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-The Project Gutenberg EBook of To Nuremberg and Back, by Amy Neally

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-Title: To Nuremberg and Back

-       A Girl's Holiday

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-Author: Amy Neally

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-[Illustration: FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, NEW YORK.--_Page 18._]

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-

-  TO

-  NUREMBERG AND BACK

-

-  A Girl's Holiday

-

-  BY

-  AMY NEALLY

-

-  _ILLUSTRATED_

-

-  NEW YORK

-  E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

-  31 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET

-  1892

-

-  Copyright, 1892

-  BY E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY

-

-

-

-

-CONTENTS.

-

-

-  CHAPTER                              PAGE

-

-  I.    AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE           11

-

-  II.   NEW YORK FOR THE FIRST TIME      19

-

-  III.  LIFE ON A STEAMER                25

-

-  IV.   A FIRST GLIMPSE OF ENGLAND       32

-

-  V.    A WEEK IN LONDON                 36

-

-  VI.   OFF FOR THE CONTINENT            44

-

-  VII.  UP THE RHINE                     50

-

-  VIII. THE LEGEND OF THE LORELY         58

-

-  IX.   MAYENCE TO NUREMBERG             66

-

-  X.    NUREMBERG                        70

-

-  XI.   NUREMBERG.--_Continued_          82

-

-  XII.  STRASBOURG                       91

-

-  XIII. HOMEWARD BOUND                  101

-

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-

-

-LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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-                                                 PAGE

-

-  FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, NEW YORK         _Frontispiece_

-

-  THE GREAT STEAMER BACKED OUT INTO THE RIVER      22

-

-  HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT                             29

-

-  NELSON COLUMN                                    36

-

-  TOWER OF LONDON                                  41

-

-  HAMPTON COURT                                    42

-

-  BRUSSELS BOURSE                                  47

-

-  COLOGNE CATHEDRAL                                51

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-  LAHNECK CASTLE                                   55

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-  MOUSE TOWER                                      62

-

-  MAYENCE--GENERAL VIEW                            67

-

-  NUREMBERG WALLS                                  71

-

-  ALBRECHT DUeRER'S HOUSE                           73

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-  NUREMBERG CASTLE                                 75

-

-  NUREMBERG                                        82

-

-  STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL--SIDE VIEW                  91

-

-  STRASBOURG STORKS                                95

-

-  STRASBOURG-CATHEDRAL CLOCK                       97

-

-  PLACE DE LA CONCORDE                            102

-

-  PETIT TRIANON                                   109

-

-  THAMES EMBANKMENT                               112

-

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-

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-TO NUREMBERG AND BACK.

-

-A GIRL'S HOLIDAY.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER I.

-

-AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE.

-

-

-One day in the early spring, Alice Winter came home from school,

-and, after the usual question at the door, "Is mamma at home?" rushed

-upstairs, and found to her great surprise that her papa was at home,

-talking very earnestly to Mrs. Winter.

-

-When Alice came into the room, Mr. Winter stopped talking, and she

-wondered very much what they could have been talking about so earnestly,

-as all she heard was her papa asking, "Do you think we had better take

-her with us?"

-

-"Why, papa! What is the matter? Are you going away? Are you sick?

-What made you come home so early?" were the questions which Alice gave

-rapidly, without waiting for an answer.

-

-Mr. Winter said, "Yes, dear, I am obliged to go to Nuremberg, Germany,

-on business immediately, and mamma is trying to make up her mind whether

-it is best for her to go with me. She does not like to leave you for so

-long a time, and we do not think it wise to take you with us, when you

-are getting on at school so nicely."

-

-"O papa, please take me with you. I shall learn just as much on such

-a lovely trip as at school, and you know I can take care of mamma, and

-keep her from being lonely when you are busy. O papa, please ask mamma

-to let me go. I should be so unhappy to stay without you, even with dear

-Aunt Edith, and I know there is where you would send me."

-

-"Alice, dear, go to your room and get ready for dinner, and leave us to

-talk it over," said Mr. Winter. "My dear little daughter knows that no

-matter which way we decide, it will be as we think is best for all of

-us. You know it is as hard for us to leave you as it will be for you to

-let us go."

-

-Alice left the room without another word, with her heart beating very

-fast from the excitement of it all.

-

-The thought of going to Europe across the great ocean was a very happy

-one to a bright girl of fifteen who was studying all the time about the

-places she would visit and the objects of interest she would see, if her

-papa would only decide to take her.

-

-Alice sat down by the window of her pretty room, and looked out on the

-village street, far away in the northern part of the State of New York.

-She wondered how the ocean looked, as she had never seen any larger body

-of water than that of Lake Erie, when she went with her mother to make a

-visit in Cleveland.

-

-She also wondered if her state-room on the steamer would be as large as

-the room she was in; also, would she be sick, and how would all those

-wonderful cities look; if they could be as beautiful as the pictures she

-had seen of them.

-

-Then she remembered that only last week she had been studying about the

-quaint old city of Nuremberg, and wishing she could go there and see all

-its curiosities.

-

-Alice was startled by the dinner-bell, and could not even wait to brush

-her hair, she was so anxious to know what her papa had decided.

-

-As Alice went into the dining-room with a very wistful look in her

-deep-brown eyes, Mr. Winter said, "Well, dear, we have decided to take

-you with us, and as it is now Wednesday, and we sail Saturday from New

-York on the 'Etruria,' you will be very busy getting ready, and you must

-help your mamma all you can."

-

-Alice threw her arms around Mr. Winter's neck, crying with joy, saying

-at the same time, "Oh, you dear, darling papa, how kind and good you

-are, and how I do love you!"

-

-After kissing him again and again, she went to her mamma and nearly

-smothered her with kisses.

-

-Mr. Winter had never been abroad, though he had large business interests

-there, which had been attended to by a clerk in whom he had the utmost

-confidence. This clerk had been taken very suddenly and dangerously ill,

-Mr. Winter had no one else he could send, and found he must go himself

-and at once.

-

-He telegraphed to the Cunard office for state-rooms, and went home

-to tell his wife, hardly thinking she would go with him at such short

-notice, or leave Alice.

-

-Mrs. Winter was not willing he should go without her, and soon decided

-not only to go, but to take Alice with them.

-

-Alice could hardly eat any dinner, she was so happy and full of

-excitement.

-

-The next morning Alice went to school to get her books and tell the

-wonderful news to her teacher and school-mates.

-

-They were nearly as interested as she, for it was quite an event for any

-one to go to Europe from that quiet village.

-

-It was decided then and there that all would be at the station to see

-her off on Friday.

-

-When Alice went to her room she found there a new steamer-trunk marked

-"A. W." in large letters, and then she was busy indeed getting it packed

-and deciding what to take with her.

-

-Mrs. Winter came in while Alice was almost in despair and said, "This

-is to be such a hurried trip you will need only a couple of dresses, but

-you must take all your warm wraps."

-

-Alice laughed and said, "I do not think I shall need them in the

-spring;" but mamma said, "It is always cold at sea, and you will need

-your winter clothes."

-

-Friday afternoon our little party started for New York, with the best

-wishes of their friends, who came to the station for the very last

-"good-byes." Alice even shed a few tears, but they were soon wiped away,

-and a happy face looked from the car window, which fortunately was on

-the side overlooking the Hudson River.

-

-Alice had never seen that lovely river before, and naturally was

-delighted.

-

-When they passed the Catskill Mountains it was so clear she could see

-the famous old Mountain House, and, beyond, the immense Kauterskill

-Hotel, which seemed almost in the clouds, it looked so high.

-

-West Point was the next object of interest, and Alice did hope she could

-go there sometime and see the cadets do some of their drills.

-

-When they were opposite the Palisades, which stood up in their grandeur,

-with the softened tints of the setting sun settling upon them, Alice

-said, "I know I shall see nothing in Europe any finer than that."

-

-Very soon the tall spires and smoke in the distance showed that they

-were drawing near New York, and after leaving the Hudson they followed

-the pretty Harlem River, which makes an island of New York City.

-

-Alice was much interested in the bridges, there seemed to be so many

-of them, and papa told her that the one then in sight was the new

-Washington bridge, just completed. The next was High bridge, which

-carries the water over the river into the city. When it was finished it

-was said to be the finest engineering in the country.

-

-The next bridge was the continuation of the elevated railroad, and then

-came Macomb's Dam bridge, the oldest of them all, and used simply for

-driving and walking across, and looked, Alice thought, quite unsafe.

-

-The pretty Madison Avenue bridge was the last they saw as they crossed

-their own bridge, and were soon in a tunnel which Alice thought would

-never end.

-

-When they came out of the tunnel the train was nearly at the station,

-where the noise and bustle were very confusing, and they were glad to

-get into a carriage to be driven to the Fifth Avenue Hotel.

-

-As it was quite dark, Alice thought it was like a glimpse of fairyland

-when they reached Madison Square, with its electric lights shining on

-the trees, and all the bright lights around the hotel.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER II.

-

-NEW YORK FOR THE FIRST TIME.

-

-

-Mr. Winter having telegraphed for rooms, found them ready for him; and

-on going down to dinner they were delighted to see the corridors and

-dining-room crowded with people, many of them public characters whom he

-could point out to Alice, who was so excited she felt the entire evening

-as if she were in a dream.

-

-Of all the prominent men there Alice was the most interested in General

-Sherman, with his kind, rugged face.

-

-The "Etruria" sailed at noon on Saturday, and Mrs. Winter and Alice

-spent the morning buying a few last things, such as a hat and hood and

-comfortable steamer-chairs.

-

-At eleven o'clock a Fifth Avenue Hotel stage was at the door, and

-several people beside themselves went in it to the steamer. The ladies

-had flowers and baskets of fruit, and seemed so bright and happy that

-Alice for the first time felt a little lonely and homesick.

-

-On reaching the dock there were so many people going on and coming off

-the steamer, and pushing each other, it was almost impossible to cross

-the gang-plank and reach their own state-rooms.

-

-Finally they found them, and, instead of nice large rooms, they were so

-very small that Alice felt she never could live in them for a week or

-ten days, and the berths were so narrow she said, "O papa, you can never

-get into one of those in the world."

-

-"Oh, yes, I can," said Mr. Winter, "and perhaps before we reach

-Liverpool I shall wish they were narrower yet."'

-

-Mrs. Winter and Alice had one room, and Mr. Winter was across the

-passage with another gentleman.

-

-After settling their valises and rugs they went up on deck to see the

-people, and also the last of the city itself. Large baskets of fruits

-and flowers in every shape were constantly being brought on board, and

-much to Alice's delight there was a large bunch of violets from her

-school friends at home.

-

-She had been looking at the other people a little enviously, especially

-at a girl of her own age who had many friends to see her, and her arms

-full of flowers.

-

-Very soon the gong sounded, and Alice, who had never heard one, put her

-hands to her ears to shut out the noise. As soon as the man had passed

-by Alice said,--

-

-"What is that?"

-

-"That is a gong, dear," said her papa, "and is now being used to notify

-the people who are not sailing on the steamer that it is time to go

-ashore."

-

-The people who left kissed their friends hurriedly, and went down the

-gang-plank as if afraid they might be carried away, after all.

-

-After the people were on the dock and the mailbags had been put on the

-steamer, very slowly but surely the great steamer backed out into the

-river. Tugs turned her around, and carefully she steamed toward the

-ocean, trying to avoid the many boats moving about the river in all

-directions.

-

-[Illustration: THE GREAT STEAMER BACKED OUT INTO THE RIVER.--_Page 21._]

-

-Alice was rather frightened, and thought they certainly would run into

-some of them.

-

-Many of the passengers were still waving to their friends, who were also

-waving to them from the dock as long as they could distinguish it at

-all.

-

-Very soon they could see the famous statue of the Goddess of Liberty,

-that holds its light so high in the air; then lovely Staten Island, with

-its green hills and fine houses.

-

-The two forts, Hamilton and Wordsworth, which guard the entrance to

-the harbor, were soon left behind, and on the left could be seen Coney

-Island, with its large hotels and elephant and high elevator.

-

-Suddenly, as they were looking at the largest hotel of all, the one at

-Rockaway Beach, the steamer stopped. Alice, rather startled, said,--

-

-"Oh, dear! what is the matter?"

-

-"They are going to drop the pilot," said her papa.

-

-"Where?" said Alice. "In the water?"

-

-"Oh, no," said Mr. Winter; "do you see that small boat rowing towards

-us?"

-

-"Yes, papa. Will he drop into that? He never can; he will surely fall

-into the water."

-

-Mr. Winter smiled and told her to go and watch from the rail, which she

-did, and soon saw the pilot go down the side of the steamer by a rope

-and drop into the little row-boat, where two men were waiting to row him

-to the pretty pilot-boat No. 4, which was quite a distance away.

-

-The steamer started immediately, and in five minutes the row-boat was

-only a speck on the water.

-

-"There is another hotel, papa. What is it?" said Alice.

-

-"That is the Long Beach Hotel, and you will not see another until you

-reach Liverpool," said her papa.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER III.

-

-LIFE ON A STEAMER.

-

-

-"Come, Alice," said Mrs. Winter, "we will go down to our state-room and

-unpack our trunks while we are in smooth water, for to-morrow morning it

-may be so rough we cannot get out of our berths at all."

-

-Alice went with her mamma and helped put everything in order, but there

-were so few hooks and no bureau she did not know at first where to put

-anything.

-

-Mrs. Winter decided to sleep in the lower berth and have Alice on

-the sofa, which gave them the top berth for a bureau, and they found

-themselves very comfortable.

-

-Alice wanted to put some little things around to look pretty, but her

-mamma said, "No, dear, for if the ship rolls they will be all over the

-floor."

-

-Alice laughed and said, "I guess the 'Etruria' never rolls enough for

-that; she is too big."

-

-"Wait and see," quietly said her mamma.

-

-Mrs. Winter said, "Now we will put on our warm wraps and go on deck."

-

-Mr. Winter had found their chairs and put them in a nice place. Just as

-they were being settled in them, the gong was sounded again. "That is

-for lunch this time," said Mr. Winter, "and I for one am glad, for I am

-very hungry."

-

-On going to the saloon they were delighted to find that their seats

-were at the captain's table, and any one who has crossed the ocean with

-Captain Hains knows what a treat they had before them, if it should be a

-nice passage and he could be in his seat at the head of the table.

-

-In the afternoon the ship rolled, and when dinner was announced Mrs.

-Winter thought she would take hers on deck. She was not sick, but was

-afraid if she left the air she might be. Mr. Winter and Alice went to

-the table, and Alice was surprised to see the vacant seats around the

-room. The racks were on the table, so the dishes were held in place, but

-Alice found it rather uncomfortable keeping her chair.

-

-In the morning Mrs. Winter was too ill to leave her berth, but Alice

-never felt better in her life. The captain was so pleased to have her at

-the table to breakfast he put her in her mamma's seat next to him, and

-when she told him it was her birthday he said, "You shall have a nice

-cake for your dinner."

-

-After breakfast Alice went up on deck with Mr. Winter, who put her in a

-comfortable place and covered her up nice and warm. He went down to see

-his wife.

-

-The sea was a deep, bright blue, with lovely white caps, and when the

-sun shone on them Alice could see a rainbow on every wave.

-

-Alice became tired of sitting in her chair, and went to the rail to

-look over the side and see how pretty the water looked as the ship cut

-through it. Soon the young girl whom she had seen the day before came up

-to her and said, "Have you ever crossed before?"

-

-Alice said, "No, have you?"

-

-"Oh, yes, several times; and I do enjoy every minute, for I am never

-sick."

-

-Alice asked her name, and she answered, "Nellie Ford. What is yours and

-where are you going?"

-

-Alice told her name and that she was going to Nuremberg.

-

-Nellie said, "I have never been there. We are going to Brussels, and it

-is such a beautiful city."

-

-They talked on until the gong sounded, and agreed to meet again after

-lunch.

-

-At dinner that night Alice found the cake which the captain had promised

-her on the table. After thanking him, she asked if she might send a

-piece of it to her new friend.

