snores. Across the Mulde—Scenery—Feet <i>versus</i> Wheels—Villages—English Characteristics—Timbered Houses—Schneeberg—Stones for Lamps—The Way Sunday was Kept—The Church—A Wagon-load of Music—A -Surly Host—Where the Pepper Grows—Eybenstock—Neustädl—Fir +Surly Host—Where the Pepper Grows—Eybenstock—Neustädl—Fir Forests—Wildenthal—Four Sorts of Beer—Potato Dumplings—Up the Auersberg—Advertisements—The School—The Instrument of Order—"Look at the Englishman"—The Erzgebirge—The Guard-house—Into @@ -2224,7 +2185,7 @@ jack-boots, and with a bugle slung from the shoulder, seemed as proud of their dress as the peacocky drum-major did of his.</p> -<p>I ordered a steak at the <i>Fürstenhaus</i>. "Will you +<p>I ordered a steak at the <i>Fürstenhaus</i>. "Will you have it through-broiled or English-broiled?" asked the waiter, and looked a little surprised at my preference of the former. When the band stopped playing, numbers @@ -2277,7 +2238,7 @@ villages.</p> <p>I met with two novel experiences during the afternoon. One was, that to sit down in the church at -Neustädl is a penance, for the pews are so narrow that +Neustädl is a penance, for the pews are so narrow that you have to lift up the hinged seat before you can enter. The other, a few miles farther on the way, was of a surly <i>Wirth</i>, dwelling under the sign of the <i>Weisses Lamm</i> @@ -2292,7 +2253,7 @@ on a hot day; whereupon he retorted, snarling more like a wolf than a lamb, "Either drink that, or go <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">48</a></span> and get other where the pepper grows"—<i>wo der Pfeffer -wächst</i>.</p> +wächst</i>.</p> <p>The old sinner availed himself of a form of speech much used among the Germans to denote a place of @@ -2369,7 +2330,7 @@ known," and so forth. However, I found them palatable, and ate heartily, and therein she took comfort. Many times did I eat of such dumplings afterwards, for the relish for them is not confined to Saxony. Under the -name of <i>Knädeln</i>, or <i>Kipfeln</i>, they are a standing dish +name of <i>Knädeln</i>, or <i>Kipfeln</i>, they are a standing dish among the Bohemians. To hundreds of families in the <i>Erzgebirge</i> they are the only variety—but without the wheaten flour—in a perpetual potato diet: rarely can @@ -2438,7 +2399,7 @@ their hostess, beginning with</p> <p>and so on. A fortunate husband and father thanks <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">52</a></span> -Madame Krändel for the "happy <i>Entbindung</i>" of his +Madame Krändel for the "happy <i>Entbindung</i>" of his wife, and publishes his wife's maiden name. Parents announce the death of a child, and invite their friends to "quiet sympathy." A stray Berlin paper makes it @@ -2450,12 +2411,12 @@ in French and English, of the landlord of the <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="o1">"De cet hôtel la renommée</p> -<p>Promet sans exagération</p> +<p class="o1">"De cet hôtel la renommée</p> +<p>Promet sans exagération</p> <p>Que vous y trouverez</p> <p>Le comble de la perfection.</p> -<p class="i2">Le luxe de la salle à manger</p> -<p class="i2">Surpassera même votre idée."</p> +<p class="i2">Le luxe de la salle à manger</p> +<p class="i2">Surpassera même votre idée."</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p>"By all visitors of the Rhine</p> @@ -2756,7 +2717,7 @@ and Swallows—Tasting the Water—The Cliffs and Terraces—Comical Signs—The Wiese and its Frequenters—Disease and Health—The Sprudel: its Discharge; its Deposit—The Stoppage—Volcanic Phenomena—Dr. Granville's Observations—Care's Rest—Dreikreuzberg—View -from the Summit—König Otto's Höhe—"Are you here +from the Summit—König Otto's Höhe—"Are you here for the Cure?"—Lenten Diet—Hirschsprung—The Trumpeters—Two Florins for a Bed. </p> @@ -2812,7 +2773,7 @@ taken; in others, from twenty to forty.</p> <p>I tasted each spring as I came to it, and felt no inclination to repeat the experiment. The temperature of -the <i>Theresienbrunn</i> is 134 deg., of the <i>Mühlbrunn</i> 138 +the <i>Theresienbrunn</i> is 134 deg., of the <i>Mühlbrunn</i> 138 <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">63</a></span> deg., of the <i>Neubrunn</i> 144 deg., in itself a cause of dislike, especially in hot weather, and much more so when @@ -2843,7 +2804,7 @@ great that every house is full of inmates.</p> has been not a little taxed to avoid repetitions. One ambitious proprietor writes up <i>At the King of England</i>; another, contenting himself with his native tongue, has -<i>König von England</i>; a third, <i>English House</i>. A little +<i>König von England</i>; a third, <i>English House</i>. A little farther, and you see <i>Captain Cook</i>; <i>The Comet</i>; <i>The Aurora</i>; and many varieties of Rings, Spoons, and Musical Instruments. <i>Israelitisch Restauration</i> notifies @@ -2869,7 +2830,7 @@ wooden booths concealing the river, and all between planted with trees which shelter an irregular regiment of chairs and tables. Here is the place where visitors most do congregate, pacing leisurely to and fro, or -lounging on the chairs in front of the cafés, gossiping +lounging on the chairs in front of the cafés, gossiping over the newspapers, or trifling around the stalls and shop windows.</p> @@ -3039,7 +3000,7 @@ it adds little to the salubrity of Carlsbad, for it is shallow, sluggish in places, and tainted by noisome drainage. Another cause of offence to the nostrils exists in what is so often complained of on the Continent, the obtrusive -situation of the <i>latrinæ</i> at the principal springs. Only +situation of the <i>latrinæ</i> at the principal springs. Only in England are such matters properly cared for.</p> <p>In 1809, and for ten years thereafter, the <i>Sprudel</i> @@ -3130,7 +3091,7 @@ bank, we see parties setting off in carriages for excursions <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">72</a></span> to the neighbourhood, and rows of vehicles in the open places ticketed, <i>Return to Marienbad</i>, <i>to Eger</i>, <i>to -Töplitz</i>, <i>to Zwickau</i>, and the like, and drivers on the +Töplitz</i>, <i>to Zwickau</i>, and the like, and drivers on the alert for what your London cab-driver calls "a job." A short distance beyond the <i>Morgenstern</i> a path zigzags gradually up the hill and brings you soon under the shade @@ -3174,7 +3135,7 @@ roads curving along the hill-sides high above Carlsbad, and far up the distant slopes. Altogether the view is striking, and somewhat romantic; yet in the eyes of the Germans fresh from their flat, uninteresting country, -it is "<i>wunderschön</i>"—an epithet which they never +it is "<i>wunderschön</i>"—an epithet which they never tire of heaping on the landscape.</p> <p>From the garden a path leads along the ridge to a @@ -3190,7 +3151,7 @@ from the garden; but with a wider scope, and the town lying at a greater depth.</p> <p>The path still curving along the ridge brings you -presently to <i>König Otto's Höhe</i>—King Otto's Height—the +presently to <i>König Otto's Höhe</i>—King Otto's Height—the highest point of the hill. This is also an untrimmed spot, with two or three seats, and a fluted granite column, surmounted by a globe and star, rising @@ -3219,7 +3180,7 @@ So to remain till evening, when a few anxious patients would appear to quaff new draughts of health.</p> <p>The inn was in all the bustle of dinner, after the -manner of a <i>table d'hôte</i>, but without its formality—twenty +manner of a <i>table d'hôte</i>, but without its formality—twenty little tables instead of a single large one. By this arrangement the guests formed small parties, and ate and chatted at pleasure. Many came in who were @@ -3740,7 +3701,7 @@ of road irksomely straight between plum-trees.</p> <p>Here and there you come to a homestead or <i>Gasthaus</i>, surrounded by a high and thick whitewashed wall, with one or more arched gateways, as if the inmates could -not give up the mediæval habit of living within a +not give up the mediæval habit of living within a fortress. On approaching Liebkowitz, the pale colour of the land changes to a warm red, and fields of peas which seem endless, and small plantations of hops, diversify @@ -4057,7 +4018,7 @@ specimen: <table summary="Czechish" class="p2"> <tr> <td>Ort und Gemeinde.</td> -<td><i>Misto á Obec.</i></td> +<td><i>Misto á Obec.</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="tdcns">Horzowitz.</td> @@ -4068,11 +4029,11 @@ specimen: </tr> <tr> <td>Kreis Saaz.</td> -<td><i>Krái Zatéc.</i></td> +<td><i>Krái Zatéc.</i></td> </tr> <tr> -<td>Königr. Böhm.</td> -<td><i>Kral: Ceské.</i></td> +<td>Königr. Böhm.</td> +<td><i>Kral: Ceské.</i></td> </tr> </table> @@ -4082,7 +4043,7 @@ eyes by which to study the natives and their ways. For my own part, my Czechish vocabulary being foolishly short, I could not ask the villagers why they preferred sluttishness to tidiness, though I longed to do -so. It comprised three words only: <i>Piwo</i>, <i>Chleb</i>, <i>Máslo</i>—Beer, +so. It comprised three words only: <i>Piwo</i>, <i>Chleb</i>, <i>Máslo</i>—Beer, Bread, Butter.