-

-"Of course, my dear," said the captain. "It is yours to do with just as

-you please."

-

-The second day was very much like the first, only Mrs. Winter was able

-to be on deck, and Nellie Ford introduced her to Mr. and Mrs. Ford, and

-they soon settled to a little party of six, as passengers on a steamer

-are very apt to do.

-

-The two girls were together all the time, and joined in a game of ring

-toss with some more of the young people.

-

-[Illustration: HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.--_Page 37._]

-

-The days passed away, one very much like another--some pleasant, some

-stormy and rough, some foggy, with the whistles being blown every two

-minutes. Alice felt that she should be glad when she saw land again.

-

-One night they met a steamer, and it did look very pretty all lighted

-up. The "Etruria" set off Roman candles, which were answered by the

-steamer, and Alice thought that was the most interesting evening of all,

-even more so than the night of the concert.

-

-The "Etruria" made a very quick trip, and reached Queenstown Friday

-afternoon. Alice was writing letters in the saloon to send home, when

-suddenly the steamer stopped.

-

-"Oh, dear, what is the matter?" she cried, jumping to her feet. A

-gentleman sitting near her said, "It is a fog, and as we are very near

-Fastnet Rock they do not dare to go on."

-

-Soon a gun was heard in answer to the steamer's whistle, and the

-gentleman said, "We must be right there now."

-

-Alice went up on deck rather frightened, but as suddenly as the fog had

-settled upon them it lifted, and directly ahead of them was the straight

-rock rising out of the water like a sentinel.

-

-The "Etruria" ran up her signal flags and then started on, and in three

-hours was off Queenstown Harbor, where the tug was waiting for their

-mails and the few passengers who wished to be landed.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER IV.

-

-A FIRST GLIMPSE OF ENGLAND.

-

-

-Queenstown was soon a thing of the past, and when they went to their

-rooms the packing was finished, so that the next morning all the time

-could be spent upon the deck until they landed.

-

-It was a clear, bright morning, but very cold and windy, when the

-steamer was left to take the tug. On leaving the tug, Alice and Nellie

-were very careful to each put her left foot first on the dock, as they

-had been told it would bring them good luck.

-

-There was not much to interest our party in Liverpool except the docks,

-which of course Alice had been told were the finest in the world. After

-leaving the Custom House they were driven to the North Western Hotel,

-and the ladies and two girls waited in the parlor in front of an

-enormous soft-coal fire, while Mr. Ford and Mr. Winter went into the

-station, which joins the hotel, and engaged a compartment for London.

-

-Opposite the hotel they could see St. George's Hall, with its two

-statues in front, one of Queen Victoria and the other of her husband,

-Prince Albert, when they were young.

-

-Suddenly a noise of horses being rapidly driven was heard, and the girls

-ran to the window just in time to see the high sheriff's carriage of

-state being driven to the hotel to take him away to open court. It was

-very elegant, with its satin linings and the four beautiful horses.

-

-The footmen stood up at the back of the carriage, holding themselves on

-by leather straps. Four men in uniform stood in the street and blew on

-trumpets until the sheriff was out of sight.

-

-The girls thought it very interesting, but Mrs. Winter said, "A

-sheriff's position in England must be very different from that in

-America, where they usually go about in the quietest manner possible."

-

-Mr. Winter and Mr. Ford came in and told them it was time to get some

-lunch. A very nice one they had, and Alice was particularly interested

-in the table on wheels, with the joints of meat on it, which was pushed

-about to each person to select the cut of meat he liked.

-

-Mr. Ford advised their going to the Hotel Victoria in London, as he had

-tried many others and liked that one the best; so they had telegraphed

-for rooms before starting on the two o'clock train. All the party were

-in good spirits, and glad to be on dry land.

-

-Mrs. Winter and Alice did not like the carriage, as it is called in

-England, as well as the drawing-room car at home, but enjoyed every

-moment of the journey.

-

-England is like a large garden, every portion being under cultivation;

-the fields are so green and full of large, beautiful sheep grazing

-everywhere.

-

-"O mamma, how much more lovely the hedges are than our fences and walls

-at home!" said Alice.

-

-"Yes, indeed," said Mrs. Winter. "I have always heard they were lovely,

-but I did not think they would add so much to the beauties of the

-landscape."

-

-Harrow, with its school on the hill, was passed, and caused some

-interest to the girls. London was reached before they realized it, and

-they were driven to the Hotel Victoria in two four-wheeled cabs called

-"growlers"--why, they did not know, unless people "growl" at their

-lack of comfort in every way; no springs, narrow, high seats, generally

-dirty, and a worn-out old horse, whipped the most of the time by a very

-poor driver.

-

-Their rooms were ready for them, and glad enough they were to get their

-dinner and go to bed to get rested for the following days, to which the

-Winters were looking forward with great interest.

-

-

-[Illustration: NELSON COLUMN.]

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER V.

-

-A WEEK IN LONDON.

-

-

-Sunday our party rested, but on Monday morning they started for

-Westminster Abbey, hardly looking at anything on the way, though they

-went by Trafalgar Square, with the high column erected to Nelson, which

-stands there so proudly, with its beautiful lions made by Landseer lying

-so quietly at its base.

-

-A pleasant morning was passed at the Abbey, and the Poets' Corner proved

-to be their greatest attraction, as it is with most Americans. The chair

-in which Queen Victoria sat when she was crowned was shown to them, but

-Alice said she thought it was a common-looking chair, and wondered why

-the Queen did not have one that was more imposing.

-

-On leaving the Abbey they naturally turned towards the Houses of

-Parliament, and wishing to get even a better view, they walked part

-way over Westminster bridge, where they also saw St. Thomas's Hospital,

-situated on the Surrey side of the Thames.

-

-The walk back to the hotel by way of the Embankment was very pleasant,

-with its large buildings one side, and the river with its boats moving

-up and down on the other, and the rumble of the underground railroad

-beneath their feet. On reaching home they were so tired it was decided

-to rest in the afternoon and visit Madame Tussaud's wax-works in the

-evening.

-

-After dinner Mr. Ford said, "How would you like to go to the wax-works

-by the underground railway? It is not very far, if you think you won't

-mind the smoke and confined air. The station is very near, and we shall

-be left at the next building to the wax-works. I have been driven there

-and it only took about twenty minutes, so I think we can go by train in

-ten."

-

-"All right," said Mr. Winter; "it will be a good opportunity to see how

-we shall like it."

-

-Off they all started to the Charing Cross station. The girls did not

-like going down underground so far, but Alice said to Nellie, "I think I

-will not say much about it unless mamma does."

-

-After passing three stations, Mr. Winter said, "This air is stifling, do

-you not think we are nearly there?"

-

-"Oh, yes," said Mr. Ford, "I think it must be the next station."

-

-When they reached it, it was not theirs, and Mr. Ford called out to the

-guard, "How many more stations before we reach Baker Street?"

-

-The man looked at him rather queerly, and said, "Fourteen. Where did you

-get on the train?"

-

-"At Charing Cross," said Mr. Ford.

-

-"Oh," said the guard, "you have taken a train for the outer circle and

-come the longer way; some one should have told you."

-

-The train moved on, and our party had nothing to do but sit patiently

-and try not to think how close and stifling the air was getting.

-

-When they were once more in the fresh air Mr. Ford said, "Driving in

-cabs suits me pretty well, and that is the way I am going home, if I go

-alone."

-

-There was not a dissenting voice, and after a very pleasant evening

-they had a lovely drive home in three hansom cabs, and it only took them

-sixteen minutes.

-

-Tuesday morning was spent in visiting the Bank of England and St. Paul's

-Cathedral, where the young people and the gentlemen went upstairs to the

-Whispering Gallery.

-

-They all went down to the Crypt, where are many tombs, among them those

-of Nelson and Wellington.

-

-The great object of interest to them was the immense funeral car which

-was made to carry the body of the Duke of Wellington through the streets

-of London to his last resting-place.

-

-The wheels were made from pieces of cannon picked from the field of

-Waterloo.

-

-Mr. Ford took them to a quaint, old-fashioned place noted for its soups,

-for lunch.

-

-In the afternoon the Tower of London was visited, and of course was of

-more interest to the Winters than to the Fords.

-

-To Alice it was very realistic, it was so full of English history.

-She could tell her mamma much more than could the man, in his strange

-costume, who showed them around.

-

-That night the ladies and the two girls were too tired to go out again,

-so Mr. Ford took Mr. Winter and they did a little sight-seeing on their

-own account.

-

-Wednesday was given up to visiting the Buckingham Palace stables,

-where they saw the Queen's famous ponies that are only used on state

-occasions; and the South Kensington Museum, which they found very

-interesting.

-

-[Illustration: TOWER OF LONDON.--_Page 40._]

-

-In the evening they went to the theatre, and Alice thought it very

-strange to go downstairs to their seats. The audience looked so much

-better than in America, as the ladies were in evening dress and the

-gentlemen in dress suits.

-

-Thursday was a lovely day, and was spent at Hampton Court. They went on

-the outside of a coach, and what a lovely drive it was through Richmond

-and Bushy Park, with its wonderful horse-chestnut trees all in bloom!

-

-[Illustration: HAMPTON COURT.]

-

-The coach stopped at a little inn beside the river, where they lunched

-before visiting the famous court, once the home of Henry the Eighth,

-and presented to him by Cardinal Wolsey. It is now the home of certain

-ladies of small income who are alone in the world. They are selected by

-the Queen, and of course have only one portion of the palace.

-

-The remainder is occupied as state apartments and a famous

-picture-gallery, beside a gun-room only second in interest to that of

-the Tower.

-

-Friday was given to Windsor Castle and the Crystal Palace.

-

-Saturday they shopped and visited the Royal Academy, where they saw a

-beautiful collection of paintings, and only wished there was more time

-to spend looking at them.

-

-Mr. and Mrs. Ford decided to go with the Winters as far as Brussels, and

-as they were to start on Monday it was thought best to keep very quiet

-on Sunday.

-

-Mrs. Winter said to her husband she wished they could stay longer

-in London, where every minute had been a delight; but he said it was

-impossible.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER VI.

-

-OFF FOR THE CONTINENT.

-

-

-Monday morning was bright and clear, and Mr. Ford said, "This looks like

-a pleasant crossing of the Channel."

-

-The ride in the cars to Dover was very interesting, and the view of

-Canterbury Cathedral was quite fine.

-

-Quite a large boat was waiting for the train, and the water looked so

-smooth Alice said,--

-

-"I guess the people who are sick crossing this Channel do not know much

-of ocean discomfort."

-

-Like a good many travellers who see the Channel for the first time, she

-thought it must always be quiet.

-

-It proved to be a very smooth trip, and only a little over an hour was

-spent in crossing.

-

-The train left Calais fifteen minutes after the arrival of the boat,

-and the gentlemen bought nice luncheons which were put up in

-baskets,--chicken, bread and butter, and a bottle of wine.

-

-They found a good compartment, and away they went, eating their lunch

-and enjoying the views from the windows at the same time.

-

-Belgium is called the garden of Europe, as vegetables are raised there

-for all the principal cities.

-

-The country is flat and rather uninteresting to look at, but when one

-realizes that the willows which surround the farms are used by the

-women and children to make baskets which are sent all over the world it

-becomes very interesting.

-

-The land is divided by water wide enough for flat-bottomed boats to be

-rowed about, that the farmers may till their land and bring home the

-products in them.

-

-It seemed very strange to see women at work in the fields, but Mr. Ford

-said they would get used to that before they reached Nuremberg.

-

-It was dark when the train drew in at the station at Brussels, and they

-took a stage marked "Grand Hotel," and were driven through the principal

-street of the city. The shops were all lighted, and the streets and

-sidewalks full of people.

-

-Outside the restaurants little tables were set on the sidewalks, and men

-and women were eating and drinking.

-

-It was a sight the Winters had never seen, and it looked very strange to

-them.

-

-"It is just like Paris on a small scale," said Mr. Ford.

-

-Excellent rooms were ready for them at the hotel, as they had been

-telegraphed for by Mr. Ford, who was in the habit of going there every

-year.

-

-They had a delicious supper, and Mr. Winter said,--

-

-"That is the best meal I have seen since leaving America."

-

-The ladies had found the cars very hard to travel in, and were glad to

-go to their rooms.

-

-The next day Mrs. Winter was so thoroughly used up that Mr. Winter

-decided to stay in Brussels a few days for her to get rested.

-

-The girls were delighted, as they had become very fond of each other and

-were dreading the separation.

-

-[Illustration: BRUSSELS BOURSE.]

-

-Mr. Ford had to go out on business, and Mrs. Ford said she would

-entertain Mrs. Winter if Mr. Winter would take the girls sight-seeing.

-They started on their walk in high spirits, and found such wide, clean

-streets, interesting shops, and large, handsome buildings.

-

-The new Exchange just completed, and the Palace of Justice, are two of

-the most magnificent civic buildings in Europe.

-

-They were much interested in a lace manufactory. On the lower floor were

-women at work on the finest patterns. They were all ages, from twenty to

-seventy, and never looked up while their work was being examined.

-

-When the girls were leaving the room, Alice laughed at some remark of

-Nellie's, and then every head was lifted and a sad smile came on each

-face for a second.

-

-Mr. Winter bought two lace handkerchiefs for the girls to take as

-presents to their mothers.

-

-Through the remainder of their stay in Brussels they had lovely drives

-in the beautiful park, visited the Palace of Justice, situated at the

-end of a long street, on a hill where there was a glorious view of the

-surrounding country for miles.

-

-They also found that the picture gallery had a very fine

-collection--indeed, said to be the best in Belgium, and the pictures

-were beautifully arranged in schools and periods.

-

-One day was given to the field of Waterloo, which they all enjoyed very

-much.

-

-Alice felt so unhappy to be parted from Nellie that Mr. Winter finally

-persuaded Mr. and Mrs. Ford to let Nellie go with them to Nuremberg, as

-it would give her a delightful trip, and she was equally miserable to be

-left in Brussels without Alice.

-

-It was decided to meet in Paris, have an enjoyable week together, and

-sail for home on the "Etruria" near the middle of July.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER VII.

-

-UP THE RHINE.

-

-

-On Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Winter and the girls said "good-bye" to Mr. and

-Mrs. Ford and started for Cologne in the gayest of spirits.

-

-The trip was found very interesting, as they followed the Meuse River

-a great deal of the way. Between Liege and Verviers the country was

-wonderfully picturesque, with the pretty winding river, which they

-continually crossed, and little villages with the mountains in the

-distance.

-

-The Meuse has been called the miniature Rhine.

-

-Verviers is the last Belgian station, and Aix-la-Chapelle is the first

-town of much interest in Germany.

-

-From the train there was an excellent view of the city, which has seen

-many changes since it was the favorite home of Charlemagne.

-

-[Illustration: COLOGNE CATHEDRAL.]

-

-For more than three centuries the German emperors were crowned there.

-

-It was growing dark as Cologne was reached, but the girls, knowing

-the cathedral was near the station, hurried outside to see it, and how

-wonderfully high and beautiful the noble great spires looked in the

-twilight no one can imagine who has never seen them.

-

-Tuesday morning was spent in visiting the Church of St. Ursula (which

-is reputed to hold the bones of eleven thousand virgins martyred by the

-Huns) and the cathedral.

-

-An excellent guide showed our party around, and pointed out the

-beautiful windows which King Ludwig presented, costing eighteen thousand

-pounds, English money.

-

-The late King Frederick gave one elegant window, at the end opposite the

-entrance.

-

-On one side of the building were windows made by Albert Duerer,

-considered Germany's greatest artist.

-

-A large gold cross, presented by Marie de Medici, and costing an

-enormous sum of money, Alice thought was more beautiful than the

-windows.

-

-On the way back to the hotel they met a company of soldiers who were

-singing as they marched along. It seemed very inspiring.

-

-Wednesday morning this happy party took the train for Mayence up the

-Rhine, as the boats, they found, were not yet running.

-

-Alice and Nellie had been reading up the legends of the Rhine, and could

-hardly wait to see its beauties and wonders.