</p> <p>Crosses are frequent, erected at the corners where bye-roads @@ -4205,7 +4166,7 @@ baggy cotton stockings, and flimsy cotton gowns, and shabby kerchiefs on their heads, were unmistakable dowdies—an appearance which has come to be considered essentially Celtic. However, they failed not to -salute us with their "<i>dobrýtro</i>" (good day) as we passed.</p> +salute us with their "<i>dobrýtro</i>" (good day) as we passed.</p> <p>The aspect of Neu Straschitz, the next village on our way, shows how we are getting into the heart of the @@ -4531,7 +4492,7 @@ yet mourned by many, who join in the poet's lament:</p> <p class="o1">"Ach Gott! die Weissenberger Schlacht</p> <p>Erreicht wohl Ostrolenka's Trauer,</p> <p>Und die darauf erfolgt die Racht,</p> -<p>Hat trübere als Sibiriens Schauer."</p> +<p>Hat trübere als Sibiriens Schauer."</p> </div></div> <p>Terrible, indeed, was the <i>night</i> that followed! And @@ -4703,7 +4664,7 @@ lies buried.</p> and passing under the arch of the ancient Powder Tower, we enter the broad streets of the <i>Neustadt</i>. The <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">117</a></span> -Bohemian professor at Würzburg had recommended me +Bohemian professor at Würzburg had recommended me to lodge at the <i>Blaue Stern</i>, so to the <i>Blue Star</i> I went, and asked for a room.</p> @@ -4731,7 +4692,7 @@ as comfortable as could be wished. The Hausknecht—A Place to Lose Yourself—Street-Phenomena—Book-shops—Glass-wares—Cavernous Beer-houses—Signs—Czechish Names—Ugly Women—Swarms of Soldiers—A Scene on the Bridge—A -Drateñik—The Ugly Passport Clerk—The Suspension-bridge—The +Drateñik—The Ugly Passport Clerk—The Suspension-bridge—The Islands—The Slopes of the Laurenzberg—View over Prague—Schools, Palaces, and Poverty—The Rookery—The Hradschin—The Courts—The Cathedral—The Great Tomb—The Silver Shrine—Relics—A @@ -4806,7 +4767,7 @@ filled with tables bearing brown loaves cut in quarters, <i>Semmel</i>, and corpulent sausages. Turn which way you will, you find an endless diversity.</p> -<p>"<i>Glück auf!</i>" writes up a little trader. "<i>Here +<p>"<i>Glück auf!</i>" writes up a little trader. "<i>Here are best Coals. Radnitzer Coal.</i>" People who live on the upper floors hang a small wooden cruciform sign from their windows by a long string, low enough to @@ -4879,7 +4840,7 @@ strides, looking, so you guess, furtively around. On his shoulder he carries a coil of fine iron wire, and in his hand a broken red pan or stone pitcher. Wild, however, and out of place as he looks, he is only a Wallachian -plying his honest calling. He is a <i>Drateñik</i>—or +plying his honest calling. He is a <i>Drateñik</i>—or <i>Drahtbinder</i> (Wirebinder), as the Germans call it—going about to mend broken pans and pitchers by binding the fractures together with wire; a task which he @@ -4912,15 +4873,15 @@ side the mountains." Say some town nearest to the mountains. Does it make any difference?"</p> -<p>"<i>Schön!</i> You can come back here when your mind +<p>"<i>Schön!</i> You can come back here when your mind is made up." And with this rejoinder, Ugly turned away to consider a timid lady's request for permission to go a journey of fifteen miles.</p> <p>There was time enough, so I strolled away to the -suspension-bridge—<i>Kaiser Franzens Brücke</i>—which, +suspension-bridge—<i>Kaiser Franzens Brücke</i>—which, more than 1400 feet long, crosses the Moldau and the -<i>Schützen Insel</i>, a short distance above the stone bridge. +<i>Schützen Insel</i>, a short distance above the stone bridge. The view midway will make you linger. On the right bank, <i>Franzens-quai</i>, stretching from one bridge to the other, forms a spacious esplanade, in the centre of which, @@ -4945,7 +4906,7 @@ These islands are a pleasing feature in the view, and, with their shady bowers and the noise of the water <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_124" id="Page_124">124</a></span> mingling with strains of music, contrast agreeably with -the matter-of-fact of the city. The <i>Schützen Insel</i> is resorted +the matter-of-fact of the city. The <i>Schützen Insel</i> is resorted to by rifle companies, and you may hear a brisk succession of shots from the practice that appears to be always going on.</p> @@ -4982,7 +4943,7 @@ in a grand curve between towers and palaces, wretched hovels and stately churches, and onwards round the hills below to join the Elbe. The islands are open as a map, and you see the puffs of smoke from the rifles -on the <i>Schützen Insel</i>. It is a striking but disappointing +on the <i>Schützen Insel</i>. It is a striking but disappointing view, for notwithstanding the ancient gables and various towers that shoot aloft, the city has somewhat the aspect of a collection of factories, so monotonous @@ -5166,7 +5127,7 @@ Loretto chapel—an exact copy of the far-famed Holy House in Popedom. Or perhaps you will take more interest in remembering that in a house near this chapel Tycho Brahe made the observations from which he and -Kepler produced the <i>Tabulæ Rudolphinæ</i>—a work well +Kepler produced the <i>Tabulæ Rudolphinæ</i>—a work well known to astronomers; perpetuating in its title the name of their munificent patron.</p> @@ -5174,7 +5135,7 @@ of their munificent patron.</p> picturesque when its twenty-two high-roofed towers were all standing. Of these only four remain; and in the Black Tower you may see fearsome specimens of -mediæval dungeons. If those grim walls could speak, +mediæval dungeons. If those grim walls could speak, the fate would be known of some of Bohemia's worthiest, who, within a year after the battle of the White Hill, suddenly disappeared from among their families and @@ -5182,7 +5143,7 @@ friends, and were never more heard of.</p> <p>You may end your exploration by crossing to the opposite side of the hill, and taking a view of the great -range of buildings from the <i>Staubbrücke</i>, which crosses +range of buildings from the <i>Staubbrücke</i>, which crosses the <i>Hirschgraben</i>, and commands a prospect over the north-western environs of the city, and of the contrasts between the palace on the hill-top and the frowsy @@ -5504,7 +5465,7 @@ us, and on our children!" had been fearfully avenged. <p class="hanging"> The Alte Friedhof—A Stride into the Past—The Old Tombs—Vegetation -and Death—Haunted Graves—Ancient Epitaph—Rabbi Löw—His +and Death—Haunted Graves—Ancient Epitaph—Rabbi Löw—His Scholars—Symbols of the Tribes—The Infant's Coffin—The Playground—From Death to Life. </p> @@ -5587,7 +5548,7 @@ continued steadfast. She trained up her children according to the law of God.</i></p> <p>One of the most remarkable tombs is that of Rabbi -Löw (or Lyon)—a handsome temple-formed sarcophagus, +Löw (or Lyon)—a handsome temple-formed sarcophagus, distinguished by a sculptured lion, and the beauty of its workmanship. The rabbi himself was a remarkable man in his day; eminent for nobleness of mind @@ -5672,7 +5633,7 @@ having had a sepulchral dream. The Kolowratstrasse—Picolomini's Palace—The Museum—Geological Affluence—Early Czechish Bibles—Rare Old Manuscripts—Letters of Huss and Ziska—Tabor Hill—Portraits—Hussite Weapons—Antiques—Doubtful -Hussites in the Market-place—The Glückliche +Hussites in the Market-place—The Glückliche Entbindung—A Te Deum—Two Evening Visits—Bohemian Hospitality—The Gaslit Beer-house. </p> @@ -5696,9 +5657,9 @@ formed in 1818, to collect works of art, natural productions of the country, curiosities, and antiquities, appointed a committee in 1830 to promote a scientific cultivation of the Czechish language and literature, and to -create a section of archæology and natural history. +create a section of archæology and natural history. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_147" id="Page_147">147</a></span> -Under the designation <i>Matice ceská</i> (Bohemian Mother), +Under the designation <i>Matice ceská</i> (Bohemian Mother), a fund was established and vigorously maintained, out of which the desired objects were accomplished; particularly as regards the literature. To call Palacky into @@ -5746,7 +5707,7 @@ relics are the infallible historians."</p> <p>If you care but little for botany and zoology, with plants, fossils, and creatures from before the Flood, the -attendant will lead you at once to the archæological +attendant will lead you at once to the archæological department, and uncover the glass-cases containing rare old manuscripts. Among them are a poem of the ninth century about Libussa, a somewhat mythical Queen of @@ -5851,14 +5812,14 @@ still circulated in their veins.</p> <p>The authorities had lost no time, and on every corner placards were posted, announcing in loyal terms the -"<i>glückliche Entbindung</i>" of the empress; but though +"<i>glückliche Entbindung</i>" of the empress; but though crowds stopped to read, I saw no manifestations of joy. Great was the concourse, too, in the <i>Grosser Ring</i>, where a <i>Te Deum</i> was offered with pomp and ceremony in presence of the city militia: close ranks of green uniforms interposed between priests and people.</p> -<p>The letter of the Würzburg professor opened for me +<p>The letter of the Würzburg professor opened for me the hospitable doors of a pleasant house on a hill-slope beyond the city. Father, mother, and the two daughters joined in showing kindness to one who came to them @@ -5934,7 +5895,7 @@ Prosperity to the House of Hapsburg</i>. Music and a ball on the Sophia Island—music on the Shooting Island—music at H<i>raba's</i> Railway Garden—music at the <i>Pstrossischer</i> Garden—music at Podol—music at Wrssowitz—music -at the <i>Fliedermühle</i>—a military band at Bubencz—in +at the <i>Fliedermühle</i>—a military band at Bubencz—in short, music everywhere. And everywhere "<i>Pilsen beer, in Ice</i>." And so the streets were alive at an early hour with citizens going to an early mass that longer time @@ -6109,9 +6070,9 @@ Lobositz, where the folk appeared less wise than at Prague, for the flour-mill and chicory-factory were rattling and roaring in full work.</p> -<p>I left my knapsack at the <i>Gasthof zum Fürst Schwarzenberg</i>, +<p>I left my knapsack at the <i>Gasthof zum Fürst Schwarzenberg</i>, and started for the <i>Milleschauer</i>. Half an hour -along the Töplitz road, bordered all the way by fruit-trees, +along the Töplitz road, bordered all the way by fruit-trees, and you come in sight of the mountain—a huge cone, two thousand seven hundred feet in height, one of the highest points of the <i>Mittelgebirge</i>. At the village of @@ -6196,7 +6157,7 @@ from thence on one's shoulder to the summit. He came up in May with his first load, and set to work to repair roofs, walls, and fences, to renew the moss and dry the beds, and then stayed till October busy with guests, who -arrived by tens or twenties every day, chiefly from Töplitz, +arrived by tens or twenties every day, chiefly from Töplitz, about ten miles distant. The voices we heard from time to time in an adjoining hut were those of a party of four, who had come from the fashionable spa to @@ -6223,7 +6184,7 @@ Morning on the Milleschauer—The Brightening Landscape—The Mossy Quarters by Daylight—Delightful Down-hill Walk—Lobositz again—The Steam-boat—Queer Passengers—Sprightly Music—Romantic Scenery—Hills and Cliffs—Schreckenstein—How the Musicians paid -their Fare—Aussig—The Spürlingstein—Fairer Landscapes—Elbe +their Fare—Aussig—The Spürlingstein—Fairer Landscapes—Elbe versus Rhine—Tetschen—German Faces—Women-Waders—The Schoolmaster—Passport again—Pretty Country—Signs of Industry—Peasants' Diet—Markersdorf—Rustic Cottages—Gersdorf—Meistersdorf—School—Trying @@ -6460,7 +6421,7 @@ in proportion.</p> to greet our eyes. Past great high-prowed barges, towed slowly against the current by horses; past small barges, towed still more slowly by a dozen or -twenty men. Past the <i>Spürlingstein</i>, and bastion-like +twenty men. Past the <i>Spürlingstein</i>, and bastion-like cliffs, and hollows, beyond which you catch sight of far-away peaks. Then a village of timbered houses, the fronts showing broad lines of chequer-work and @@ -6527,7 +6488,7 @@ the door yet more appropriate:</p> <div class="poetry-container p2"> <div class="poem"> -<p>Der Schule Saat reift für Zeit und Ewigkeit.<a name="FNanchor_B" id="FNanchor_B" href="#Footnote_B" class="fnanchor">[B]</a></p> +<p>Der Schule Saat reift für Zeit und Ewigkeit.<a name="FNanchor_B" id="FNanchor_B" href="#Footnote_B" class="fnanchor">[B]</a></p> </div></div> <p>At three o'clock I sought out the passport clerk, and @@ -6601,7 +6562,7 @@ Over the door of one at Gersdorf I read:</p> <div class="poetry-container p2"> <div class="poem"> <p>Den Kleinen will die Schule frommen</p> -<p>O laß sie alle, alle kommen.<a name="FNanchor_C" id="FNanchor_C" href="#Footnote_C" class="fnanchor">[C]</a></p> +<p>O laß sie alle, alle kommen.<a name="FNanchor_C" id="FNanchor_C" href="#Footnote_C" class="fnanchor">[C]</a></p> </div></div> <p>At Meistersdorf, a furlong or two farther, on a little @@ -6617,7 +6578,7 @@ crosses the lintel:</p> <div class="poetry-container p2"> <div class="poem"> <p>Kommt hier zu mir ihr Kleinen, O kommt mit frommen Sinn</p> -<p>Ich führ den Weg des Heilen euch zu dem Vater hin.<a name="FNanchor_D" id="FNanchor_D" href="#Footnote_D" class="fnanchor">[D]</a></p> +<p>Ich führ den Weg des Heilen euch zu dem Vater hin.<a name="FNanchor_D" id="FNanchor_D" href="#Footnote_D" class="fnanchor">[D]</a></p> </div></div> <p> <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">173</a></span></p> @@ -6739,7 +6700,7 @@ fortnight at least, nor would they at first believe that I could only spare them a single day. Could not an Englishman do anything? What mattered it if I returned to London a week sooner or later? The theatre -at Steinschönau would be opened on Sunday, and it +at Steinschönau would be opened on Sunday, and it would be such a nice walk to go and see the play. Why should I be in a hurry to reach the mountains? Would it not be the same if I went to the top of all the @@ -6850,7 +6811,7 @@ to look at the surface.</p> <p>Higher up the slope we came to another house, where, instead of the harsh sound of grinding, we heard -but a faint, busy hum. A change came over Röschen's +but a faint, busy hum. A change came over Röschen's manner as she entered, and saw a young man sitting at a lathe; and their greeting, when he looked round, was after the manner of lovers before a witness. On being @@ -6912,7 +6873,7 @@ the long strip of ground that sloped away behind, half hidden by the orchard. He did no field-work, but left that to his mother, who lived with him, and hired labourers. "It goes better in the house where a woman -is," he said, with a glance at Röschen.</p> +is," he said, with a glance at Röschen.</p> <p>The cleanliness and order of his own room—workshop though it was—justified his words. And though old @@ -6935,7 +6896,7 @@ the working-people; and it surprised him not a little to be told that the Islanders' love for sweet sounds went far—far <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_182" id="Page_182">182</a></span> beyond their power of producing them. "Ah!" -interrupted Röschen, "my brother writes that there is +interrupted Röschen, "my brother writes that there is no music in his English workmates' singing."</p> <p>The engraver thought it a great privation, and could @@ -6967,7 +6928,7 @@ said, "how hard it is to go away so suddenly, to leave the little home, and all friends? Right glad shall I be when the year is over."</p> -<p>Röschen looked as if she would be glad too, and, to +<p>Röschen looked as if she would be glad too, and, to make me aware of all the young man's cleverness, she <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_183" id="Page_183">183</a></span> took down the frame of trees from the wall and put it @@ -6983,14 +6944,14 @@ but the horns and legs ingeniously placed, and those deep hollows in the trunks, places where owls may haunt, are produced by an artful arrangement of wings.</p> -<p>Then Röschen would have him fetch down his trays +<p>Then Röschen would have him fetch down his trays of moths and portfolio of drawings. The moths had all been collected in walks about the neighbourhood, and were carefully preserved and labelled. The drawings showed the hand of an artist. The engraver had begun to learn to draw in school at the age of eleven, and had practised ever since, for without good drawing -one could not engrave glass. He spoke of Röschen's +one could not engrave glass. He spoke of Röschen's youngest sister as a real genius, who would one day outstrip all the engravers in Ulrichsthal.</p> @@ -7031,7 +6992,7 @@ no great risk in an attempt, so I sat down, spread out my elbows to rest upon the cushions, put my foot to the treadle, and the glass to the wheel. Whiz—skirr-r-r-r, and there was a fine white blur which, by a stretch of fancy, -might have been taken for a cloud. Karl—as Röschen +might have been taken for a cloud. Karl—as Röschen called him—took the beaker, and, leaning across me as I sat, speedily converted the blur into a rose, and bade me try again. I presented the opposite side, and this @@ -7040,7 +7001,7 @@ forget-me-not. I have seen many a worse on <i>A Trifle from Margate</i>. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_185" id="Page_185">185</a></span></p> -<p>Röschen then said something about meeting in the +<p>Röschen then said something about meeting in the evening, and we made haste home, for it was dinner-time. Immediately on arrival she proceeded to roll out a small piece of dry brown dough into a thin sheet, @@ -7056,7 +7017,7 @@ acid preserve, made from forest berries. And for drink there was pale beer from the <i>Wirthshaus</i>. She did not fail to remind me of my promise to "eat a plenty."