-

-The Rhine was not reached until after leaving Bonn. The scenery was so

-pretty they did not miss the river views.

-

-In full view of the train was the famous avenue of horse-chestnuts,

-three-quarters of a mile in length. There is a large university at

-Bonn, and many other schools. As many of the students in their different

-costumes came to the station and walked up and down the platform to show

-themselves, the girls were very much amused.

-

-The city is also noted as being the birthplace of Beethoven.

-

-As soon as Bonn was out of sight, the river was beside them. At first

-the entire party were disappointed, the river seemed so quiet, narrow,

-and sluggish, compared to the rivers at home.

-

-However, that was soon forgotten as its beauties grew upon them.

-

-They soon saw the Seven Mountains coming into view, and wished they

-could stay over one night to see the sun rise from the top.

-

-Mr. Winter felt he must hurry on, as they had spent so much time in

-Brussels, and see all they could from the train.

-

-At Oberwinter, where there is the finest view down the Rhine, all the

-party looked back to see it.

-

-Coblence was the next large town, and the situation is beautiful, as

-it is at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle, with the strong

-fortifications opposite, the Castle of Ehrenbreitstein, often called the

-Gibraltar of the Rhine.

-

-Just after leaving Coblence they saw two castles, one the royal castle

-of Stolzenfels on its "proud rock," more than four hundred feet above

-the river. It was destroyed by the French in the seventeenth century,

-but is now completely restored.

-

-The other castle is directly opposite, above the mouth of the Lahn

-river, is called the Castle of Lahneck, and has been lately restored.

-Alice knew the legend of this castle, and told it to the rest of the

-party.

-

-"It was here, in the beginning of the fourteenth century, that the

-order of Knights Templars, which had been founded for religious purposes

-chiefly, was severely persecuted by Philippe le Beau of France and Pope

-Clement V.

-

-[Illustration: LAHNECK CASTLE.--_Page 54._]

-

-"After many vicissitudes there was a long and desperate siege, in which

-all the knights fell except one man. He held the commander at bay,

-who was so overpowered by the knight's bravery he offered him life and

-liberty if he would stop fighting and beg for mercy.

-

-"The templar's only answer was to throw his spear among the soldiers,

-and then was killed by throwing himself on their lances."

-

-Boppart was the next town of any interest, it being a walled town of

-Roman origin.

-

-The wall had crumbled away in many places, and houses had been built on

-the ruins.

-

-On the opposite side of the river was Bornhoffen, with its twin castles

-of Sternberg and Liebenstein, or "The Brothers."

-

-Mr. Winter told this legend, which runs that once a rich knight, with

-his two sons and one daughter, lived there, and were very rich in gold

-and lands, which the old knight had gained through wrong and robbery.

-All his neighbors felt sure that such ill-gotten wealth would bring him

-anything but blessings.

-

-The brothers inherited the avarice of the father; but the sister was

-lovely and gentle, like her mother. When the father died the brothers

-gave their sister much less than a third of the property. She gave hers

-to the cause of religion and went into a convent.

-

-The brothers, disappointed, disputed over their share, and at last fell

-in love with the same maiden, who did not hesitate to flirt with both

-and increase their jealousy. They finally fought and killed each other.

-

-Just as Mr. Winter finished his story, the guard of the train put his

-head into the car window, to say that the Lorely rock was nearly in

-sight.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER VIII.

-

-THE LEGEND OF THE LORELY.

-

-

-Both girls jumped to their feet, for of course they were interested to

-see that famous rock where the water-nymph Lore was said to have lived.

-She would appear on the top of the rock, clothed in wonderful garments,

-and a veil of the color of the sea-green water reaching to her feet, to

-lure wicked people to destruction by her singing.

-

-The people who came to the foot of the rock were swallowed in the waves,

-while those who tried to climb to the top were either thrown back into

-the water or led through the dense woods, only to be days finding their

-way out of them.

-

-Lore was very kind to good people, having the fairy power of

-distinguishing good from evil.

-

-At last a young count, much to his father's unhappiness, saw and fell

-in love with her. He constantly went to gaze upon her, for she was very

-beautiful.

-

-He used to carry his zither and play and sing to her, until she finally

-caused the waves to rise so high that his boat was upset and broken. The

-count sank into the waves, and his attendants returned home to tell the

-father the sad news.

-

-The old count swore revenge, and was going to seize Lore and have her

-burnt. The next night he took some friends and surrounded the rock.

-

-When Lore appeared the old count said, "Where is my son?"

-

-Lore pointed to the waves, at the same time continuing to sing very

-sweetly.

-

-As soon as Lore had finished her song, she threw a stone into the river,

-which caused a wave to rise. She mounted it and sank from view with

-it, never to be seen again, though her singing was often heard by men

-passing by.

-

-The rock was formerly called Lorely, but is now Lurlei, and has a lovely

-echo said to be the gift of Lore.

-

-The girls were disappointed to see the water around the rock so very

-quiet--no whirlpool at all.

-

-When they saw that a cut had been made through the rock for railroad

-trains, all the romance was gone for them.

-

-Alice said, "O papa, how could anybody spoil that pretty story by

-running trains through the rock? If that is the way my romances are

-going to end I will not read any more."

-

-However, she soon saw a house built in the river, and wanted to know

-what it was and why it was there.

-

-"I know," said Nellie. "I was reading about it the other day."

-

-It is called the Pfalz, and was built by Louis of Bavaria in the

-thirteenth century, in order to exact tribute from passing vessels.

-

-Opposite is the town of Bacharach, the Ara Bacchi of the Romans, and has

-long been famous for its wines. In Longfellow's "Golden Legend" is the

-old rhyme,--

-

-  "At Bacharach on the Rhine,

-  At Hochheim on the Main,

-  And at Wuerzburg on the Stein,

-  Grow the three best kinds of wine."

-

-The Bacchus-Altar is to be found in this lovely country. It stands just

-below the town, but the water has to be very low to read the inscription

-(which is nearly illegible), as it is situated between the bank of the

-river and an islet.

-

-The Altar is supposed to have been erected by the Romans to their god of

-wine.

-

-Many other castles, some restored, but the most of them in ruins, were

-passed, before Assmanshausen, famous for its red wines, was reached.

-

-Mr. Winter said, "Now this ends what is called 'the great gorge of

-the Rhine,' and the river will broaden, and the open country, not very

-interesting, is before you."

-

-Just before reaching Bingen they saw the ruins of Ehrenfels, and in the

-middle of the river the Mausthurm, or "Mouse Tower."

-

-"O papa, I know the story of that tower," said Alice. "Can I tell it?"

-

-"We are only too glad to hear it," said her mamma.

-

-"Hatto was Bishop of Fulda, and wishing to be made Archbishop of

-Mayence, used every means in his power to accomplish his purpose. He

-succeeded, and became very ambitious, proud, and cruel. He taxed the

-poor to build for himself fine dwellings.

-

-[Illustration: MOUSE TOWER.--_Page 61._]

-

-"At last he built the tower in the river where it was very narrow, to

-compel all ships to pay him toll.

-

-"A famine set in, and he, having plenty of money, bought up everything

-and filled his granaries. He sold his stores at such high prices that

-only the rich could buy.

-

-"He paid no heed to the supplications of the famishing people, as he

-intended building a superb palace with his money.

-

-"One day when Hatto was entertaining friends at dinner, the starving

-people forced their way into the dining-hall and begged for food. He

-told them to go to a large barn where corn should be given them. When

-they were all inside, Hatto ordered the doors to be closed and fastened

-on the outside and the barn to be set on fire.

-

-"When their shrieks reached the dining-hall, Hatto turned to his guests

-and said, 'Hear how the corn-mice squeal: I do the same to rebels as I

-do to them.'

-

-"The wrath of Heaven was turned against him, for out of the ashes at the

-barn thousands of mice took their way to the palace, filling the rooms

-and attacking Hatto. Thousands were killed, but they steadily increased,

-and he was finally obliged to flee in terror of his life to a boat,

-still pursued by legions.

-

-"Hatto was ferried over the Rhine to the tower, but the mice perforated

-the walls, and fell on him by the thousands, and ate him up. They then

-disappeared, and the tower has been called the 'Mouse Tower' ever since.

-

-"It has never been used in any way, but stands as a warning to despotic

-people."

-

-Mr. Winter said, "Alice, you told that very well; but he was not such a

-very wicked man as the legend makes him. He was imperious and caused his

-people much suffering, but was the Emperor's confidant and was called

-the Heart of the King."

-

-Bingen is not a very interesting town, but has many walks and drives

-that are full of interest in every way.

-

-Directly opposite, on the heights of Niederwald, is the beautiful

-monument built to commemorate the restitution of the German Empire in

-1870-1871.

-

-Alice and Nellie did wish they could stop long enough to go up and see

-it, it looked so grand and mighty outlined against the sky. Mr. Winter

-said, "No, we must get to Mayence to-night."

-

-There was not much of interest after leaving Bingen, as the train left

-the river and the Rhine was not seen again until just before entering

-Mayence, where the Main flows most peacefully into it, making a very

-beautiful picture.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER IX.

-

-MAYENCE TO NUREMBERG.

-

-

-Mr. Winter as usual had telegraphed to Mayence for rooms, and found very

-comfortable, large rooms ready for them in a new, pleasant hotel near

-the station.

-

-After resting a little while Mr. Winter said, "Who wants to go with me

-and take a drive around the city?"

-

-The entire party, even Mrs. Winter, who had thought she was too tired to

-go out again, said they would like to go.

-

-What a delightful drive they had, at the close of a warm, lovely day,

-around that interesting old city, with its wonderful fortifications! The

-view of the rivers at the base of the hill they thought as pretty as any

-they had seen all day.

-

-Mr. Winter told them what a very old city it was, a Roman camp having

-been laid there thirty-eight years before Christ.

-

-[Illustration: MAYENCE--GENERAL VIEW.--_Page 65._]

-

-The foundations may be said to date from fourteen years B.C., when

-Drusus built his extensive fortifications. There is a Roman monument

-forty-five feet high erected in honor of Drusus. There are also remains

-of a Roman aqueduct to be found outside the city.

-

-The cathedral was founded in 798. It has been burnt and restored six

-times, and is one of the grandest in Germany.

-

-Just outside the cathedral they saw a fine statue of Gutenberg, who is

-regarded by the Germans as the inventor of movable types for printing.

-

-Our party drove back to the hotel, had a nice supper, which was waiting

-for them, and went to bed feeling they had enjoyed that day more than

-any since leaving home.

-

-The next morning all were rested and eager to get to Nuremberg, the end

-of the trip. Mr. Winter, by some mistake, did not get the fast train,

-and as the one they took stopped very often, and the scenery was not

-very interesting, our party arrived in Nuremberg so tired they ate their

-supper and went directly to bed.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER X.

-

-NUREMBERG.

-

-

-In the morning Mr. Winter said, "I will give one day to you for

-sight-seeing, and then I must attend to business. You will have to spend

-the rest of your time going around with a guide or by yourselves."

-

-Alice was delighted with the old moat which was opposite her window, and

-wanted to look in it at once.

-

-Nellie felt the castle was of more importance, and could hardly wait

-to get there. The moat surrounds the old city, and now is rented to

-gardeners, who live in the old towers and cultivate the land in the

-moat.

-

-Our party started out to walk until they were tired, and kept on the

-sidewalk side of the moat, and thought it did look so pretty with

-everything so fresh and green. The cherry-trees were all white with

-their lovely blossoms, which grew even with the sidewalk.

-

-[Illustration: NUREMBERG WALLS.]

-

-Finally they went through an old gateway, which was said to be the one

-where a rope was kept in the olden time, to use on the bakers. If they

-did not give full weight, the bakers were tied to the end of a pole and

-dipped into the water several times. If poison was found in the bread,

-they were immediately drowned.

-

-As the ladies were getting tired, Mr. Winter called a carriage to drive

-them to the castle. As he could speak German, the driver told him many

-interesting things, and pointed out various objects of interest. He

-showed them one house that had been occupied by the same family for four

-hundred and fifty years.

-

-The churches of St. Sebald and St. Lawrence they admired very much on

-the outside, leaving the beauties of the interiors for another day. They

-passed one fountain called the Goose Man, and another, the Beautiful

-Fountain, built in 1385. Also, a fine statue of Hans Sachs, erected in

-1874, who was known through Germany as the cobbler-poet. It was from his

-life Wagner wrote the opera of the "Meistersinger."

-

-Soon the driver drew up his horses at a corner where a small house

-stood under a hill, called the Sausage Shop, for its wonderfully cooked

-sausages. It has been made famous by such men as Albert Duerer, the great

-artist, Hans Sachs, and the old burgomasters meeting there for their

-nightly mugs of beer and a sausage.

-

-[Illustration: ALBRECHT DUeRER'S HOUSE.--_Page 74._]

-

-The statue of Albert Duerer, erected in 1840, is between the Sausage Shop

-and his old home. All the houses, with their deep, slanting roofs, were

-objects of interest, but most of all was that of Albert Duerer, which is

-the only house in Nuremberg that has not undergone some alteration.

-

-The house is now filled with many curiosities, some of them having

-belonged to Albert Duerer, and is open every day to visitors. The girls

-wanted to stop and go in at once, but Mr. Winter said, "No, we cannot

-stop now; we must get to the castle, and leave the house until we have

-more time."

-

-The castle stands very high, and they were obliged to drive up through

-very narrow and steep streets; but the horses were used to it, and Mrs.

-Winter finally overcame her nervousness.

-

-When the top of the hill was reached, there was a plateau where a

-beautiful view of the city was to be seen. They left the carriage here,

-and after looking at the scenery they walked on up to the castle.

-

-[Illustration: NUREMBERG CASTLE.]

-

-On the way they saw a small shed, and, on looking in, found it held the

-famous well. A young girl was there, who, in a parrot sort of way, told

-them that the well was built in the eleventh century, under Conrad II.,

-by convicts, and that it took thirty years to finish it. She told Mrs.

-Winter to hold a mirror in her hand while she lowered a candle, to show

-by the reflection in the mirror the depth of the well. It took just six

-seconds for water which she poured out of a glass to reach the water

-in the well. She told them it was four hundred and fifty feet deep, and

-they all believed her.

-

-In the courtyard of the castle they saw an old linden tree growing,

-which is said to have been planted by Empress Kunigunde eight hundred

-years ago.

-

-The castle they found quite interesting without being very elegant. A

-lady in charge of it told them many things of interest about the castle

-and the city.

-

-She told them that the first records of Nuremberg date from 1050. In

-1105 the town was besieged, conquered, and destroyed by Henry V., again

-besieged in 1127 by Emperor Lothar, from which time imperial officials

-appeared who took the title of Burggrafer.

-

-Frederick I. (Barbarossa), under whom the burg was enlarged, frequently

-lived here from 1156 to 1188. Rudolph von Hapsburg held his first diet

-here in 1274, and often visited the town.

-

-Under Emperor Karl IV. the first stone bridge was built, and the streets

-were paved.

-

-The first fundamental law of the empire was formed by him, and is known

-as the "Golden Bull." It was framed in Nuremberg in 1356, and is still

-kept in Frankfort.

-

-According to this law, every German emperor was obliged to spend his

-first day of government in Nuremberg.

-

-His government was very favorable to Nuremberg in every way.

-

-The four large towers were built 1555 to 1568, after a plan designed by

-Albert Duerer. The town reached its highest artistic development in

-the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, under such men as Albert Duerer,

-A. Krafft, Herman Fischer, and many others.

-

-Goblets and many such objects of art were made here at that time. In

-1649 Nuremberg displayed its last splendor. Commerce had been ruined by

-different wars. In 1806 it was made a matter of rejoicing when it came

-under the crown of Bavaria. King Ludwig first revived art, and trade

-made a start.

-

-In 1835 the first railroad was opened to Fuerth. In 1855 King Max II.

-with his family lived here, and the Imperial Burg was offered to him as

-a present by the town.