</p> -<p>Nor, after we had sipped our coffee, did Röschen fail +<p>Nor, after we had sipped our coffee, did Röschen fail to remind me of my morning's surrender, and pointing to the high hill-top, about two miles off, she said, "I mean to take you up there." So, as my docility remained unimpaired, @@ -7077,7 +7038,7 @@ over field and hamlet, meadow and coppice, to a wavy <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">186</a></span> line of hills, gray, purple, green, and brown, blended on the horizon. We sat for an hour; and after scanning -the principal features Röschen pointed out the details, +the principal features Röschen pointed out the details, naming every house and field within a great sweep. Each man's little property lay distinctly mapped out, and we could see the neighbours and her sisters working @@ -7088,7 +7049,7 @@ lasses were bustling to finish in time for some evening's diversion, the nature of which was a secret. I proposed to help them, threw off my coat, seized a fork, and flung the hay up to the lass in the wagon quicker than -she could trim it. Röschen took a rake, and had enough +she could trim it. Röschen took a rake, and had enough to do in gathering up the heaps which, pitching too vigorously, I sent clean over the wagon. All at once, as I was stooping, down came a mountain on my back, @@ -7119,7 +7080,7 @@ was all pitched up our shadows grew long, and we followed it up to the house, where the mother had coffee and <i>Semmel</i> ready for us.</p> -<p>Now Röschen, reminding me once more of my promise +<p>Now Röschen, reminding me once more of my promise to be tractable, revealed the secret. Karl was coming down, and Gottfried—the sweetheart I had seen the night before—and perhaps another, and then we @@ -7153,7 +7114,7 @@ been heard in a similar rustic alehouse in England. The ballad led to a talk about poetry, and one and another recited stanzas of favourite poems, and all seemed familiar with the best authors, drawing illustrations -from Bürger's <i>Lenore</i>, Schiller's <i>Song of the +from Bürger's <i>Lenore</i>, Schiller's <i>Song of the Bell</i>, Goethe's <i>Erl King</i>, and one or two ventured upon the <i>Niebelungenlied</i>.</p> @@ -7176,7 +7137,7 @@ off one by one, keeping time with a few spoken surmises<a name="FNanchor_E" id=" inquirer was not quite content. It was all very well to be loved <i>from the heart</i>; but <i>with pain</i> or <i>grief</i> would have been much better. Then nothing would -do but Röschen must try the experiment on me, and +do but Röschen must try the experiment on me, and reciting and plucking she went round the frail circlet, and ended with <i>gar nicht</i>. She looked curiously at Karl, and Karl looked as if he were not by any @@ -7197,11 +7158,11 @@ Englishman. <h2>CHAPTER XIX.</h2> <p class="hanging"> -More Hospitality—Farewells—Cross Country Walk—Steinschönau—The +More Hospitality—Farewells—Cross Country Walk—Steinschönau—The Playbill—Hayda—All Glass-workers—Away for the Mountains—Zwickau—Gabel—Weisskirchen—A Peasant's Prayer—Reichenberg—Passport again—Jeschkenpeak—Reinowitz—Schlag—Neudorf—A -Talk at Grünheid—Bad Sample of Lancashire—Tannwald—Curious +Talk at Grünheid—Bad Sample of Lancashire—Tannwald—Curious Rocks—Spinneries—Populousness—Przichowitz—An Altercation—Heavy Odds—The Englishman Wins—A Word to the Company. </p> @@ -7211,13 +7172,13 @@ and renewed entreaties for my stay. I could only reply by putting on my knapsack. The old man grieved that infirmity prevented his showing me the shortest way to Hayda, some ten miles distant, where I should strike -the main road. "But," he said, "Röschen knows the +the main road. "But," he said, "Röschen knows the way, and she will be glad to go. I can trust her with you, for you are an Englishman."</p> <p>I felt bound to thank him for his compliment to my nationality, and not less for the unexpected pleasure of -his daughter's company. Röschen went to put on her +his daughter's company. Röschen went to put on her round hat, and then the mother said she would like to go too, "just a little half-hour," and tied on her kerchief. Then I had to give a kiss to the rest of the @@ -7232,7 +7193,7 @@ the short cuts across the fields. The "little half-hour" brought us to a great cross by the wayside, where the mother, who lamented all the way that I would not let her carry my knapsack, gave me a hearty kiss, hoped I -would soon come again and stay a month, bade Röschen +would soon come again and stay a month, bade Röschen take care of me, and turned away homewards with tears in her eyes.</p> @@ -7246,13 +7207,13 @@ claim on you: you had never heard of me, and yet you entertained me as if I had been your son. May the love that befalls the cheerful giver dwell ever with you!</p> -<p>Röschen knew all the byepaths and little lanes running +<p>Röschen knew all the byepaths and little lanes running through belts of copse, by which, with many a rise and fall among the hills, we took our way, she all the time wondering at my pleasurable emotions at sight of the picturesque cottages and pretty scenery. To her they were nothing remarkable. By-and-by we -saw Steinschönau on the left, where the surrounding +saw Steinschönau on the left, where the surrounding hamlets buy groceries, hardware, and napery, and resort at times for a holiday. While skirting it we saw here and there on a cottage wall bills of the next Sunday's @@ -7264,14 +7225,14 @@ Folks-hymn: then Hanns Sachs, Shoemaker and Poet, a</i> <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_192" id="Page_192">192</a></span> <i>Drama in Four Acts.</i> And he ends with a notification: <i>Price of Places as always. But to Generosity no Limit -will be set.</i> Röschen promised herself much pleasure +will be set.</i> Röschen promised herself much pleasure from a sight of the play.</p> <p>Hayda, though a small town, is a place of much importance in the glass trade. You hear the noise of wheels in every house. "None but glass-workers here," said the landlord of the inn where we dined. The -repast over, I said good-bye to Röschen, vexed with +repast over, I said good-bye to Röschen, vexed with myself for having occasioned her so long a walk, and taking the road which I had left at Markersdorf, stepped out for the <i>Riesengebirge</i>—distant a three days' tramp. @@ -7337,7 +7298,7 @@ the solace of wayfarers:</p> <p>Unter Arbeit, unter Sorgen,</p> <p>In der Freude, in dem Schmerz,</p> <p>In der Einsamkeit und Stille,</p> -<p>Lenk' O Christ, mit Dankesfülle</p> +<p>Lenk' O Christ, mit Dankesfülle</p> <p>Zu dem Kreuz, das fromme Herz!<a name="FNanchor_F" id="FNanchor_F" href="#Footnote_F" class="fnanchor">[F]</a></p> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_194" id="Page_194">194</a></span></p> @@ -7419,7 +7380,7 @@ proceed you descend every two or three miles into a charming little valley, where you see little factories, and stripes of linen stretched out to bleach on the grassy slopes. So at Reinowitz; so at Schlag; so at Neudorf; so at -Morchenstern. At Grünheid, where I stayed for a half-hour's +Morchenstern. At Grünheid, where I stayed for a half-hour's rest, there was a noticeable appearance of cleanliness. The inn, inviting of aspect, would have satisfied even a Dutchwoman. While drinking my glass of beer @@ -7503,10 +7464,10 @@ competing with the factory-units with an organized multitude—the opportunity is favourable.</p> <p>Przichowitz stands on what appears to be the very -top of the hill till you see the wooded eminence, <i>Stephanshöh</i>, -beyond. There are two inns: the <i>Grünen +top of the hill till you see the wooded eminence, <i>Stephanshöh</i>, +beyond. There are two inns: the <i>Grünen Baum</i>, with a fourth share of a bedroom; the <i>Gasthaus -zur Stephanshöh</i>, somewhat Czechish in its appointments. +zur Stephanshöh</i>, somewhat Czechish in its appointments. I quartered myself at the latter; and discovered two redeeming points—good wine and excellent coffee.</p> @@ -7600,22 +7561,22 @@ hustings?</p> <h2>CHAPTER XX.</h2> <p class="hanging"> -Stephanshöh—A Presumptuous Landlord—Czechs again—Stewed +Stephanshöh—A Presumptuous Landlord—Czechs again—Stewed Weavers—Prompt Civilities—The Iser—A Quiet Vale—Barrande's Opinion of the Czechs—Rochlitz—An offshoot from Tyre—A Happy -Landlord—A Rustic Guide—Hill Paths—The Grünstein—Rübezahl's +Landlord—A Rustic Guide—Hill Paths—The Grünstein—Rübezahl's Rose Garden—Dreary Fells—Source of the Elbe—Solitude and Visitors—The -Elbfall—Stony Slopes—Strange Rocks—Rübezahl's Glove—Knieholz—Schneegruben—View +Elbfall—Stony Slopes—Strange Rocks—Rübezahl's Glove—Knieholz—Schneegruben—View into Silesia—Tremendous Cliffs—Basalt in Granite—The Landlord's Bazaar—The Wandering Stone—A Tragsessel—A Desolate Scene—Rougher Walking—Musical Surprises—Spindlerbaude—The -Mädelstein—Great Pond and Little Pond—The +Mädelstein—Great Pond and Little Pond—The Mittagstein—The Riesengrund—The Last Zigzags—An Inn in the Clouds. </p> <p class="p2">Soon after six the next morning I was on the top of -<i>Stephanshöh</i>—about twenty minutes' walk from the inn—prepared +<i>Stephanshöh</i>—about twenty minutes' walk from the inn—prepared to enjoy the view: and did enjoy all that was not concealed by mist. Every minute, too, as the heaving vapour melted away, so did the landscape @@ -7642,7 +7603,7 @@ high above the valleys that open at every bend. After about an hour it narrows into a footpath, which presently branches off into many paths down the steep slope of a secluded vale. A woman of whom I asked the way -shook her head, and answered, "<i>Böhmisch</i>," and to my +shook her head, and answered, "<i>Böhmisch</i>," and to my surprise I found myself once more among the Czechs. A Sclavonic wedge, so to speak, here cuts between the German-speaking population who inhabit the northern @@ -7665,7 +7626,7 @@ his head, letting out, at the same time, a rush of the depraved air in which he and his mates were working. I asked the way.</p> -<p>He shook his head, and answered, "<i>Böhmisch</i>."</p> +<p>He shook his head, and answered, "<i>Böhmisch</i>."</p> <p>He did more. He started up from his loom, came <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_203" id="Page_203">203</a></span> @@ -7831,7 +7792,7 @@ come in herds to see the mountains."</p> could soon look down on Rochlitz—houses scattered along either side of a narrow road in a deep valley; and, far in the rear, on Hochstadt, a wee town of great -trade. Then we came to a <i>Jägerhaus</i>, and plunged +trade. Then we came to a <i>Jägerhaus</i>, and plunged into a pine forest, walking for two or three miles along winding paths, paved with roots, under a solemn shade where, here and there, sunny gleams sought out @@ -7842,11 +7803,11 @@ the firs, and their drooping branches and silvery boles looked all the more beautiful amid companions so unbending.</p> <p>We emerged on a bare, turfy slope, and came presently -to a stony ridge on the right—the <i>Grünstein</i>—so named +to a stony ridge on the right—the <i>Grünstein</i>—so named from a large bright green circle of lichen on the broken rocks which first catch your eye. A little farther along the same ridge, and the guide points to a great -ring of stones on the slope as <i>Rübezahl's</i> Rose-garden, +ring of stones on the slope as <i>Rübezahl's</i> Rose-garden, and the name makes you aware that here is the classic ground of gnomery. You remember the German storybooks read long ago with delight, wonder, or fear: the @@ -7885,7 +7846,7 @@ the Archdukes Joseph and Rainer once erected here to commemorate their visit: the lonely scene is better without them. There are monuments not far off more to your mind. Towards the south rises the <i>Krkonosch -Berg</i><a name="FNanchor_G" id="FNanchor_G" href="#Footnote_G" class="fnanchor">[G]</a>—sometimes called the <i>Halsträger</i>—and <i>Kesselkoppe</i> +Berg</i><a name="FNanchor_G" id="FNanchor_G" href="#Footnote_G" class="fnanchor">[G]</a>—sometimes called the <i>Halsträger</i>—and <i>Kesselkoppe</i> <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_209" id="Page_209">209</a></span> towards the west; great purple-shaded slopes of darkest green.</p> @@ -7951,7 +7912,7 @@ and some animal forms hewn by rude people in the ancient days with but indifferent success. On one, an experienced guide—which mine was not—will show you the impression of a large hand, and tell you it is -<i>Rübezahl's</i> glove.</p> +<i>Rübezahl's</i> glove.</p> <p>The path makes many a jerk and twist among the rocks; at times through a dense scrub of <i>Knieholz</i>—a @@ -7959,7 +7920,7 @@ dwarfish kind of fir, crooked as rams'-horns, peculiar to these mountains, and, as travellers tell us, to the Carpathians. To its abundant growth some of the hills owe their dark green garment. Half an hour of such walking -brought us in sight of <i>Rübezahl's</i> chancel—walls of +brought us in sight of <i>Rübezahl's</i> chancel—walls of rocks split into horizontal layers—and strangely piled, <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_211" id="Page_211">211</a></span> as if by the hands of crazy Cyclopean builders. A fearsome @@ -8029,7 +7990,7 @@ for sale—memorials of the <i>Schneegruben</i>. There are crystals, and specimens from the neighbouring rocks, and carvings cut out of the <i>Knieholz</i>, an excellent wood for the purpose. Among these latter are heads of -<i>Rübezahl</i>, with roguish look and bearded chin, to be +<i>Rübezahl</i>, with roguish look and bearded chin, to be used as whistles, or terminations for mountain-staves. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_213" id="Page_213">213</a></span> Or, if you desire it, he will fire a small mortar to startle @@ -8087,7 +8048,7 @@ across stony ridges, and past more of the uncouth piles of rock that look weird-like in the slanting sunbeams. All at once you hear the noise of a hurdy-gurdy: a surprise in so deserted a region, and you may -fancy <i>Rübezahl</i> at his pranks again; but presently you +fancy <i>Rübezahl</i> at his pranks again; but presently you see a beggar squatted in the bush, whose practised ear having caught the sound of footsteps before you came in sight, the squeak is set a-going to inspire charity. @@ -8120,7 +8081,7 @@ again with harp and clarionet.</p> <p>It was past six when we started, and betook ourselves at once to the steep ridge behind the <i>Baude</i>. Once up, we saw <i>Schneekoppe</i> rising as a dark cone in the distance, -and away to the right the <i>Mädelstein</i>, so named +and away to the right the <i>Mädelstein</i>, so named from a shepherdess having been frozen to death while sheltering under the rock from a snow-storm. On the Bohemian side, towards the south, the view is confined; @@ -8145,7 +8106,7 @@ the <i>Dreisteine</i>, fifty feet high, resembling the ruin of a castle, split into three by a lightning stroke a hundred years ago; the <i>Katzenschloss</i> (Cat's Castle) and others, which the guide will tell you owe their names to -<i>Rübezahl</i>.</p> +<i>Rübezahl</i>.</p> <p>We cross the <i>Teichfelder</i> and look down on the Little Pond: a lively sheet of water, for the surface is rippled @@ -8194,14 +8155,14 @@ Comforts on the Koppe—Samples of Germany—Provincial Peculiarities&md Couplet worth remembering—Four-bedded Rooms—View from the Summit—Contrast of Scenery—The Summit itself—Guides in Costume—Moderate Charges—Unlucky Farmer—The -Descent—Schwarzkoppe—Grenzbäuden—Hungarian Wine—The Way +Descent—Schwarzkoppe—Grenzbäuden—Hungarian Wine—The Way to Adersbach—Forty Years' Experience. </p> <p class="p2">Here, on the top of <i>Schneekoppe</i>, you find the appliances of luxury and elegance as well as of comfort. Many kinds of provisions, good wine, and beer -of the best. A bazaar of crystals, carvings, <i>Rübezahl's</i> +of the best. A bazaar of crystals, carvings, <i>Rübezahl's</i> heads, and mountain-staves. Beds for fifty guests, and <i>Strohlager</i> (straw-lairs) for fifty more, besides music and other amusements, make up a total which satisfies @@ -8229,7 +8190,7 @@ about the size of Rutlandshire. Flat faces and round faces are the most numerous. The Silesians betray themselves by an angular visage and prominent chin. "Every province in Prussia," says Schulze to -Müller, "has its peculiarity, or property, as they call it. +Müller, "has its peculiarity, or property, as they call it. Thus, for example, Pomerania is renowned for stubbornness; East Prussia for wit; the Rhineland for uprightness; Posen for mixed humour; the Saxon for softness; @@ -8273,7 +8234,7 @@ the <i>Erzgebirge</i>; to the south you see towns and villages in the valley of the Elbe, and in a favourable atmosphere the White Hill of Prague: in like circumstances Breslau can be seen, though forty-five miles distant to the north-east, -and Görlitz with its hill—<i>Landskrone</i>—almost as +and Görlitz with its hill—<i>Landskrone</i>—almost as far to the north-west, and on rare occasions, it is said, you can see the foremost of the Carpathians.</p> @@ -8367,14 +8328,14 @@ other side, after falling for awhile, the path makes a rise to pass over <i>Schwarzkoppe</i> (Black Head), a hill rough with heather. To this succeeded pleasant fir-woods, then birch and beech, and before eight we came -to <i>Grenzbäuden</i> (frontier-buildings), a place renowned +to <i>Grenzbäuden</i> (frontier-buildings), a place renowned for its hospitality wherever lives a German who has seen the mountains. Three houses offer entertainment; -but Hübner's is the most resorted to. There you find +but Hübner's is the most resorted to. There you find spacious rooms, a billiard-table, a piano, maps on the walls, and a colonnade for those who prefer the open air; and sundry appliances by which weather-bound -guests may kill time. But, by common consent, Hübner's +guests may kill time. But, by common consent, Hübner's chief claim to consideration is, that Hungarian wine never fails in his cellar.</p> @@ -8405,7 +8366,7 @@ to drink Hungarian, have a frolic, and then skim homewards down-hill swift as the wind. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_224" id="Page_224">224</a></span></p> -<p>I had a talk with <i>Meinherr</i> Hübner about the shortest +<p>I had a talk with <i>Meinherr</i> Hübner about the shortest way to Schatzlar. To think of going to Adersbach through Schatzlar was, he assured me, a grand mistake. The road was very hilly, hard to find, and, under the @@ -8415,9 +8376,9 @@ map, with all its imperfections, had not yet misled me: it showed the route by Schatzlar to be the shortest, and on that I insisted.</p> -<p>"Take my advice," rejoined Hübner; "it has forty +<p>"Take my advice," rejoined Hübner; "it has forty years' experience to back it. Go down to Hermsdorf, -and from thence through Liebau and Schömberg. That +and from thence through Liebau and Schömberg. That is the only way possible for you. The other will take you eighteen hours."