-

-The lady also told them that the five-cornered tower, which is the

-oldest building in Nuremberg and connected with the castle, contained a

-collection of instruments of torture. Among them is the iron virgin, a

-figure of a woman, which opens and is full of spikes. The poor victim

-would be shut up in its clutches.

-

-None of our party felt like visiting that horrible place, so they

-thanked the woman, and took some last looks at the beautiful views to

-be seen from the windows. To their surprise they found it was noon-time,

-and as everything in Nuremberg is closed for an hour and a half

-at mid-day, they were driven back to the Wurtemberger Hof, their

-comfortable hotel, where everything possible was done for their

-pleasure.

-

-After a good dinner and a rest, Mr. Winter said he thought, as his time

-was so limited, he would like to visit the Town Hall and St. John's

-Cemetery. A guide was found, and they started out with more enthusiasm

-than ever.

-

-The guide told them that the Town Hall was built in the years from 1616

-to 1619, in Italian style. He pointed out to them a fine picture by

-Paul Ritter, painted in 1882, to represent the act of the arrival of

-the German Emperor's Insignia in Nuremberg. The guide also showed them

-several pictures of Duerer's representing the triumphal procession of

-Emperor Maximilian. His pictures are, many of them, very indistinct.

-

-They were taken into a room where the wedding couples go to sign their

-marriage contracts.

-

-Mr. Winter was more interested than the girls, and Mrs. Winter was so

-tired they were glad enough to get in the carriage and be driven to the

-famous old cemetery.

-

-For some blocks before reaching the entrance are paintings of Christ,

-representing the last days of his life.

-

-At the gateway are the three statues of Christ and the two thieves

-nailed to the cross.

-

-The guide showed them the graves of Duerer and Sachs, and one of a man

-who had been killed, while asleep, by his wife hammering a nail in

-his head. There was a bronze skull, with the nail in it just where she

-killed him.

-

-Another interesting bronze was the figure of a woman with a lizard on a

-perch, which, when touched, turns towards the woman's figure and shows

-where she was bitten in the neck by the lizard that killed her.

-

-The girls thought that very quaint and more interesting than any they

-saw, though there were many very beautifully carved, and, being of

-bronze, were of great value.

-

-While our party was wandering through the cemetery a funeral was taking

-place, and as the entire service was intoned, it was very impressive.

-

-Mr. Winter said as they entered the carriage, "You have had enough

-sight-seeing for to-day, and we will drive home and talk over all the

-wonderful and interesting things we have seen and heard to-day."

-

-

-[Illustration: NUREMBERG.]

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER XI.

-

-NUREMBERG.--_Continued._

-

-

-The following morning Mr. Winter left the ladies, who walked aimlessly,

-not caring much where they went, it was all so full of interest to them.

-

-Accidentally they visited quite an interesting place called the Preller

-House. It was built three hundred years ago by a Venetian nobleman, and

-is now used as a furniture warehouse. There is a chapel in it, and some

-of the old furniture still remains.

-

-The ceilings are very fine, and in two of the rooms were only discovered

-when the present occupants were having gas-pipes put in the house.

-

-Mr. Winter did not come home to dinner, and in the afternoon Mrs. Winter

-and the girls went to the Museum, where they found more to interest

-them than anywhere they had been. It had a very large and interesting

-collection of paintings and antiquities, but the girls enjoyed seeing

-the old cloister--the first they had ever seen.

-

-That evening when Mr. Winter came home, he told his wife that he

-should only be obliged to remain one more day, and they must entertain

-themselves again without him.

-

-The next morning Mrs. Winter took a guide with them, as she wished to

-visit some of the shops where they could collect some curiosities.

-

-They also went to the Market square, where the poor people can buy

-everything they need at very reasonable prices.

-

-Mrs. Winter then said, "Now, girls, we will visit those churches of

-which we have only seen the outside."

-

-The guide took them first to St. Lawrence's Church.

-

-This church, he told them, was mentioned as early as 1006, and had

-the handsomest artistic decoration of any of the celebrated churches

-throughout Germany. The finest portion is the choir, with a vaulted roof

-supported by slender pillars from which the arches are formed like palm

-branches.

-

-The guide wished them particularly to look at the Gothic bronze

-chandelier, which weighs four hundred and eighty-two pounds, and was

-cast by Peter Vischer in 1489.

-

-The girls were charmed by the seven windows of the choir, which are

-considered the best examples of Nuremberg glass-painting from 1450

-to 1490. The last window, called the Emperor's, was presented by the

-citizens of Nuremberg in memory of the restitution of the German Empire.

-It was put in the 22d of March, 1881. Mrs. Winter was much interested in

-some beautiful tapestries representing the lives of St. Lawrence and St.

-Catharine, and are over four hundred years old.

-

-There were many more paintings of much interest, some of them Albert

-Duerer's. As they were leaving, the girls saw some richly carved chairs

-by the doors, and asked the guide why they were there.

-

-He told them that they formerly belonged to the guilds, and the masters

-sat in them, in turn, to receive alms.

-

-From this church our party was driven to St. Sebaldus's, which was

-finished in the tenth century. One of the most interesting things they

-saw was the font, which was remarkable not only as the first product

-of Nuremberg's foundries, but as having been used to christen King

-Wenceslas of Bohemia, in 1361.

-

-There were more paintings of Duerer's to be seen here, but the finest

-work was the sepulchre of St. Sebaldus in the centre of the choir. It

-is the most extensive work German art has ever produced, and was cast by

-Peter Vischer and his five sons.

-

-"It was commenced in 1508 and completed in 1519. It rests on twelve

-snails, having four dolphins at its corners, the whole forming a pagan

-temple adorned with the Twelve Apostles. It is surmounted by twelve

-smaller figures, and finally by an infant Christ holding a globus in

-his hand, the latter being a key of the whole monument, when it is to

-be rent asunder. There is also a fine portrait of Peter Vischer in this

-church."

-

-Of course there were many more objects of interest to be seen, but Mrs.

-Winter thought they had seen enough; so they were driven home to dinner.

-

-In the afternoon they took a drive out of the city to a beer-garden

-situated at the side of a pretty lake. They had some tea, and walked on

-the borders of the lake quite a distance. Mrs. Winter said, "I wish

-we had such a quiet, pretty place near home where we could spend an

-afternoon as delightfully as we have here."

-

-That evening Nellie said, "Dear Mrs. Winter, how can I ever thank you

-and your husband for this trip? Mamma could not have come, and never

-shall I forget what I have enjoyed through your kindness."

-

-Mrs. Winter told her that the pleasure she had given them was more than

-hers, as it had added so much to Alice's happiness.

-

-Alice said, "Now, mamma, will you not add to our pleasures by repeating

-Longfellow's beautiful poem on Nuremberg before we go to bed?"

-

-"Dear Mrs. Winter, please do," said Nellie. "I have never heard of it,

-but I know it must be very lovely."

-

-"Very well," said Mrs. Winter. "I certainly never knew a more

-appropriate time to recite it than now."

-

-The girls gathered around her in the twilight as she sweetly

-commenced:--

-

-  In the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow-lands

-  Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands.

-

-  Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song,

-  Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them

-          throng:

-

-  Memories of the Middle Ages, when the emperors, rough and bold,

-  Had their dwelling in the castle, time defying, centuries old;

-

-  And thy brave and thrifty burghers boasted, in their uncouth rhyme,

-  That their great imperial city stretched its hand through every clime.

-

-  In the courtyard of the castle, bound with many an iron band,

-  Stands the mighty linden planted by Queen Cunigunde's hand;

-

-  On the square the oriel window, where in old heroic days

-  Sat the poet Melchior singing Kaiser Maximilian's praise.

-

-  Everywhere I see around me rise the wondrous world of Art--

-  Fountains wrought with richest sculpture standing in the common mart;

-

-  And above cathedral doorways saints and bishops carved in stone,

-  By a former age commissioned as apostles to our own.

-

-  In the church of sainted Sebald sleeps enshrined his holy dust,

-  And in bronze the Twelve Apostles guard from age to age their trust;

-

-  In the church of sainted Lawrence stands a pix of sculpture rare,

-  Like the foamy sheaf of fountains, rising through the painted air.

-

-  Here, when Art was still religion, with a simple, reverent heart,

-  Lived and labored Albrecht Duerer, the Evangelist of Art;

-

-  Hence in silence and in sorrow, toiling still with busy hand,

-  Like an emigrant he wandered, seeking for the Better Land;

-

-  _Emigravit_ is the inscription on the tombstone where he lies;

-  Dead he is not, but departed,--for the artist never dies.

-

-  Fairer seems the ancient city, and the sunshine seems more fair,

-  That he once has trod its pavement, that he once has breathed its air.

-

-  Through these streets, so broad and stately, these obscure and

-          dismal lanes,

-  Walked of yore the Mastersingers, chanting rude poetic strains.

-

-  From remote and sunless suburbs came they to the friendly guild,

-  Building nests in Fame's great temple, as in spouts the swallows

-          build.

-

-  As the weaver plied the shuttle, wove he too the mystic rhyme,

-  And the smith his iron measures hammered to the anvil's chime;

-

-  Thanking God, whose boundless wisdom makes the flowers of poesy bloom

-  In the forge's dust and cinders, in the tissues of the loom.

-

-  Here Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet, laureate of the gentle craft,

-  Wisest of the Twelve Wise Masters, in huge folios sang and laughed;

-

-  But his house is now an ale-house, with a nicely sanded floor,

-  And a garland in the window, and his face above the door;

-

-  Painted by some humble artist, as in Adam Puschman's song,

-  As the old man, gray and dove-like, with his great beard white and

-          long,

-

-  And at night the swart mechanic comes to drown his cash and care,

-  Quaffing ale from pewter tankards, in the master's antique chair.

-

-  Vanished is the ancient splendor, and before my dreamy eye

-  Wave these mingling shapes and figures, like a faded tapestry.

-

-  Not thy councils, not thy Kaisers, win for thee the world's regard;

-  But thy painter, Albrecht Duerer, and Hans Sachs thy cobbler-bard.

-

-  Thus, O Nuremberg, a wanderer from a region far away,

-  As he paced thy streets and courtyards, sang in thought his careless

-          lay;

-

-  Gathering from the pavement's crevice, as a floweret of the soil,

-  The nobility of labor--the long pedigree of toil.

-

-"How very beautiful!" said Nellie. "Thank you so much, Mrs. Winter, for

-reciting it to us. I shall learn it myself when I get home, trusting I

-may sometime give as much pleasure to another as you have given me."

-

-Mr. Winter said, "Why, Agnes, I never heard you recite that poem so

-well."

-

-"I never did," said his wife; "for I never truly felt it before."

-

-"Thank you, mamma dear," said Alice. "Now we will go to bed, feeling

-all the happier for the lovely poem which has put our best thoughts into

-words."

-

-

-[Illustration: STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL--SIDE VIEW.]

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER XII.

-

-STRASBOURG.

-

-

-Mrs. Winter was very anxious to travel to Paris by the way of

-Strasbourg, as she had always wished to see the cathedral with its

-wonderful clock.

-

-Mr. Winter made inquiries and found that was decidedly the best way to

-go, which was a great delight to them all.

-

-Our party left Nuremberg early in the morning, sorry to see the last of

-the most interesting city they had seen thus far on their trip. Nellie,

-who was looking forward to meeting her father and mother in Paris, was

-quite happy to make a move in that direction.

-

-The first part of the trip was not very interesting, but the latter was

-delightful, and as they had a compartment to themselves the girls could

-enjoy the view from both sides of the train. A change of cars was made

-at a place where there was hardly anything but the station and the

-railroad interests. Here they ate a cold lunch from the counter, though

-there were some hot dishes on a table; but they did not look very

-tempting.

-

-The spire of the Strasbourg Cathedral could be seen some time before

-reaching the station, and well it might, being four hundred and

-sixty-six feet high, and by some authorities said to be the highest in

-the world.

-

-The fortifications had been so fine at Mayence our party was surprised

-to find others much finer here, many of them being new, having been

-built at the time of the French and German war in 1870.

-

-The engineering of some of them is particularly fine, as they are made

-to be opened, so that all the surrounding country can be flooded if

-necessary.

-

-The train wound round the city, giving them a fine view of the

-fortifications and the soldiers being drilled in many of the enclosures.

-

-Strasbourg was one of the most important cities during the last war, and

-a great portion of it was destroyed. One side of the cathedral was badly

-damaged, but is now thoroughly restored.

-

-Mr. Winter took his family to a small hotel on the square near the

-station, having been recommended there by the manager of the hotel at

-Nuremberg. He found it very comfortable, and every possible attention

-was shown them.

-

-Arriving about five o'clock, there was plenty of time to be driven

-around the city. Of course they started for the cathedral, but on the

-way the driver stopped the carriage to point out one of the highest

-chimneys on one of the tallest houses, where the storks had built a

-nest.

-

-He also told them how the storks arrive every spring and build their

-nests, and then leave in the fall with their young, to return the next

-spring with their families no larger nor smaller than when they go

-away. What becomes of the surplus is a great question--whether they only

-increase sufficiently to fill the vacancies caused by death or old age,

-or that the young ones found colonies in other countries.

-

-The storks are held in great reverence by mankind, and are never harmed.

-Indeed, it is considered good fortune to the inmates of a house when a

-nest is built on one of its chimneys.

-

-The driver told a story of one man who gave up the use of his room an

-entire winter, rather than destroy a nest which two storks had built

-over the top of his chimney, and thus prevented his building a fire.

-

-As they approached the cathedral Alice said, "Why, papa, where is the

-clock? I cannot see it at all."

-

-[Illustration: STRASBOURG STORKS.--_Page 94._]

-

-"I do not know," said Mr. Winter; "but it certainly is there somewhere."

-

-The driver took them to the front of the building, where they were met

-by a guide, who showed them the beauties of the outside architecture

-and the many statues of the apostles and saints. He told them that the

-cathedral was commenced in 1015 and finished in 1601.

-

-The guide showed them the plateau half-way up the height of the steeple,

-and told them that it is used by men who watch for fires all the time.

-The citizens are so proud of the cathedral that they have it dusted and

-washed inside very frequently.

-

-"Where is the clock?" said Mrs. Winter, as soon as the guide stopped

-talking long enough for her to speak a word.

-

-The man did not answer, but took them around to a side door, where,

-after receiving his tip, he left them and walked away.

-

-At first they did not know what to do, but Mrs. Winter said, "I think we

-had better go inside if we can."

-

-In they went, and right by the door was the clock. A fine-looking man

-dressed elegantly met them. He proved to be a finely educated Swiss, and

-he explained the various wonders of the clock.

-

-[Illustration: STRASBOURG--CATHEDRAL CLOCK.--_Page 96._]

-

-He told them that the clock was built three hundred years ago, and was

-to run a certain number of years. It shows all fete days for all those

-years, tells the changes of the moon, eclipses--in fact, everything that

-one could imagine.

-

-The apostles do not all come out and walk around except at noon, but as

-it was quarter before six our party saw three men move.

-

-The clock stops at six at night and then commences again at six in the

-morning.

-

-Mrs. Winter said the longer she looked at it, the more wonderful it

-seemed to her that any man could think of so many things.

-

-The guide also told them that the man who first conceived the idea of

-the clock became totally blind when it was nearly completed. Of course

-he could work no more, and it was never thought the clock would be

-finished.

-

-He lived thirty years, and after his death another man was found

-who thought he could complete it. He succeeded, and was paid by the

-government for his time and work.

-

-Mrs. Winter said, "I think it is the most wonderful thing I ever saw,

-and I do not know which man I admire the most--the one who conceived

-such a work, or the man who could carry out such marvellous thoughts of

-a man whom he had never met."

-

-After leaving the cathedral our party was driven around the city. The

-old part they found very quaint and picturesque, with its high and

-sloping roofs. The new part, built by the Germans, was very handsome,

-some of the buildings, like the palace, conservatory of music, and the

-post-office, being particularly fine.

-

-The driver told them that one of the great interests there was the

-making of _pate de foie gras_. It is made from the livers of geese

-which are fed in such a way that the liver grows abnormally large, often

-weighing three pounds.