</p> @@ -8445,14 +8406,14 @@ Wool-market—The Shameless Maiden—The Silver Spring—The Waterfall—A Waterspout—The Lightning Stroke. </p> -<p class="p2">About a musket-shot below the <i>Bäuden</i> stands the +<p class="p2">About a musket-shot below the <i>Bäuden</i> stands the frontier guard-house. The two wool-merchants who had left Warmbrunn for the ordinary three days' excursion in the mountains, having no passports to show, were detained, while I, accredited by seven visas, had free passage and wishes for a pleasant journey. I took a road running immediately to the right, and had not -gone far when one of Hübner's men came running +gone far when one of Hübner's men came running after, and offered to show me the way to Schatzlar for twenty kreutzers.</p> @@ -8471,10 +8432,10 @@ gradually-rising earth-wave. After about an hour and a half of brisk walking, we came to a brow, from which the ground fell steeply to a homely, straggling village, embosomed in trees, beneath. "There, that's Schatzlar," -said Hübner's man, and, pointing to a lane that twisted +said Hübner's man, and, pointing to a lane that twisted down the slope, "that's the way to it."</p> -<p>Hübner's man plays knavish tricks. On descending +<p>Hübner's man plays knavish tricks. On descending into the village I found it to be Kunzendorf: however, it was on the right way, and another two miles brought me to Schatzlar, a village of one street, the houses @@ -8592,9 +8553,9 @@ whitewashed gateway bestrides the road—the entrance to the <i>Gasthaus zur Felsenstadt</i> (Rock-City Inn), resorted to every year by hundreds of visitors.</p> -<p>Old Hübner was clearly mistaken. In seven hours +<p>Old Hübner was clearly mistaken. In seven hours of easy walking I had accomplished the distance from -Grenzbäuden, and was ready, after half an hour's rest, +Grenzbäuden, and was ready, after half an hour's rest, to explore the wonders of Adersbach.</p> <p>The custom of the place is, that you shall take a guide @@ -8708,7 +8669,7 @@ from a fancied resemblance in the surrounding rocks to woolsacks. Not far off are the Tables of Moses, the Shameless Maiden, St. John the Baptist, the Tiger's Snout, the Backbone, a long broken column, which -forms a disjointed vertebræ. A long list of names +forms a disjointed vertebræ. A long list of names might be given were it desirable. For the most part the <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_233" id="Page_233">233</a></span> resemblances are not at all fanciful; in some instances so @@ -8798,7 +8759,7 @@ hear a whole orchestra of wind instruments among the rocks. Such delicious music! Soft, wild, warbling, rising and falling, melting one into the other in a way that you fancy could only be accomplished by a band -of Kobolds with <i>Rübezahl</i> for a leader. And when +of Kobolds with <i>Rübezahl</i> for a leader. And when the player blows short phrases with pauses between, what mocking sprite is that who imitates the sound, flitting from crevice to crevice repeating the tones over @@ -8841,13 +8802,13 @@ matters, and got unhesitating answers. For example:</p> <p class="center"><i>Echo.</i></p> <p>"Wie steht's um Hellas?</p> <p class="i1">Helas! Helas! Helas!</p> -<p>Wat hältst du von Russels Worte?</p> +<p>Wat hältst du von Russels Worte?</p> <p class="i1">Worte! Worte! Worte!</p> <p>Wat fehlt in Hessen?</p> <p class="i1"> Essen! Essen! Essen!</p> -<p>Was möchten gern die Wallachen?</p> +<p>Was möchten gern die Wallachen?</p> <p class="i1"> Lachen! lachen! lachen!</p> -<p>Fließt dort (in Russia) nicht Milch und Honig?</p> +<p>Fließt dort (in Russia) nicht Milch und Honig?</p> <p class="i1"> Jo nich! jo nich! jo nich!</p> <p>Wann kommt Deutschland zur Harmonie?</p> <p class="i1"> O nie! O nie! O nie!</p> @@ -8956,15 +8917,15 @@ o' the great God?" Baked Chickens—A Discussion—Weckelsdorf—More Rocks—The Stone of Tears—Death's Alley—Diana's Bath—The Minster—Gang of Coiners—The Bohdanetskis—Going to Church—Another Silesian -View—Good-bye to Bohemia—Schömberg—Silesian Faces and Costume—Picturesque +View—Good-bye to Bohemia—Schömberg—Silesian Faces and Costume—Picturesque Market-place—Ueberschar Hills—Ullersdorf—An amazed Weaver—Liebau—Cheap Cherries—The Prussian Simplon—Ornamented -Houses—Buchwald—The Bober—Dittersbach—Schmiedeberg—Rübezahl's +Houses—Buchwald—The Bober—Dittersbach—Schmiedeberg—Rübezahl's Trick upon Travellers—Tourists' Rendezvous—The Duellists' Successors—Erdmannsdorf—Tyrolese Colony. </p> -<p class="p2">As <i>Grenzbäuden</i> is renowned for Hungarian wine, so +<p class="p2">As <i>Grenzbäuden</i> is renowned for Hungarian wine, so is Adersbach for baked chickens, and every guest, unless he be a greenhorn, eats two for supper. They are very relishing, and quite small enough to prevent any breach @@ -9006,7 +8967,7 @@ directly from the <i>Koppe</i> into the <i>Riesengrund</i>, and laid my course through the village of Dorngrund.</p> <p>They believed then; but having travelled the road -prescribed to me by Father Hübner, could not imagine +prescribed to me by Father Hübner, could not imagine the distance from the mountain to be but about twenty miles.</p> @@ -9089,7 +9050,7 @@ short distance farther on the brow of a precipitous hill, where you are agreeably surprised by another Silesian view—broad, rolling fields of good red land, bearing vetches, clover, flax, and barley, the little town -of Schömberg in their midst, and always hills on the +of Schömberg in their midst, and always hills on the horizon. From the brow, a deep lane and a path <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_244" id="Page_244">244</a></span> through the fir-wood on the cliffy hill-side, lead you @@ -9098,9 +9059,9 @@ white, indicate that we have exchanged the Austrian eagle for the Prussian. I must have crossed the frontier two or three times yesterday and to-day, but I saw no custom-house anywhere, and no guards, except at -<i>Grenzbäuden</i>.</p> +<i>Grenzbäuden</i>.</p> -<p>Other signs showed me on nearing Schömberg that I +<p>Other signs showed me on nearing Schömberg that I had left Bohemia. The men are tall, of sallow complexion, and angular face. They wear long dark-blue coats and boots up to their knees, and stiff blue caps @@ -9139,10 +9100,10 @@ thankful for one dollar."</p> <p>Content with one dollar a week, which means a perpetual diet of rye bread and potatoes.</p> -<p>Liebau and Schömberg, about five miles apart, are in +<p>Liebau and Schömberg, about five miles apart, are in many respects twin towns. If Liebau has not a strikingly picturesque market-place, nor a reputation for -<i>Knackwürsten</i> (smoked sausage), it has a new Protestant +<i>Knackwürsten</i> (smoked sausage), it has a new Protestant church, some good paintings in the Romish church, and a <i>Kreuzberg</i>, once the resort of thousands of pilgrims. The neighbouring <i>Tartarnberg</i> was, according @@ -9231,7 +9192,7 @@ men were crossing the mountains, when one, whose shoes were thickly nailed, found himself suddenly held fast on the stony path, unable to advance or return. He shook with terror. What else could it be than -a spell thrown over him by <i>Rübezahl</i>? At length, by +a spell thrown over him by <i>Rübezahl</i>? At length, by the other's assistance, he broke the spell; and the two having brought away with them the stone of detention, it was recognised as magnetic iron stone; and already, @@ -9251,12 +9212,12 @@ parasols, and other travelling gear, until he carries a mountain on his own shoulders. Besides the trip to <i>Schneekoppe</i>, some mount to the great beech-tree and the <i>Friesenstein</i>, on the <i>Landeshuter Kamm</i>; -or visit the laboratories at Krummhübel, where liqueurs, +or visit the laboratories at Krummhübel, where liqueurs, oils, and essences, are distilled and prepared from native plants: chemical operations first set on foot in 1700 by a few students of medicine who fled from Prague to escape the consequences of a duel. And some go beyond -Krummhübel to look at Wolfshau, a place in the entrance +Krummhübel to look at Wolfshau, a place in the entrance of the <i>Melzergrund</i>, so shut in by wooded hills that it never sees the sun during December. And some to the village of Steinseifen, where, among iron-workers @@ -9311,7 +9272,7 @@ if I would not mind sleeping in the billiard-room. Schnaps and Sausage—Dresdener upon Berliners—The Prince's Castle at Fischbach—A Home for the Princess Royal—Is the Marriage Popular?—View from the Tower—Tradition of the Golden Donkey—Royal -Palace at Erdmannsdorf—A Miniature Chatsworth—The Zillerthal—Käse +Palace at Erdmannsdorf—A Miniature Chatsworth—The Zillerthal—Käse and Brod—Stohnsdorf—Famous Beer—Rischmann's Cave—Prophecies—Warmbrunn. </p> @@ -9447,7 +9408,7 @@ of Jacob Egger, a blind old man of eighty-three, who died soon after the immigration.</p> <p>Not far from the palace is a singular group of rocks -named <i>Käse und Brod</i> (<i>Cheese and Bread</i>), on the +named <i>Käse und Brod</i> (<i>Cheese and Bread</i>), on the way to which you pass a stone quarry, where you can pick up fine crystals of quartz, and see men digging feldspar for the china-manufacturers at Berlin.</p> @@ -9497,7 +9458,7 @@ the earth; seldom better people." The Three Berliners—Strong Beer—Origin of Warmbrunn—St. John the Baptist's Day—Count Schaffgotsch—A Benefactor—A Library—Something about Warmbrunn—The Baths—Healing Waters—The -Allée—Visitors—Russian Popes—The Museum—Trophies—View of +Allée—Visitors—Russian Popes—The Museum—Trophies—View of the Mountains—The Kynast—Cunigunda and her Lovers—Served her right—The Two Breslauers—Oblatt—The Baths in the Mountains. </p> @@ -9550,7 +9511,7 @@ to improve the place and attract strangers.</p> who live upon the guests during the season, and the rest of the year by weaving, bleaching, stone-polishing, and wood-carving. Of hotels and houses of entertainment -there is no lack; the <i>Schwarzer Adler</i> and <i>Hôtel de +there is no lack; the <i>Schwarzer Adler</i> and <i>Hôtel de Prusse</i> among the best. But as at Carlsbad, nearly every house has its sign, and lets lodgings, dearest close to the baths, and cheaper as the distance increases, till @@ -9569,7 +9530,7 @@ in coarse-grained, flesh-red granite, at a temperature of degrees in the little basin. It is soft on the palate, with a taste and odour of sulphur, and in saline and alkaline constituents resembles the waters of Aix-la-Chapelle -and Töplitz. It is efficacious in cases of gout, contractions, +and Töplitz. It is efficacious in cases of gout, contractions, skin diseases, and functional complaints; in some instances with extraordinary results. I heard of patients who come to Warmbrunn so crooked and crippled that @@ -9589,7 +9550,7 @@ galvanic apparatus, to be used in particular cases.</p> <p>With so many visitors Warmbrunn has an appearance of life and gaiety; the somewhat rustic shops put on an -upstart look, or a timid show of gentility. The <i>Allée</i>, a +upstart look, or a timid show of gentility. The <i>Allée</i>, a broad tree-planted avenue opening from the main street, <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_259" id="Page_259">259</a></span> by the side of the Count's <i>Schloss</i>, is the favourite promenade. @@ -9632,7 +9593,7 @@ Then there is music twice a day in the <i>Schloss</i> garden, and the theatre is open in the evening, besides the numerous excursions to the hills and mountains around.</p> -<p>The <i>Allée</i>, about six hundred paces long, commands +<p>The <i>Allée</i>, about six hundred paces long, commands a striking view of the mountain chain from its farther end, where the ground falls away with gentle slope. I could see the prominent points which I had walked @@ -9657,7 +9618,7 @@ Albert of Thuringia—for he it was, who had a wife at home—turned his horse and galloped away.</p> <p>While sauntering, I met the two Breslauers—my companions -on the descent to the <i>Grenzbäuden</i>—and under +on the descent to the <i>Grenzbäuden</i>—and under their guidance explored yet more of the neighbourhood. The guard at the frontier had treated them mercifully, and after half an hour's detention in a little room up-stairs, @@ -9679,7 +9640,7 @@ full view of the mountains, under an airy colonnade.</p> <p>On our return to the village we met the <i>Wirth</i> from <i>Schneekoppe</i>, who had come down from his cloudy dwelling to bury a relative. I took the opportunity to -send my compliments to Father Hübner, with a hint +send my compliments to Father Hübner, with a hint that his topographical information had not appeared to me of much more value than his man's morality.</p> @@ -9704,8 +9665,8 @@ influence is promoted by complete seclusion and repose. <p class="hanging"> Hirschberg—The Officers' Tomb—A Night Journey—Spiller—Greifenberg—Changing Horses—A Royal Reply—A Griffin's Nest—Lauban—The -Potato Jubilee—Görlitz—Peter and Paul Church—View from the -Tower—The Landskrone—Jacob Böhme—The Hidden Gold—A +Potato Jubilee—Görlitz—Peter and Paul Church—View from the +Tower—The Landskrone—Jacob Böhme—The Hidden Gold—A Theosophist's Writings—The Tombs—The Underground Chapel—A Church copied from Jerusalem—The Public Library—Loebau—Herrnhut. </p> @@ -9721,13 +9682,13 @@ that of most towns along this side of Silesia: so much suffering by war, that you wonder how they ever survived. A memorial of the latest scourge is to be seen in the Hospital churchyard—a cast-iron monument in -memory of three Prussians, who, wounded at Lützen in +memory of three Prussians, who, wounded at Lützen in 1813, died here on the same day. Under their names runs the inscription: <i>They died in an Iron time for a Golden</i>.</p> <p>Not being able to see anything, I booked a place by -<i>Stellwagen</i> for Görlitz, and supped in preparation for a +<i>Stellwagen</i> for Görlitz, and supped in preparation for a <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_263" id="Page_263">263</a></span> night of travel. We started at eleven, a company numerous enough to fill three vehicles, those lowest on @@ -9804,7 +9765,7 @@ famous circumnavigator Drake—as the promoters said. Of course potatoes cooked in many ways appeared plentifully at every table over half the province.</p> -<p>We reached Görlitz at eight, and for some reason, +<p>We reached Görlitz at eight, and for some reason, perhaps known to the driver, went through the streets in and out, up and down, across the Neisse to the <i>Postamt</i> in the new quarter, at a slow walking pace. I @@ -9829,8 +9790,8 @@ watch-tower, midway between the Giant Mountains and the romantic highlands of Saxony.</p> <p>The sight of that hill recalls the name of the "Teutonic -philosopher"—Jacob Böhme. He was born at -Alt-Seidenberg, about a mile from Görlitz, in 1575; +philosopher"—Jacob Böhme. He was born at +Alt-Seidenberg, about a mile from Görlitz, in 1575; and he relates that one day when employing himself as herdboy, to relieve the monotony of shoemaking, he discovered a cool bosky crevice on the <i>Landskrone</i>, and @@ -9858,7 +9819,7 @@ into French and English; some studied German that they might read them in the original; and even Isaac Newton used at times to divert his mind from laborious search after the laws of gravitation by perusal of -Böhme's speculations. That Jacob was not a dreamer +Böhme's speculations. That Jacob was not a dreamer on all points is clear from what he used to pen for those who begged a scrap of his writing:</p> @@ -9889,7 +9850,7 @@ fills a basin scooped in the solid stone of the floor.</p> <p>The church of the Holy Cross in the Nicolai suburb is remarkable as having been built, and with a sepulchre, -after the original at Jerusalem by a burgomaster of Görlitz, +after the original at Jerusalem by a burgomaster of Görlitz, who travelled twice to Jerusalem, in 1465 and in 1476, to procure the necessary plans and measurements for the work. There is a singularity about the sepulchre: it is @@ -9910,7 +9871,7 @@ Perhaps here in England writers and scholars in provincial towns will some day be able to resort to libraries and museums as easily as in the small towns of Germany. Many an English student would be thankful to find in -his native town even one such library as those at Görlitz.</p> +his native town even one such library as those at Görlitz.</p> <p>The train from Breslau kept good time. It dropped me at Loebau, where there is a church in which service @@ -9951,7 +9912,7 @@ is a paid servant of the brotherhood—told me there would be a <i>Gottesdienst</i> (God's service) at three o'clock, and suggested my occupying the interval with the <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_270" id="Page_270">270</a></span> -newspapers that lay on the table. There was the <i>Görlitzer +newspapers that lay on the table. There was the <i>Görlitzer Anzeiger</i>, published three times a week, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, four good quarto pages, for fifteen pence a quarter; and equally cheap the <i>Zittauische @@ -10075,7 +10036,7 @@ its fifteen formal clipped squares, some yet untenanted, and room for enlargement; the red roofs and white walls of the village; and beyond, the fir-topped <i>Heinrichsberg</i>, and planted slopes which beautify the farther end of -the place. Berthelsdorf, the seat of the <i>Unität</i>, stands +the place. Berthelsdorf, the seat of the <i>Unität</i>, stands pleasantly embowered at the foot of the eastern slope. You see miles of road, two or three windmills, and umbrageous green lines thinning off in the distance, the @@ -10089,7 +10050,7 @@ balustrade, so that, while sauntering slowly round, you can read the name of any spire or distant peak that catches your eye. The summits are numerous, for hills rise on every side; among them you discover the Landskrone -by Görlitz, and the crown of the <i>Tafelfichte</i> in the +by Görlitz, and the crown of the <i>Tafelfichte</i> in the <i>Isergebirge</i>, the only one of the mountains within sight. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_274" id="Page_274">274</a></span> It is a view that will give you a cheerful impression of @@ -10271,7 +10232,7 @@ Tidings—Fugitives—Squatters on the Hutberg—Count Zinzendorf's Steward—The First Tree—The First House—Scoffers—Origin of the Name—More Fugitives—Foundation of the Union—Struggles and Encouragements—Buildings—Social Regulations—Growth of -Trade—War and Visitors—Dürninger's Enterprise—Population—Schools—Settlements—Missions—Life +Trade—War and Visitors—Dürninger's Enterprise—Population—Schools—Settlements—Missions—Life at Herrnhut—Recreations—Festivals—Incidents of War—March of Troops—Praise and Thank-Feasts. </p> @@ -10302,7 +10263,7 @@ by the calamities of the Thirty Years' War.