-

-He also told them that many of the French people are still very bitter

-against the Germans, even pulling down their shades to the windows if a

-regiment should march by the house.

-

-On their return to the hotel, the manager told Mr. Winter he would have

-a very quick and comfortable journey to Paris if he took the Orient

-express which runs between Constantinople and Paris. It would leave

-Strasbourg three hours later than the ordinary train, and would arrive

-in Paris some hours before it.

-

-Mr. Winter engaged a compartment at once, and the next day had a very

-enjoyable trip, though it was a very long one. The first part of the

-route, over mountains and through ravines, was very delightful; but

-after getting into France it was flat and uninteresting.

-

-They passed through Epergny, which was interesting for its vines, which

-covered the fields for many miles. From these grapes champagne is made.

-

-Paris was reached at six o'clock, and their hotel, which had been

-recommended by friends, was found to be very homelike.

-

-The Fords were there waiting for them, and were as glad to see Nellie as

-she was glad to be with them again.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER XIII.

-

-HOMEWARD BOUND.

-

-

-That evening after Nellie had told her mamma some of her pleasant

-experiences, Mr. Winter said, "Now we have just five days to spend in

-Paris, and you must decide what you would most like to do. Mr. Ford and

-I are entirely at your disposal."

-

-Guidebooks were brought out and studied, and after many discussions

-their plans were settled for each day.

-

-On Thursday morning they went to the Louvre, feeling there would be so

-many pictures to see they had better visit it first.

-

-How tired they did get sliding around on those slippery floors,

-trying to see the nine miles of pictures, many of which were quite

-uninteresting to them all.

-

-In the afternoon Mr. Winter took his wife and the girls in a carriage,

-and started for the Bois de Boulogne. When the Place de la Concorde

-was reached, with its monolithic obelisk of Luxor, and fountains and

-statues, with the gardens of the Tuileries one side, and the Champs

-Elysees on the other, the girls both exclaimed, "How beautiful!" but

-Nellie added, "When I think of all the horrors that have taken place

-here it loses some of its loveliness to me."

-

-[Illustration: PLACE DE LA CONCORDE.]

-

-The drive through the Champs Elysees they thought very beautiful, and

-when they reached the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, the most beautiful in

-the world, their admiration knew no bounds.

-

-Mr. Winter said, "Alice, what do you know about this?"

-

-Alice answered that "It was commenced by Napoleon I. in 1806 and

-finished by Louis Philippe, and cost over two millions of dollars. It is

-about one hundred and fifty feet high, and the same in breadth, and the

-central arch is ninety feet high."

-

-"Very good, my dear; you know that lesson very well," said her papa.

-

-From there to the Bois everything was full of interest to them, and the

-drive around the Cascade Alice thought particularly lovely.

-

-Nellie said, "It is not kept up as nicely as I like to see a park. They

-had better make Central Park a visit, and see its nicely cut lawns and

-trimmed bushes."

-

-On their way home they were driven through the Place Vendome, with its

-magnificent column in the centre.

-

-Nellie said, "I can tell you a little about that, Mr. Winter, if you

-would like me to."

-

-"Of course I should," said Mr. Winter.

-

-"It is one hundred and forty feet high, and was also built by

-Napoleon I. It was pulled down by the Communists in 1871, but has since

-been restored."

-

-The girls felt quite at home historically in Paris, as all these

-interesting things were very fresh in their minds.

-

-In the evening, being very near the Palais Royale, which was built for

-Cardinal Richelieu, they thought it would be a pleasant way to pass

-their evening to go and walk around and gaze into the shop windows. The

-ladies were too tired, so the gentlemen took the girls, and they had a

-delightful time. Alice told her mamma on her return that she enjoyed it,

-but did not care to go again; she had seen so much jewelry, all alike,

-that it was actually tiresome.

-

-Friday morning they drove to the Palais du Luxembourg, which has been

-prison, palace, senate-house, and is now noted for its sculptures and

-paintings.

-

-Our party enjoyed it much more than the Louvre, as the paintings were so

-many of them modern and very familiar to them.

-

-At the back of the garden they saw the statue of Marshal Ney, on the

-very spot where he was shot.

-

-Being on that side of the river, they visited the Church of the Hotel

-des Invalides to see the tomb of Napoleon I. It was directly under the

-dome, and the softened lights all around made it very beautiful.

-

-After being driven home and having lunch, they walked to the Madeleine,

-the most magnificent of modern churches.

-

-Mrs. Winter said, "This is very beautiful, but I do like the solemnity

-of some of the older churches I have seen very much better."

-

-Leaving there, they walked through some of those wide and interesting

-boulevards, watching the people and carriages and gazing into the

-fascinating shop-windows.

-

-Mr. Ford said, "I thought I had seen in New York some florists' windows

-that could not be improved, but I find I was mistaken. Never have I seen

-such windows as these."

-

-When too tired to walk any farther, carriages were called, and they were

-driven to the Cathedral of Notre Dame, built on an island in the Seine;

-from there to the Pantheon, which Alice said "looked like a barn, and

-was cold and inhospitable."

-

-The most interesting thing about it was, that such celebrated men as

-Victor Hugo, Marat, Voltaire, Mirabeau, and Rousseau had been buried

-there. The Hotel de Ville, recently restored, they passed on their way

-home.

-

-The evening was given to the Hippodrome, which is quite the thing to do

-in Paris, and is wonderfully fine.

-

-The drive there was like a picture of fairyland, with the bright lights

-and trees and glimpses of the river.

-

-Saturday was devoted to shopping, a great deal of it being done at the

-Magasin de Louvre and the Bon Marche. The buildings are immense, and

-there is everything to be found in them that one could possibly desire.

-

-That evening it was decided to go to the opera at the Grand Opera House,

-the most beautiful one in the world. The girls were so excited they

-could not eat any dinner, for it was their first appearance.

-

-Faust was the opera given, and a wonderful ballet followed it. Between

-the opera and ballet they all went outside and looked down at the men on

-horseback, stationed like sentinels outside the building.

-

-Before them was the whole length of the Rue de l'Opera a blaze of light.

-Alice said, "Nothing yet has been as delightful as this evening."

-

-Sunday was bright and clear, much to the delight of our sight-seers, as

-they were going to Versailles. They decided on Sunday, as the fountains

-were advertised to play, and all were very anxious to see them.

-

-They drove there and enjoyed every moment, especially when passing St.

-Cloud. They saw all it was possible to see in one day, but felt as if it

-was very little, after all.

-

-They went through the palace as fast as they could, but any one knows

-who has been there that with those glossy floors it took time.

-

-The room devoted to war pictures they did not care for, but were much

-interested in Marie Antoinette's private rooms, which were so very

-small, and also in the place where the Swiss Guards were killed in

-defending her.

-

-The state apartments were very elegant, especially the Galerie de Glace,

-where the German emperor was proclaimed emperor in the late war.

-

-Of course the girls were eager to get to the Great and Little Trianon.

-They were disappointed in the size and simplicity of their furnishings.

-The rooms, however, were so full of historical interest that their

-disappointment was forgotten, and they thought they could have spent all

-their time in the two houses.

-

-In the coach-house were seen some very curious old state coaches used by

-Charles X. and Napoleon I. and many other sovereigns.

-

-The man in charge was almost as much of a curiosity as the coaches, he

-told his stories in such an interesting manner, laughing heartily at his

-own jokes.

-

-[Illustration: PETIT TRIANON.--_Page 108._]

-

-The drive home was delightful, but they were all too tired to say very

-much. After a good dinner, the two girls talked as fast as magpies over

-the delights of the day. Being like most girls, Marie Antoinette was one

-of the most interesting characters in French history, and they talked of

-her and her sad life, feeling almost as if they had lived a portion of

-it with her, in the quiet retreat and lovely gardens of Versailles.

-

-Mr. Winter said to his wife, "I have really finished my business this

-side of the water, and unless you would like to remain in London three

-or four more days for the 'Etruria,' we can catch the 'Teutonic' next

-Wednesday."

-

-Mrs. Winter said she would like to go home on the "Teutonic" very much,

-but did not like to leave Mr. and Mrs. Ford, as they had made all their

-arrangements to go home together.

-

-Mr. Ford said, "We are delighted to shorten the trip, as I ought to be

-at home now; but we did not like to break up the party."

-

-"Very well," said Mr. Winter. "We will go out and telegraph to Liverpool

-for state-rooms."

-

-Alice said to her mamma, "I wonder if we can like the 'Teutonic' as well

-as we did the 'Etruria' that brought us over the seas so safely."

-

-Monday was devoted to visiting the Salon, where they saw so many

-pictures that they came away with a very vague idea of what they had

-seen, but all agreed they preferred the English pictures of the present

-day to those of the French.

-

-Tuesday night saw our party again in London, but at the Savoy Hotel,

-where they had delightful rooms overlooking the river.

-

-Wednesday at eleven o'clock our happy party took the special train

-which connects with the fast steamers, and at four o'clock were on the

-"Teutonic" and starting for home.

-

-A lovely night down to Queenstown, where the steamer stops for the

-mails. While waiting the next morning, Mr. Winter and Mr. Ford took

-Alice and Nellie on shore in the tug, and gave them a nice drive in a

-jaunting car.

-

-The girls did not enjoy the drive very much, but were glad of the

-experience.

-

-The ladies were very much interested in the boats which came out to

-the "Teutonic" with women who had laces and small articles to sell. The

-things were sent up to the deck in baskets, on ropes, which were tossed

-up for the passengers to catch. Some of the Irish girls were very

-bright, and made very good sales.

-

-[Illustration: THAMES EMBANKMENT.--_Page 111._]

-

-At last the tug with the mails arrived, and was attached to the steamer

-at once. Both went down the harbor until the passengers, among them our

-party, and the mails had been transferred. The girls were uneasy until

-they were with their mothers.

-

-At two o'clock the tug left them, and then, indeed, it seemed as if they

-had started for home.

-

-One bad stormy day, some foggy and some delightful ones, fell to their

-share. No one of their party was sick, and they thought the steamer

-delightful. Much as they had liked the "Etruria," it was decided by all

-that the "Teutonic" would be their steamer in the future.

-

-New York was reached on Wednesday afternoon, and at night the entire

-party was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, feeling very glad to get safely

-across the ocean again. They had become such good friends it was very

-hard to separate.

-

-However, a promise was made by the Fords to visit Mr. and Mrs. Winter

-before the summer was over.

-

-Thursday night the Winters could have been found in their own home,

-all very happy, and feeling that the following years would be fuller

-of interest in every way for the experiences, most of them pleasant, of

-their charming trip to Nuremberg and back.

-

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-[Transcriber's Notes

-

-

-All words printed in small capitals have been converted to uppercase

-characters.

-

-The following modifications have been made,

-

-  Page 18:

-  "fairy-land" changed to "fairyland"

-  (it was like a glimpse of fairyland)

-

-  Page 74:

-  "bergomasters" changed to "burgomasters"

-  (the old burgomasters meeting there for their nightly mugs)

-

-  Page 76:

-  "Runigunde" changed to "Kunigunde"

-  (planted by Empress Kunigunde eight hundred years ago)

-

-  Page 78:

-  "Firth" changed to "Fuerth"

-  (the first railroad was opened to Fuerth)

-

-  Page 113:

-  "Mr. and Mr." changed to "Mr. and Mrs."

-  (to visit Mr. and Mrs. Winter)]

-

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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 45983 ***
+
+[Transcriber's Note: Underscores are used as delimiters for _italics_]
+
+
+[Illustration: FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, NEW YORK.--_Page 18._]
+
+
+
+
+  TO
+  NUREMBERG AND BACK
+
+  A Girl's Holiday
+
+  BY
+  AMY NEALLY
+
+  _ILLUSTRATED_
+
+  NEW YORK
+  E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
+  31 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET
+  1892
+
+  Copyright, 1892
+  BY E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS.
+
+
+  CHAPTER                              PAGE
+
+  I.    AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE           11
+
+  II.   NEW YORK FOR THE FIRST TIME      19
+
+  III.  LIFE ON A STEAMER                25
+
+  IV.   A FIRST GLIMPSE OF ENGLAND       32
+
+  V.    A WEEK IN LONDON                 36
+
+  VI.   OFF FOR THE CONTINENT            44
+
+  VII.  UP THE RHINE                     50
+
+  VIII. THE LEGEND OF THE LORELY         58
+
+  IX.   MAYENCE TO NUREMBERG             66
+
+  X.    NUREMBERG                        70
+
+  XI.   NUREMBERG.--_Continued_          82
+
+  XII.  STRASBOURG                       91
+
+  XIII. HOMEWARD BOUND                  101
+
+
+
+
+LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
+
+
+                                                 PAGE
+
+  FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, NEW YORK         _Frontispiece_
+
+  THE GREAT STEAMER BACKED OUT INTO THE RIVER      22
+
+  HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT                             29
+
+  NELSON COLUMN                                    36
+
+  TOWER OF LONDON                                  41
+
+  HAMPTON COURT                                    42
+
+  BRUSSELS BOURSE                                  47
+
+  COLOGNE CATHEDRAL                                51
+
+  LAHNECK CASTLE                                   55
+
+  MOUSE TOWER                                      62
+
+  MAYENCE--GENERAL VIEW                            67
+
+  NUREMBERG WALLS                                  71
+
+  ALBRECHT DÃœRER'S HOUSE                           73
+
+  NUREMBERG CASTLE                                 75
+
+  NUREMBERG                                        82
+
+  STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL--SIDE VIEW                  91
+
+  STRASBOURG STORKS                                95
+
+  STRASBOURG-CATHEDRAL CLOCK                       97
+
+  PLACE DE LA CONCORDE                            102
+
+  PETIT TRIANON                                   109
+
+  THAMES EMBANKMENT                               112
+
+
+
+
+TO NUREMBERG AND BACK.
+
+A GIRL'S HOLIDAY.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER I.
+
+AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE.
+
+
+One day in the early spring, Alice Winter came home from school,
+and, after the usual question at the door, "Is mamma at home?" rushed
+upstairs, and found to her great surprise that her papa was at home,
+talking very earnestly to Mrs. Winter.
+
+When Alice came into the room, Mr. Winter stopped talking, and she
+wondered very much what they could have been talking about so earnestly,
+as all she heard was her papa asking, "Do you think we had better take
+her with us?"
+
+"Why, papa! What is the matter? Are you going away? Are you sick?
+What made you come home so early?" were the questions which Alice gave
+rapidly, without waiting for an answer.
+
+Mr. Winter said, "Yes, dear, I am obliged to go to Nuremberg, Germany,
+on business immediately, and mamma is trying to make up her mind whether
+it is best for her to go with me. She does not like to leave you for so
+long a time, and we do not think it wise to take you with us, when you
+are getting on at school so nicely."
+
+"O papa, please take me with you. I shall learn just as much on such
+a lovely trip as at school, and you know I can take care of mamma, and
+keep her from being lonely when you are busy. O papa, please ask mamma
+to let me go. I should be so unhappy to stay without you, even with dear
+Aunt Edith, and I know there is where you would send me."
+
+"Alice, dear, go to your room and get ready for dinner, and leave us to
+talk it over," said Mr. Winter. "My dear little daughter knows that no
+matter which way we decide, it will be as we think is best for all of
+us. You know it is as hard for us to leave you as it will be for you to
+let us go."
+
+Alice left the room without another word, with her heart beating very
+fast from the excitement of it all.
+
+The thought of going to Europe across the great ocean was a very happy
+one to a bright girl of fifteen who was studying all the time about the
+places she would visit and the objects of interest she would see, if her
+papa would only decide to take her.
+
+Alice sat down by the window of her pretty room, and looked out on the
+village street, far away in the northern part of the State of New York.
+She wondered how the ocean looked, as she had never seen any larger body
+of water than that of Lake Erie, when she went with her mother to make a
+visit in Cleveland.
+
+She also wondered if her state-room on the steamer would be as large as
+the room she was in; also, would she be sick, and how would all those
+wonderful cities look; if they could be as beautiful as the pictures she
+had seen of them.
+
+Then she remembered that only last week she had been studying about the
+quaint old city of Nuremberg, and wishing she could go there and see all
+its curiosities.
+
+Alice was startled by the dinner-bell, and could not even wait to brush
+her hair, she was so anxious to know what her papa had decided.
+
+As Alice went into the dining-room with a very wistful look in her
+deep-brown eyes, Mr. Winter said, "Well, dear, we have decided to take
+you with us, and as it is now Wednesday, and we sail Saturday from New
+York on the 'Etruria,' you will be very busy getting ready, and you must
+help your mamma all you can."
+
+Alice threw her arms around Mr. Winter's neck, crying with joy, saying
+at the same time, "Oh, you dear, darling papa, how kind and good you
+are, and how I do love you!"
+
+After kissing him again and again, she went to her mamma and nearly
+smothered her with kisses.
+
+Mr. Winter had never been abroad, though he had large business interests
+there, which had been attended to by a clerk in whom he had the utmost
+confidence. This clerk had been taken very suddenly and dangerously ill,
+Mr. Winter had no one else he could send, and found he must go himself
+and at once.
+
+He telegraphed to the Cunard office for state-rooms, and went home
+to tell his wife, hardly thinking she would go with him at such short
+notice, or leave Alice.
+
+Mrs. Winter was not willing he should go without her, and soon decided
+not only to go, but to take Alice with them.
+
+Alice could hardly eat any dinner, she was so happy and full of
+excitement.
+
+The next morning Alice went to school to get her books and tell the
+wonderful news to her teacher and school-mates.
+
+They were nearly as interested as she, for it was quite an event for any
+one to go to Europe from that quiet village.
+
+It was decided then and there that all would be at the station to see
+her off on Friday.
+
+When Alice went to her room she found there a new steamer-trunk marked
+"A. W." in large letters, and then she was busy indeed getting it packed
+and deciding what to take with her.
+
+Mrs. Winter came in while Alice was almost in despair and said, "This
+is to be such a hurried trip you will need only a couple of dresses, but
+you must take all your warm wraps."
+
+Alice laughed and said, "I do not think I shall need them in the
+spring;" but mamma said, "It is always cold at sea, and you will need
+your winter clothes."
+
+Friday afternoon our little party started for New York, with the best
+wishes of their friends, who came to the station for the very last
+"good-byes." Alice even shed a few tears, but they were soon wiped away,
+and a happy face looked from the car window, which fortunately was on
+the side overlooking the Hudson River.
+
+Alice had never seen that lovely river before, and naturally was
+delighted.
+
+When they passed the Catskill Mountains it was so clear she could see
+the famous old Mountain House, and, beyond, the immense Kauterskill
+Hotel, which seemed almost in the clouds, it looked so high.
+
+West Point was the next object of interest, and Alice did hope she could
+go there sometime and see the cadets do some of their drills.
+
+When they were opposite the Palisades, which stood up in their grandeur,
+with the softened tints of the setting sun settling upon them, Alice
+said, "I know I shall see nothing in Europe any finer than that."
+
+Very soon the tall spires and smoke in the distance showed that they
+were drawing near New York, and after leaving the Hudson they followed
+the pretty Harlem River, which makes an island of New York City.
+
+Alice was much interested in the bridges, there seemed to be so many
+of them, and papa told her that the one then in sight was the new
+Washington bridge, just completed. The next was High bridge, which
+carries the water over the river into the city. When it was finished it
+was said to be the finest engineering in the country.
+
+The next bridge was the continuation of the elevated railroad, and then
+came Macomb's Dam bridge, the oldest of them all, and used simply for
+driving and walking across, and looked, Alice thought, quite unsafe.
+
+The pretty Madison Avenue bridge was the last they saw as they crossed
+their own bridge, and were soon in a tunnel which Alice thought would
+never end.
+
+When they came out of the tunnel the train was nearly at the station,
+where the noise and bustle were very confusing, and they were glad to
+get into a carriage to be driven to the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
+
+As it was quite dark, Alice thought it was like a glimpse of fairyland
+when they reached Madison Square, with its electric lights shining on
+the trees, and all the bright lights around the hotel.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER II.
+
+NEW YORK FOR THE FIRST TIME.
+
+
+Mr. Winter having telegraphed for rooms, found them ready for him; and
+on going down to dinner they were delighted to see the corridors and
+dining-room crowded with people, many of them public characters whom he
+could point out to Alice, who was so excited she felt the entire evening
+as if she were in a dream.
+
+Of all the prominent men there Alice was the most interested in General
+Sherman, with his kind, rugged face.
+
+The "Etruria" sailed at noon on Saturday, and Mrs. Winter and Alice
+spent the morning buying a few last things, such as a hat and hood and
+comfortable steamer-chairs.
+
+At eleven o'clock a Fifth Avenue Hotel stage was at the door, and
+several people beside themselves went in it to the steamer. The ladies
+had flowers and baskets of fruit, and seemed so bright and happy that
+Alice for the first time felt a little lonely and homesick.
+
+On reaching the dock there were so many people going on and coming off
+the steamer, and pushing each other, it was almost impossible to cross
+the gang-plank and reach their own state-rooms.
+
+Finally they found them, and, instead of nice large rooms, they were so
+very small that Alice felt she never could live in them for a week or
+ten days, and the berths were so narrow she said, "O papa, you can never
+get into one of those in the world."
+
+"Oh, yes, I can," said Mr. Winter, "and perhaps before we reach
+Liverpool I shall wish they were narrower yet."'
+
+Mrs. Winter and Alice had one room, and Mr. Winter was across the
+passage with another gentleman.
+
+After settling their valises and rugs they went up on deck to see the
+people, and also the last of the city itself. Large baskets of fruits
+and flowers in every shape were constantly being brought on board, and
+much to Alice's delight there was a large bunch of violets from her
+school friends at home.
+
+She had been looking at the other people a little enviously, especially
+at a girl of her own age who had many friends to see her, and her arms
+full of flowers.
+
+Very soon the gong sounded, and Alice, who had never heard one, put her
+hands to her ears to shut out the noise. As soon as the man had passed
+by Alice said,--
+
+"What is that?"
+
+"That is a gong, dear," said her papa, "and is now being used to notify
+the people who are not sailing on the steamer that it is time to go
+ashore."
+
+The people who left kissed their friends hurriedly, and went down the
+gang-plank as if afraid they might be carried away, after all.
+
+After the people were on the dock and the mailbags had been put on the
+steamer, very slowly but surely the great steamer backed out into the
+river. Tugs turned her around, and carefully she steamed toward the
+ocean, trying to avoid the many boats moving about the river in all
+directions.
+
+[Illustration: THE GREAT STEAMER BACKED OUT INTO THE RIVER.--_Page 21._]
+
+Alice was rather frightened, and thought they certainly would run into
+some of them.
+
+Many of the passengers were still waving to their friends, who were also
+waving to them from the dock as long as they could distinguish it at
+all.
+
+Very soon they could see the famous statue of the Goddess of Liberty,
+that holds its light so high in the air; then lovely Staten Island, with
+its green hills and fine houses.
+
+The two forts, Hamilton and Wordsworth, which guard the entrance to
+the harbor, were soon left behind, and on the left could be seen Coney
+Island, with its large hotels and elephant and high elevator.
+
+Suddenly, as they were looking at the largest hotel of all, the one at
+Rockaway Beach, the steamer stopped. Alice, rather startled, said,--
+
+"Oh, dear! what is the matter?"
+
+"They are going to drop the pilot," said her papa.
+
+"Where?" said Alice. "In the water?"
+
+"Oh, no," said Mr. Winter; "do you see that small boat rowing towards
+us?"
+
+"Yes, papa. Will he drop into that? He never can; he will surely fall
+into the water."
+
+Mr. Winter smiled and told her to go and watch from the rail, which she
+did, and soon saw the pilot go down the side of the steamer by a rope
+and drop into the little row-boat, where two men were waiting to row him
+to the pretty pilot-boat No. 4, which was quite a distance away.
+
+The steamer started immediately, and in five minutes the row-boat was
+only a speck on the water.
+
+"There is another hotel, papa. What is it?" said Alice.
+
+"That is the Long Beach Hotel, and you will not see another until you
+reach Liverpool," said her papa.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER III.
+
+LIFE ON A STEAMER.
+
+
+"Come, Alice," said Mrs. Winter, "we will go down to our state-room and
+unpack our trunks while we are in smooth water, for to-morrow morning it
+may be so rough we cannot get out of our berths at all."
+
+Alice went with her mamma and helped put everything in order, but there
+were so few hooks and no bureau she did not know at first where to put
+anything.
+
+Mrs. Winter decided to sleep in the lower berth and have Alice on
+the sofa, which gave them the top berth for a bureau, and they found
+themselves very comfortable.
+
+Alice wanted to put some little things around to look pretty, but her
+mamma said, "No, dear, for if the ship rolls they will be all over the
+floor."
+
+Alice laughed and said, "I guess the 'Etruria' never rolls enough for
+that; she is too big."
+
+"Wait and see," quietly said her mamma.
+
+Mrs. Winter said, "Now we will put on our warm wraps and go on deck."
+
+Mr. Winter had found their chairs and put them in a nice place. Just as
+they were being settled in them, the gong was sounded again. "That is
+for lunch this time," said Mr. Winter, "and I for one am glad, for I am
+very hungry."
+
+On going to the saloon they were delighted to find that their seats
+were at the captain's table, and any one who has crossed the ocean with
+Captain Hains knows what a treat they had before them, if it should be a
+nice passage and he could be in his seat at the head of the table.
+
+In the afternoon the ship rolled, and when dinner was announced Mrs.
+Winter thought she would take hers on deck. She was not sick, but was
+afraid if she left the air she might be. Mr. Winter and Alice went to
+the table, and Alice was surprised to see the vacant seats around the
+room. The racks were on the table, so the dishes were held in place, but
+Alice found it rather uncomfortable keeping her chair.
+
+In the morning Mrs. Winter was too ill to leave her berth, but Alice
+never felt better in her life. The captain was so pleased to have her at
+the table to breakfast he put her in her mamma's seat next to him, and
+when she told him it was her birthday he said, "You shall have a nice
+cake for your dinner."
+
+After breakfast Alice went up on deck with Mr. Winter, who put her in a
+comfortable place and covered her up nice and warm. He went down to see
+his wife.
+
+The sea was a deep, bright blue, with lovely white caps, and when the
+sun shone on them Alice could see a rainbow on every wave.
+
+Alice became tired of sitting in her chair, and went to the rail to
+look over the side and see how pretty the water looked as the ship cut
+through it. Soon the young girl whom she had seen the day before came up
+to her and said, "Have you ever crossed before?"
+
+Alice said, "No, have you?"
+
+"Oh, yes, several times; and I do enjoy every minute, for I am never
+sick."
+
+Alice asked her name, and she answered, "Nellie Ford. What is yours and
+where are you going?"
+
+Alice told her name and that she was going to Nuremberg.
+
+Nellie said, "I have never been there. We are going to Brussels, and it
+is such a beautiful city."
+
+They talked on until the gong sounded, and agreed to meet again after
+lunch.
+
+At dinner that night Alice found the cake which the captain had promised
+her on the table. After thanking him, she asked if she might send a
+piece of it to her new friend.
+
+"Of course, my dear," said the captain. "It is yours to do with just as
+you please."
+
+The second day was very much like the first, only Mrs. Winter was able
+to be on deck, and Nellie Ford introduced her to Mr. and Mrs. Ford, and
+they soon settled to a little party of six, as passengers on a steamer
+are very apt to do.
+
+The two girls were together all the time, and joined in a game of ring
+toss with some more of the young people.
+
+[Illustration: HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.--_Page 37._]
+
+The days passed away, one very much like another--some pleasant, some
+stormy and rough, some foggy, with the whistles being blown every two
+minutes. Alice felt that she should be glad when she saw land again.
+
+One night they met a steamer, and it did look very pretty all lighted
+up. The "Etruria" set off Roman candles, which were answered by the
+steamer, and Alice thought that was the most interesting evening of all,
+even more so than the night of the concert.
+
+The "Etruria" made a very quick trip, and reached Queenstown Friday
+afternoon. Alice was writing letters in the saloon to send home, when
+suddenly the steamer stopped.
+
+"Oh, dear, what is the matter?" she cried, jumping to her feet. A
+gentleman sitting near her said, "It is a fog, and as we are very near
+Fastnet Rock they do not dare to go on."
+
+Soon a gun was heard in answer to the steamer's whistle, and the
+gentleman said, "We must be right there now."
+
+Alice went up on deck rather frightened, but as suddenly as the fog had
+settled upon them it lifted, and directly ahead of them was the straight
+rock rising out of the water like a sentinel.
+
+The "Etruria" ran up her signal flags and then started on, and in three
+hours was off Queenstown Harbor, where the tug was waiting for their