</p> the little Moravian village, Senftleben, to fulfil his three "wander-years," and gain experience in his trade. While working at Berlin, he frequented the Evangelical -Lutheran church; and afterwards at Görlitz the impression +Lutheran church; and afterwards at Görlitz the impression made on his mind by a Lutheran preacher was such that he went back to his home a Protestant. He was a bringer of good tidings to some of his relatives @@ -10317,7 +10278,7 @@ for conscience' sake.</p> the carpenter was named—brought the news. Three days later, two families, numbering ten persons, abandoned their homes, and under David's guidance -came safely to Görlitz, after a nine days' journey. On +came safely to Görlitz, after a nine days' journey. On the 8th of June the four men travelled to Hennersdorf, the residence of Zinzendorf's grandmother, who placed them under charge of the land-steward, with instructions @@ -10440,7 +10401,7 @@ for the sale of meat and vegetables; a common wash-house and wood-yard, and a dead-house, all under the charge and inspection of a <i>Platzaufseher</i>—an overseer <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_284" id="Page_284">284</a></span> -who most undoubtedly does his duty. If ædiles in other +who most undoubtedly does his duty. If ædiles in other places would only take a lesson from him, their constituents would have reason to be proud and grateful. An almoner is appointed to succour indigent strangers. In @@ -10466,11 +10427,11 @@ had prevailed concerning it were removed by what the visitors saw of the simple life and manners of the Brethren.</p> -<p>To Abraham Dürninger, who established a manufacture +<p>To Abraham Dürninger, who established a manufacture of linen cloths, and whose skill and enterprise as a merchant were only matched by his ceaseless activity, the colony owed the mainstay of its commercial prosperity. -Brother Dürninger's linen and woven goods +Brother Dürninger's linen and woven goods were largely exported, particularly to Spain, South America, and the West Indies, and esteemed above all others in the market for the excellence of their quality. @@ -10496,7 +10457,7 @@ the village have been planted and kept in good condition.</p> needful for ordinary education. Pupils who exhibit capabilities for higher training are sent to the <i>Pedagogium</i> at Nisky, a village built by Bohemian refugees -near Görlitz. Theological students are trained at the +near Görlitz. Theological students are trained at the seminary in Gnadenfeld, in the principality of Oppeln; and those for the missions at Klein Welke, a village near Budissin, established as a dwelling-place for converts @@ -10558,7 +10519,7 @@ served all eat together. The cup is then blessed and passed in order from seat to seat.</p> <p>On certain festive occasions love-feasts are held, after -the manner of the <i>Agapæ</i> of the earliest Christian +the manner of the <i>Agapæ</i> of the earliest Christian churches. At these gatherings, which are intended to show the family ties which unite the members of the community with the spiritual head of the church, @@ -10638,7 +10599,7 @@ the place, among whom, during three weeks of the summer, were thirty-four princes, seventy-eight counts, and one hundred and forty-six nobles of other degree. Numbers of them attended the religious services of the -Brethren. The Abbé Victor was one of the visitors, +Brethren. The Abbé Victor was one of the visitors, and on his return to Russia he said so much in praise of the Herrnhuters, that the emperor gave him permission to establish the colony of Sarepta in Southern Russia, @@ -10664,7 +10625,7 @@ for linen and provisions; and one day, when no more wagons were left, the Brethren had to supply two hundred wheelbarrow-loads of rations. Night after night they saw the lurid glow of fires, for seventy-one -places were burnt in the circles of Bautzen and Görlitz. +places were burnt in the circles of Bautzen and Görlitz. Then came Cossacks, Calmucks, and squadrons of savage Bashkirs, armed with bows and arrows. Then Poniatowsky with his Poles, and Saxon Uhlans; and a review @@ -10866,7 +10827,7 @@ passports, travels at less cost and with more comfort than we do.</p> <p>Here, too, my fellow-passengers made merry over the -"<i>Palmerston gehänget</i>" story; and many questions had +"<i>Palmerston gehänget</i>" story; and many questions had I to answer concerning the coming marriage of the Prussian Prince and English Princess. I gave the same reply as to the Dresdener in the palace at Fischbach. One @@ -11012,7 +10973,7 @@ at the city-gate let me out on payment of the accustomed toll—twopence at ten o'clock, a shilling at eleven—and I groped my way along the quay to the steamer <i>Countess of Lonsdale</i>. When I woke the next morning -the pilot was being landed at Glückstadt; and we +the pilot was being landed at Glückstadt; and we steamed across the North Sea with no other incident than that of nearly running down a Flemish fishing-boat in broad daylight; and yet we had a man on the look-out. @@ -11095,7 +11056,7 @@ once more into the old official harness.</p> <p>Bohemian Frontier, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></p> -<p>Böhme, Jacob, <a href="#Page_265">265</a></p> +<p>Böhme, Jacob, <a href="#Page_265">265</a></p> <p>Bread and Semmel, <a href="#Page_73">73</a></p> @@ -11162,15 +11123,15 @@ once more into the old official harness.</p> <p>Glass-workers, <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></p> -<p>Glückstadt, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></p> +<p>Glückstadt, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></p> -<p>Görlitz, <a href="#Page_265">265</a></p> +<p>Görlitz, <a href="#Page_265">265</a></p> <p>Greifenberg, <a href="#Page_264">264</a></p> -<p>Grenzbäuden, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></p> +<p>Grenzbäuden, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></p> -<p>Grünheid, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></p> +<p>Grünheid, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></p> <p class="alpha">H.</p> @@ -11265,7 +11226,7 @@ once more into the old official harness.</p> <p class="alpha">M.</p> -<p>Mädelstein, <a href="#Page_215">215</a></p> +<p>Mädelstein, <a href="#Page_215">215</a></p> <p>Magdeburg, <a href="#Page_297">297</a></p> @@ -11295,7 +11256,7 @@ once more into the old official harness.</p> <p>Neudorf, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></p> -<p>Neustädl, <a href="#Page_47">47</a></p> +<p>Neustädl, <a href="#Page_47">47</a></p> <p>Neu Straschitz, <a href="#Page_102">102</a></p> @@ -11321,7 +11282,7 @@ once more into the old official harness.</p> <p>Princes' Oaks, <a href="#Page_17">17</a></p> -<p>Prinzenhöhle, <a href="#Page_23">23</a></p> +<p>Prinzenhöhle, <a href="#Page_23">23</a></p> <p>Prinzenraub, <a href="#Page_18">18</a>, <a href="#Page_28">28</a>, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></p> @@ -11345,7 +11306,7 @@ once more into the old official harness.</p> <p>Rock-labyrinth, <a href="#Page_229">229</a></p> -<p>Rübezahl, <a href="#Page_207">207</a> +<p>Rübezahl, <a href="#Page_207">207</a> <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_305" id="Page_305">305</a></span></p> <p class="alpha">S.</p> @@ -11368,7 +11329,7 @@ once more into the old official harness.</p> <p>Schneekoppe, <a href="#Page_215">215</a></p> -<p>Schömberg, <a href="#Page_243">243</a></p> +<p>Schömberg, <a href="#Page_243">243</a></p> <p>Schools, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_170">170</a>, <a href="#Page_172">172</a></p> @@ -11388,13 +11349,13 @@ once more into the old official harness.</p> <p>Sprudel, the, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></p> -<p>Spürlingstein, the, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></p> +<p>Spürlingstein, the, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></p> -<p>Steinschönau, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></p> +<p>Steinschönau, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></p> <p>Stein Wine, <a href="#Page_5">5</a></p> -<p>Stephanshöh, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></p> +<p>Stephanshöh, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></p> <p>St. Killian, <a href="#Page_13">13</a></p> @@ -11452,7 +11413,7 @@ once more into the old official harness.</p> <p>Wittenberg, <a href="#Page_298">298</a></p> -<p>Würzburg, <a href="#Page_4">4</a></p> +<p>Würzburg, <a href="#Page_4">4</a></p> <p class="alpha">Z.</p> @@ -11542,384 +11503,6 @@ Bohemia there is 1 depositor for every 64 of the population; in Berlin, in Altona, 1 in 3.</p> </div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A July Holiday in Saxony, Bohemia, and -Silesia, by Walter White - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A JULY HOLIDAY IN SAXONY *** - -***** This file should be named 42539-h.htm or 42539-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/2/5/3/42539/ - -Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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