+mails and the few passengers who wished to be landed.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IV.
+
+A FIRST GLIMPSE OF ENGLAND.
+
+
+Queenstown was soon a thing of the past, and when they went to their
+rooms the packing was finished, so that the next morning all the time
+could be spent upon the deck until they landed.
+
+It was a clear, bright morning, but very cold and windy, when the
+steamer was left to take the tug. On leaving the tug, Alice and Nellie
+were very careful to each put her left foot first on the dock, as they
+had been told it would bring them good luck.
+
+There was not much to interest our party in Liverpool except the docks,
+which of course Alice had been told were the finest in the world. After
+leaving the Custom House they were driven to the North Western Hotel,
+and the ladies and two girls waited in the parlor in front of an
+enormous soft-coal fire, while Mr. Ford and Mr. Winter went into the
+station, which joins the hotel, and engaged a compartment for London.
+
+Opposite the hotel they could see St. George's Hall, with its two
+statues in front, one of Queen Victoria and the other of her husband,
+Prince Albert, when they were young.
+
+Suddenly a noise of horses being rapidly driven was heard, and the girls
+ran to the window just in time to see the high sheriff's carriage of
+state being driven to the hotel to take him away to open court. It was
+very elegant, with its satin linings and the four beautiful horses.
+
+The footmen stood up at the back of the carriage, holding themselves on
+by leather straps. Four men in uniform stood in the street and blew on
+trumpets until the sheriff was out of sight.
+
+The girls thought it very interesting, but Mrs. Winter said, "A
+sheriff's position in England must be very different from that in
+America, where they usually go about in the quietest manner possible."
+
+Mr. Winter and Mr. Ford came in and told them it was time to get some
+lunch. A very nice one they had, and Alice was particularly interested
+in the table on wheels, with the joints of meat on it, which was pushed
+about to each person to select the cut of meat he liked.
+
+Mr. Ford advised their going to the Hotel Victoria in London, as he had
+tried many others and liked that one the best; so they had telegraphed
+for rooms before starting on the two o'clock train. All the party were
+in good spirits, and glad to be on dry land.
+
+Mrs. Winter and Alice did not like the carriage, as it is called in
+England, as well as the drawing-room car at home, but enjoyed every
+moment of the journey.
+
+England is like a large garden, every portion being under cultivation;
+the fields are so green and full of large, beautiful sheep grazing
+everywhere.
+
+"O mamma, how much more lovely the hedges are than our fences and walls
+at home!" said Alice.
+
+"Yes, indeed," said Mrs. Winter. "I have always heard they were lovely,
+but I did not think they would add so much to the beauties of the
+landscape."
+
+Harrow, with its school on the hill, was passed, and caused some
+interest to the girls. London was reached before they realized it, and
+they were driven to the Hotel Victoria in two four-wheeled cabs called
+"growlers"--why, they did not know, unless people "growl" at their
+lack of comfort in every way; no springs, narrow, high seats, generally
+dirty, and a worn-out old horse, whipped the most of the time by a very
+poor driver.
+
+Their rooms were ready for them, and glad enough they were to get their
+dinner and go to bed to get rested for the following days, to which the
+Winters were looking forward with great interest.
+
+
+[Illustration: NELSON COLUMN.]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER V.
+
+A WEEK IN LONDON.
+
+
+Sunday our party rested, but on Monday morning they started for
+Westminster Abbey, hardly looking at anything on the way, though they
+went by Trafalgar Square, with the high column erected to Nelson, which
+stands there so proudly, with its beautiful lions made by Landseer lying
+so quietly at its base.
+
+A pleasant morning was passed at the Abbey, and the Poets' Corner proved
+to be their greatest attraction, as it is with most Americans. The chair
+in which Queen Victoria sat when she was crowned was shown to them, but
+Alice said she thought it was a common-looking chair, and wondered why
+the Queen did not have one that was more imposing.
+
+On leaving the Abbey they naturally turned towards the Houses of
+Parliament, and wishing to get even a better view, they walked part
+way over Westminster bridge, where they also saw St. Thomas's Hospital,
+situated on the Surrey side of the Thames.
+
+The walk back to the hotel by way of the Embankment was very pleasant,
+with its large buildings one side, and the river with its boats moving
+up and down on the other, and the rumble of the underground railroad
+beneath their feet. On reaching home they were so tired it was decided
+to rest in the afternoon and visit Madame Tussaud's wax-works in the
+evening.
+
+After dinner Mr. Ford said, "How would you like to go to the wax-works
+by the underground railway? It is not very far, if you think you won't
+mind the smoke and confined air. The station is very near, and we shall
+be left at the next building to the wax-works. I have been driven there
+and it only took about twenty minutes, so I think we can go by train in
+ten."
+
+"All right," said Mr. Winter; "it will be a good opportunity to see how
+we shall like it."
+
+Off they all started to the Charing Cross station. The girls did not
+like going down underground so far, but Alice said to Nellie, "I think I
+will not say much about it unless mamma does."
+
+After passing three stations, Mr. Winter said, "This air is stifling, do
+you not think we are nearly there?"
+
+"Oh, yes," said Mr. Ford, "I think it must be the next station."
+
+When they reached it, it was not theirs, and Mr. Ford called out to the
+guard, "How many more stations before we reach Baker Street?"
+
+The man looked at him rather queerly, and said, "Fourteen. Where did you
+get on the train?"
+
+"At Charing Cross," said Mr. Ford.
+
+"Oh," said the guard, "you have taken a train for the outer circle and
+come the longer way; some one should have told you."
+
+The train moved on, and our party had nothing to do but sit patiently
+and try not to think how close and stifling the air was getting.
+
+When they were once more in the fresh air Mr. Ford said, "Driving in
+cabs suits me pretty well, and that is the way I am going home, if I go
+alone."
+
+There was not a dissenting voice, and after a very pleasant evening
+they had a lovely drive home in three hansom cabs, and it only took them
+sixteen minutes.
+
+Tuesday morning was spent in visiting the Bank of England and St. Paul's
+Cathedral, where the young people and the gentlemen went upstairs to the
+Whispering Gallery.
+
+They all went down to the Crypt, where are many tombs, among them those
+of Nelson and Wellington.
+
+The great object of interest to them was the immense funeral car which
+was made to carry the body of the Duke of Wellington through the streets
+of London to his last resting-place.
+
+The wheels were made from pieces of cannon picked from the field of
+Waterloo.
+
+Mr. Ford took them to a quaint, old-fashioned place noted for its soups,
+for lunch.
+
+In the afternoon the Tower of London was visited, and of course was of
+more interest to the Winters than to the Fords.
+
+To Alice it was very realistic, it was so full of English history.
+She could tell her mamma much more than could the man, in his strange
+costume, who showed them around.
+
+That night the ladies and the two girls were too tired to go out again,
+so Mr. Ford took Mr. Winter and they did a little sight-seeing on their
+own account.
+
+Wednesday was given up to visiting the Buckingham Palace stables,
+where they saw the Queen's famous ponies that are only used on state
+occasions; and the South Kensington Museum, which they found very
+interesting.
+
+[Illustration: TOWER OF LONDON.--_Page 40._]
+
+In the evening they went to the theatre, and Alice thought it very
+strange to go downstairs to their seats. The audience looked so much
+better than in America, as the ladies were in evening dress and the
+gentlemen in dress suits.
+
+Thursday was a lovely day, and was spent at Hampton Court. They went on
+the outside of a coach, and what a lovely drive it was through Richmond
+and Bushy Park, with its wonderful horse-chestnut trees all in bloom!
+
+[Illustration: HAMPTON COURT.]
+
+The coach stopped at a little inn beside the river, where they lunched
+before visiting the famous court, once the home of Henry the Eighth,
+and presented to him by Cardinal Wolsey. It is now the home of certain
+ladies of small income who are alone in the world. They are selected by
+the Queen, and of course have only one portion of the palace.
+
+The remainder is occupied as state apartments and a famous
+picture-gallery, beside a gun-room only second in interest to that of
+the Tower.
+
+Friday was given to Windsor Castle and the Crystal Palace.
+
+Saturday they shopped and visited the Royal Academy, where they saw a
+beautiful collection of paintings, and only wished there was more time
+to spend looking at them.
+
+Mr. and Mrs. Ford decided to go with the Winters as far as Brussels, and
+as they were to start on Monday it was thought best to keep very quiet
+on Sunday.
+
+Mrs. Winter said to her husband she wished they could stay longer
+in London, where every minute had been a delight; but he said it was
+impossible.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VI.
+
+OFF FOR THE CONTINENT.
+
+
+Monday morning was bright and clear, and Mr. Ford said, "This looks like
+a pleasant crossing of the Channel."
+
+The ride in the cars to Dover was very interesting, and the view of
+Canterbury Cathedral was quite fine.
+
+Quite a large boat was waiting for the train, and the water looked so
+smooth Alice said,--
+
+"I guess the people who are sick crossing this Channel do not know much
+of ocean discomfort."
+
+Like a good many travellers who see the Channel for the first time, she
+thought it must always be quiet.
+
+It proved to be a very smooth trip, and only a little over an hour was
+spent in crossing.
+
+The train left Calais fifteen minutes after the arrival of the boat,
+and the gentlemen bought nice luncheons which were put up in
+baskets,--chicken, bread and butter, and a bottle of wine.
+
+They found a good compartment, and away they went, eating their lunch
+and enjoying the views from the windows at the same time.
+
+Belgium is called the garden of Europe, as vegetables are raised there
+for all the principal cities.
+
+The country is flat and rather uninteresting to look at, but when one
+realizes that the willows which surround the farms are used by the
+women and children to make baskets which are sent all over the world it
+becomes very interesting.
+
+The land is divided by water wide enough for flat-bottomed boats to be
+rowed about, that the farmers may till their land and bring home the
+products in them.
+
+It seemed very strange to see women at work in the fields, but Mr. Ford
+said they would get used to that before they reached Nuremberg.
+
+It was dark when the train drew in at the station at Brussels, and they
+took a stage marked "Grand Hotel," and were driven through the principal
+street of the city. The shops were all lighted, and the streets and
+sidewalks full of people.
+
+Outside the restaurants little tables were set on the sidewalks, and men
+and women were eating and drinking.
+
+It was a sight the Winters had never seen, and it looked very strange to
+them.
+
+"It is just like Paris on a small scale," said Mr. Ford.
+
+Excellent rooms were ready for them at the hotel, as they had been
+telegraphed for by Mr. Ford, who was in the habit of going there every
+year.
+
+They had a delicious supper, and Mr. Winter said,--
+
+"That is the best meal I have seen since leaving America."
+
+The ladies had found the cars very hard to travel in, and were glad to
+go to their rooms.
+
+The next day Mrs. Winter was so thoroughly used up that Mr. Winter
+decided to stay in Brussels a few days for her to get rested.
+
+The girls were delighted, as they had become very fond of each other and
+were dreading the separation.
+
+[Illustration: BRUSSELS BOURSE.]
+
+Mr. Ford had to go out on business, and Mrs. Ford said she would
+entertain Mrs. Winter if Mr. Winter would take the girls sight-seeing.
+They started on their walk in high spirits, and found such wide, clean
+streets, interesting shops, and large, handsome buildings.
+
+The new Exchange just completed, and the Palace of Justice, are two of
+the most magnificent civic buildings in Europe.
+
+They were much interested in a lace manufactory. On the lower floor were
+women at work on the finest patterns. They were all ages, from twenty to
+seventy, and never looked up while their work was being examined.
+
+When the girls were leaving the room, Alice laughed at some remark of
+Nellie's, and then every head was lifted and a sad smile came on each
+face for a second.
+
+Mr. Winter bought two lace handkerchiefs for the girls to take as
+presents to their mothers.
+
+Through the remainder of their stay in Brussels they had lovely drives
+in the beautiful park, visited the Palace of Justice, situated at the
+end of a long street, on a hill where there was a glorious view of the
+surrounding country for miles.
+
+They also found that the picture gallery had a very fine
+collection--indeed, said to be the best in Belgium, and the pictures
+were beautifully arranged in schools and periods.
+
+One day was given to the field of Waterloo, which they all enjoyed very
+much.
+
+Alice felt so unhappy to be parted from Nellie that Mr. Winter finally
+persuaded Mr. and Mrs. Ford to let Nellie go with them to Nuremberg, as
+it would give her a delightful trip, and she was equally miserable to be
+left in Brussels without Alice.
+
+It was decided to meet in Paris, have an enjoyable week together, and
+sail for home on the "Etruria" near the middle of July.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VII.
+
+UP THE RHINE.
+
+
+On Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Winter and the girls said "good-bye" to Mr. and
+Mrs. Ford and started for Cologne in the gayest of spirits.
+
+The trip was found very interesting, as they followed the Meuse River
+a great deal of the way. Between Liège and Verviers the country was
+wonderfully picturesque, with the pretty winding river, which they
+continually crossed, and little villages with the mountains in the
+distance.
+
+The Meuse has been called the miniature Rhine.
+
+Verviers is the last Belgian station, and Aix-la-Chapelle is the first
+town of much interest in Germany.
+
+From the train there was an excellent view of the city, which has seen
+many changes since it was the favorite home of Charlemagne.
+
+[Illustration: COLOGNE CATHEDRAL.]
+
+For more than three centuries the German emperors were crowned there.
+
+It was growing dark as Cologne was reached, but the girls, knowing
+the cathedral was near the station, hurried outside to see it, and how
+wonderfully high and beautiful the noble great spires looked in the
+twilight no one can imagine who has never seen them.
+
+Tuesday morning was spent in visiting the Church of St. Ursula (which
+is reputed to hold the bones of eleven thousand virgins martyred by the
+Huns) and the cathedral.
+
+An excellent guide showed our party around, and pointed out the
+beautiful windows which King Ludwig presented, costing eighteen thousand
+pounds, English money.
+
+The late King Frederick gave one elegant window, at the end opposite the
+entrance.
+
+On one side of the building were windows made by Albert Dürer,
+considered Germany's greatest artist.
+
+A large gold cross, presented by Marie de Medici, and costing an
+enormous sum of money, Alice thought was more beautiful than the
+windows.
+
+On the way back to the hotel they met a company of soldiers who were
+singing as they marched along. It seemed very inspiring.
+
+Wednesday morning this happy party took the train for Mayence up the
+Rhine, as the boats, they found, were not yet running.
+
+Alice and Nellie had been reading up the legends of the Rhine, and could
+hardly wait to see its beauties and wonders.
+
+The Rhine was not reached until after leaving Bonn. The scenery was so
+pretty they did not miss the river views.
+
+In full view of the train was the famous avenue of horse-chestnuts,
+three-quarters of a mile in length. There is a large university at
+Bonn, and many other schools. As many of the students in their different
+costumes came to the station and walked up and down the platform to show
+themselves, the girls were very much amused.
+
+The city is also noted as being the birthplace of Beethoven.
+
+As soon as Bonn was out of sight, the river was beside them. At first
+the entire party were disappointed, the river seemed so quiet, narrow,
+and sluggish, compared to the rivers at home.
+
+However, that was soon forgotten as its beauties grew upon them.
+
+They soon saw the Seven Mountains coming into view, and wished they
+could stay over one night to see the sun rise from the top.
+
+Mr. Winter felt he must hurry on, as they had spent so much time in
+Brussels, and see all they could from the train.
+
+At Oberwinter, where there is the finest view down the Rhine, all the
+party looked back to see it.
+
+Coblence was the next large town, and the situation is beautiful, as
+it is at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle, with the strong
+fortifications opposite, the Castle of Ehrenbreitstein, often called the
+Gibraltar of the Rhine.
+
+Just after leaving Coblence they saw two castles, one the royal castle
+of Stolzenfels on its "proud rock," more than four hundred feet above
+the river. It was destroyed by the French in the seventeenth century,
+but is now completely restored.
+
+The other castle is directly opposite, above the mouth of the Lahn
+river, is called the Castle of Lahneck, and has been lately restored.
+Alice knew the legend of this castle, and told it to the rest of the
+party.
+
+"It was here, in the beginning of the fourteenth century, that the
+order of Knights Templars, which had been founded for religious purposes
+chiefly, was severely persecuted by Philippe le Beau of France and Pope
+Clement V.
+
+[Illustration: LAHNECK CASTLE.--_Page 54._]
+
+"After many vicissitudes there was a long and desperate siege, in which
+all the knights fell except one man. He held the commander at bay,
+who was so overpowered by the knight's bravery he offered him life and
+liberty if he would stop fighting and beg for mercy.
+
+"The templar's only answer was to throw his spear among the soldiers,
+and then was killed by throwing himself on their lances."
+
+Boppart was the next town of any interest, it being a walled town of
+Roman origin.
+
+The wall had crumbled away in many places, and houses had been built on
+the ruins.
+
+On the opposite side of the river was Bornhoffen, with its twin castles
+of Sternberg and Liebenstein, or "The Brothers."
+
+Mr. Winter told this legend, which runs that once a rich knight, with
+his two sons and one daughter, lived there, and were very rich in gold
+and lands, which the old knight had gained through wrong and robbery.
+All his neighbors felt sure that such ill-gotten wealth would bring him
+anything but blessings.
+
+The brothers inherited the avarice of the father; but the sister was
+lovely and gentle, like her mother. When the father died the brothers
+gave their sister much less than a third of the property. She gave hers
+to the cause of religion and went into a convent.
+
+The brothers, disappointed, disputed over their share, and at last fell
+in love with the same maiden, who did not hesitate to flirt with both
+and increase their jealousy. They finally fought and killed each other.
+
+Just as Mr. Winter finished his story, the guard of the train put his
+head into the car window, to say that the Lorely rock was nearly in
+sight.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VIII.
+
+THE LEGEND OF THE LORELY.
+
+
+Both girls jumped to their feet, for of course they were interested to
+see that famous rock where the water-nymph Lore was said to have lived.
+She would appear on the top of the rock, clothed in wonderful garments,
+and a veil of the color of the sea-green water reaching to her feet, to
+lure wicked people to destruction by her singing.
+
+The people who came to the foot of the rock were swallowed in the waves,
+while those who tried to climb to the top were either thrown back into
+the water or led through the dense woods, only to be days finding their
+way out of them.
+
+Lore was very kind to good people, having the fairy power of
+distinguishing good from evil.
+
+At last a young count, much to his father's unhappiness, saw and fell
+in love with her. He constantly went to gaze upon her, for she was very
+beautiful.
+
+He used to carry his zither and play and sing to her, until she finally
+caused the waves to rise so high that his boat was upset and broken. The
+count sank into the waves, and his attendants returned home to tell the
+father the sad news.
+
+The old count swore revenge, and was going to seize Lore and have her
+burnt. The next night he took some friends and surrounded the rock.
+
+When Lore appeared the old count said, "Where is my son?"
+
+Lore pointed to the waves, at the same time continuing to sing very
+sweetly.
+
+As soon as Lore had finished her song, she threw a stone into the river,
+which caused a wave to rise. She mounted it and sank from view with
+it, never to be seen again, though her singing was often heard by men
+passing by.
+
+The rock was formerly called Lorely, but is now Lurlei, and has a lovely
+echo said to be the gift of Lore.
+
+The girls were disappointed to see the water around the rock so very
+quiet--no whirlpool at all.
+
+When they saw that a cut had been made through the rock for railroad
+trains, all the romance was gone for them.
+
+Alice said, "O papa, how could anybody spoil that pretty story by
+running trains through the rock? If that is the way my romances are
+going to end I will not read any more."
+
+However, she soon saw a house built in the river, and wanted to know
+what it was and why it was there.
+
+"I know," said Nellie. "I was reading about it the other day."
+
+It is called the Pfalz, and was built by Louis of Bavaria in the
+thirteenth century, in order to exact tribute from passing vessels.
+
+Opposite is the town of Bacharach, the Ara Bacchi of the Romans, and has
+long been famous for its wines. In Longfellow's "Golden Legend" is the
+old rhyme,--
+
+  "At Bacharach on the Rhine,
+  At Hochheim on the Main,
+  And at Würzburg on the Stein,
+  Grow the three best kinds of wine."
+
+The Bacchus-Altar is to be found in this lovely country. It stands just
+below the town, but the water has to be very low to read the inscription
+(which is nearly illegible), as it is situated between the bank of the
+river and an islet.
+
+The Altar is supposed to have been erected by the Romans to their god of
+wine.
+
+Many other castles, some restored, but the most of them in ruins, were
+passed, before Assmanshausen, famous for its red wines, was reached.
+
+Mr. Winter said, "Now this ends what is called 'the great gorge of
+the Rhine,' and the river will broaden, and the open country, not very
+interesting, is before you."
+
+Just before reaching Bingen they saw the ruins of Ehrenfels, and in the
+middle of the river the Mausthurm, or "Mouse Tower."
+
+"O papa, I know the story of that tower," said Alice. "Can I tell it?"
+
+"We are only too glad to hear it," said her mamma.
+
+"Hatto was Bishop of Fulda, and wishing to be made Archbishop of
+Mayence, used every means in his power to accomplish his purpose. He
+succeeded, and became very ambitious, proud, and cruel. He taxed the
+poor to build for himself fine dwellings.
+
+[Illustration: MOUSE TOWER.--_Page 61._]
+
+"At last he built the tower in the river where it was very narrow, to
+compel all ships to pay him toll.
+
+"A famine set in, and he, having plenty of money, bought up everything
+and filled his granaries. He sold his stores at such high prices that
+only the rich could buy.
+
+"He paid no heed to the supplications of the famishing people, as he
+intended building a superb palace with his money.
+
+"One day when Hatto was entertaining friends at dinner, the starving
+people forced their way into the dining-hall and begged for food. He
+told them to go to a large barn where corn should be given them. When
+they were all inside, Hatto ordered the doors to be closed and fastened
+on the outside and the barn to be set on fire.
+
+"When their shrieks reached the dining-hall, Hatto turned to his guests
+and said, 'Hear how the corn-mice squeal: I do the same to rebels as I
+do to them.'
+
+"The wrath of Heaven was turned against him, for out of the ashes at the
+barn thousands of mice took their way to the palace, filling the rooms
+and attacking Hatto. Thousands were killed, but they steadily increased,
+and he was finally obliged to flee in terror of his life to a boat,
+still pursued by legions.
+
+"Hatto was ferried over the Rhine to the tower, but the mice perforated
+the walls, and fell on him by the thousands, and ate him up. They then
+disappeared, and the tower has been called the 'Mouse Tower' ever since.
+
+"It has never been used in any way, but stands as a warning to despotic
+people."
+
+Mr. Winter said, "Alice, you told that very well; but he was not such a
+very wicked man as the legend makes him. He was imperious and caused his
+people much suffering, but was the Emperor's confidant and was called
+the Heart of the King."
+
+Bingen is not a very interesting town, but has many walks and drives
+that are full of interest in every way.
+
+Directly opposite, on the heights of Niederwald, is the beautiful
+monument built to commemorate the restitution of the German Empire in
+1870-1871.
+
+Alice and Nellie did wish they could stop long enough to go up and see
+it, it looked so grand and mighty outlined against the sky. Mr. Winter
+said, "No, we must get to Mayence to-night."
+
+There was not much of interest after leaving Bingen, as the train left
+the river and the Rhine was not seen again until just before entering
+Mayence, where the Main flows most peacefully into it, making a very
+beautiful picture.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IX.
+
+MAYENCE TO NUREMBERG.
+
+
+Mr. Winter as usual had telegraphed to Mayence for rooms, and found very
+comfortable, large rooms ready for them in a new, pleasant hotel near
+the station.
+
+After resting a little while Mr. Winter said, "Who wants to go with me
+and take a drive around the city?"
+
+The entire party, even Mrs. Winter, who had thought she was too tired to
+go out again, said they would like to go.
+
+What a delightful drive they had, at the close of a warm, lovely day,
+around that interesting old city, with its wonderful fortifications! The
+view of the rivers at the base of the hill they thought as pretty as any
+they had seen all day.
+
+Mr. Winter told them what a very old city it was, a Roman camp having
+been laid there thirty-eight years before Christ.
+
+[Illustration: MAYENCE--GENERAL VIEW.--_Page 65._]
+
+The foundations may be said to date from fourteen years B.C., when
+Drusus built his extensive fortifications. There is a Roman monument
+forty-five feet high erected in honor of Drusus. There are also remains
+of a Roman aqueduct to be found outside the city.
+
+The cathedral was founded in 798. It has been burnt and restored six
+times, and is one of the grandest in Germany.
+
+Just outside the cathedral they saw a fine statue of Gutenberg, who is
+regarded by the Germans as the inventor of movable types for printing.
+
+Our party drove back to the hotel, had a nice supper, which was waiting
+for them, and went to bed feeling they had enjoyed that day more than
+any since leaving home.
+
+The next morning all were rested and eager to get to Nuremberg, the end
+of the trip. Mr. Winter, by some mistake, did not get the fast train,
+and as the one they took stopped very often, and the scenery was not
+very interesting, our party arrived in Nuremberg so tired they ate their
+supper and went directly to bed.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER X.
+
+NUREMBERG.
+
+
+In the morning Mr. Winter said, "I will give one day to you for
+sight-seeing, and then I must attend to business. You will have to spend
+the rest of your time going around with a guide or by yourselves."
+
+Alice was delighted with the old moat which was opposite her window, and
+wanted to look in it at once.
+
+Nellie felt the castle was of more importance, and could hardly wait
+to get there. The moat surrounds the old city, and now is rented to
+gardeners, who live in the old towers and cultivate the land in the
+moat.
+
+Our party started out to walk until they were tired, and kept on the
+sidewalk side of the moat, and thought it did look so pretty with
+everything so fresh and green. The cherry-trees were all white with
+their lovely blossoms, which grew even with the sidewalk.
+
+[Illustration: NUREMBERG WALLS.]
+
+Finally they went through an old gateway, which was said to be the one
+where a rope was kept in the olden time, to use on the bakers. If they
+did not give full weight, the bakers were tied to the end of a pole and
+dipped into the water several times. If poison was found in the bread,
+they were immediately drowned.
+
+As the ladies were getting tired, Mr. Winter called a carriage to drive
+them to the castle. As he could speak German, the driver told him many
+interesting things, and pointed out various objects of interest. He
+showed them one house that had been occupied by the same family for four
+hundred and fifty years.
+
+The churches of St. Sebald and St. Lawrence they admired very much on
+the outside, leaving the beauties of the interiors for another day. They
+passed one fountain called the Goose Man, and another, the Beautiful
+Fountain, built in 1385. Also, a fine statue of Hans Sachs, erected in
+1874, who was known through Germany as the cobbler-poet. It was from his
+life Wagner wrote the opera of the "Meistersinger."
+
+Soon the driver drew up his horses at a corner where a small house
+stood under a hill, called the Sausage Shop, for its wonderfully cooked
+sausages. It has been made famous by such men as Albert Dürer, the great
+artist, Hans Sachs, and the old burgomasters meeting there for their
+nightly mugs of beer and a sausage.
+
+[Illustration: ALBRECHT DÃœRER'S HOUSE.--_Page 74._]
+
+The statue of Albert Dürer, erected in 1840, is between the Sausage Shop
+and his old home. All the houses, with their deep, slanting roofs, were
+objects of interest, but most of all was that of Albert Dürer, which is
+the only house in Nuremberg that has not undergone some alteration.
+
+The house is now filled with many curiosities, some of them having
+belonged to Albert Dürer, and is open every day to visitors. The girls
+wanted to stop and go in at once, but Mr. Winter said, "No, we cannot
+stop now; we must get to the castle, and leave the house until we have
+more time."
+
+The castle stands very high, and they were obliged to drive up through
+very narrow and steep streets; but the horses were used to it, and Mrs.
+Winter finally overcame her nervousness.
+
+When the top of the hill was reached, there was a plateau where a
+beautiful view of the city was to be seen. They left the carriage here,
+and after looking at the scenery they walked on up to the castle.
+
+[Illustration: NUREMBERG CASTLE.]
+
+On the way they saw a small shed, and, on looking in, found it held the
+famous well. A young girl was there, who, in a parrot sort of way, told
+them that the well was built in the eleventh century, under Conrad II.,
+by convicts, and that it took thirty years to finish it. She told Mrs.
+Winter to hold a mirror in her hand while she lowered a candle, to show
+by the reflection in the mirror the depth of the well. It took just six
+seconds for water which she poured out of a glass to reach the water
+in the well. She told them it was four hundred and fifty feet deep, and
+they all believed her.
+
+In the courtyard of the castle they saw an old linden tree growing,
+which is said to have been planted by Empress Kunigunde eight hundred
+years ago.
+
+The castle they found quite interesting without being very elegant. A
+lady in charge of it told them many things of interest about the castle
+and the city.
+
+She told them that the first records of Nuremberg date from 1050. In
+1105 the town was besieged, conquered, and destroyed by Henry V., again
+besieged in 1127 by Emperor Lothar, from which time imperial officials
+appeared who took the title of Burggrafer.
+
+Frederick I. (Barbarossa), under whom the burg was enlarged, frequently
+lived here from 1156 to 1188. Rudolph von Hapsburg held his first diet
+here in 1274, and often visited the town.
+
+Under Emperor Karl IV. the first stone bridge was built, and the streets
+were paved.
+
+The first fundamental law of the empire was formed by him, and is known
+as the "Golden Bull." It was framed in Nuremberg in 1356, and is still
+kept in Frankfort.
+
+According to this law, every German emperor was obliged to spend his
+first day of government in Nuremberg.
+
+His government was very favorable to Nuremberg in every way.
+
+The four large towers were built 1555 to 1568, after a plan designed by
+Albert Dürer. The town reached its highest artistic development in
+the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, under such men as Albert Dürer,
+A. Krafft, Herman Fischer, and many others.
+
+Goblets and many such objects of art were made here at that time. In
+1649 Nuremberg displayed its last splendor. Commerce had been ruined by
+different wars. In 1806 it was made a matter of rejoicing when it came
+under the crown of Bavaria. King Ludwig first revived art, and trade
+made a start.
+
+In 1835 the first railroad was opened to Fürth. In 1855 King Max II.
+with his family lived here, and the Imperial Burg was offered to him as
+a present by the town.
+
+The lady also told them that the five-cornered tower, which is the
+oldest building in Nuremberg and connected with the castle, contained a
+collection of instruments of torture. Among them is the iron virgin, a
+figure of a woman, which opens and is full of spikes. The poor victim
+would be shut up in its clutches.
+
+None of our party felt like visiting that horrible place, so they
+thanked the woman, and took some last looks at the beautiful views to
+be seen from the windows. To their surprise they found it was noon-time,
+and as everything in Nuremberg is closed for an hour and a half
+at mid-day, they were driven back to the Wurtemberger Hof, their
+comfortable hotel, where everything possible was done for their
+pleasure.
+
+After a good dinner and a rest, Mr. Winter said he thought, as his time
+was so limited, he would like to visit the Town Hall and St. John's
+Cemetery. A guide was found, and they started out with more enthusiasm
+than ever.
+
+The guide told them that the Town Hall was built in the years from 1616
+to 1619, in Italian style. He pointed out to them a fine picture by
+Paul Ritter, painted in 1882, to represent the act of the arrival of
+the German Emperor's Insignia in Nuremberg. The guide also showed them
+several pictures of Dürer's representing the triumphal procession of
+Emperor Maximilian. His pictures are, many of them, very indistinct.
+
+They were taken into a room where the wedding couples go to sign their
+marriage contracts.
+
+Mr. Winter was more interested than the girls, and Mrs. Winter was so
+tired they were glad enough to get in the carriage and be driven to the
+famous old cemetery.
+
+For some blocks before reaching the entrance are paintings of Christ,
+representing the last days of his life.
+
+At the gateway are the three statues of Christ and the two thieves
+nailed to the cross.
+
+The guide showed them the graves of Dürer and Sachs, and one of a man
+who had been killed, while asleep, by his wife hammering a nail in
+his head. There was a bronze skull, with the nail in it just where she
+killed him.
+
+Another interesting bronze was the figure of a woman with a lizard on a
+perch, which, when touched, turns towards the woman's figure and shows
+where she was bitten in the neck by the lizard that killed her.
+
+The girls thought that very quaint and more interesting than any they
+saw, though there were many very beautifully carved, and, being of
+bronze, were of great value.
+
+While our party was wandering through the cemetery a funeral was taking
+place, and as the entire service was intoned, it was very impressive.
+
+Mr. Winter said as they entered the carriage, "You have had enough
+sight-seeing for to-day, and we will drive home and talk over all the
+wonderful and interesting things we have seen and heard to-day."
+
+
+[Illustration: NUREMBERG.]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XI.
+
+NUREMBERG.--_Continued._
+
+
+The following morning Mr. Winter left the ladies, who walked aimlessly,
+not caring much where they went, it was all so full of interest to them.
+
+Accidentally they visited quite an interesting place called the Preller
+House. It was built three hundred years ago by a Venetian nobleman, and
+is now used as a furniture warehouse. There is a chapel in it, and some
+of the old furniture still remains.
+
+The ceilings are very fine, and in two of the rooms were only discovered
+when the present occupants were having gas-pipes put in the house.
+
+Mr. Winter did not come home to dinner, and in the afternoon Mrs. Winter
+and the girls went to the Museum, where they found more to interest
+them than anywhere they had been. It had a very large and interesting
+collection of paintings and antiquities, but the girls enjoyed seeing
+the old cloister--the first they had ever seen.
+
+That evening when Mr. Winter came home, he told his wife that he
+should only be obliged to remain one more day, and they must entertain
+themselves again without him.
+
+The next morning Mrs. Winter took a guide with them, as she wished to
+visit some of the shops where they could collect some curiosities.
+
+They also went to the Market square, where the poor people can buy
+everything they need at very reasonable prices.
+
+Mrs. Winter then said, "Now, girls, we will visit those churches of
+which we have only seen the outside."
+
+The guide took them first to St. Lawrence's Church.
+
+This church, he told them, was mentioned as early as 1006, and had
+the handsomest artistic decoration of any of the celebrated churches
+throughout Germany. The finest portion is the choir, with a vaulted roof
+supported by slender pillars from which the arches are formed like palm
+branches.
+
+The guide wished them particularly to look at the Gothic bronze
+chandelier, which weighs four hundred and eighty-two pounds, and was
+cast by Peter Vischer in 1489.
+
+The girls were charmed by the seven windows of the choir, which are
+considered the best examples of Nuremberg glass-painting from 1450
+to 1490. The last window, called the Emperor's, was presented by the
+citizens of Nuremberg in memory of the restitution of the German Empire.
+It was put in the 22d of March, 1881. Mrs. Winter was much interested in
+some beautiful tapestries representing the lives of St. Lawrence and St.
+Catharine, and are over four hundred years old.
+
+There were many more paintings of much interest, some of them Albert
+Dürer's. As they were leaving, the girls saw some richly carved chairs
+by the doors, and asked the guide why they were there.
+
+He told them that they formerly belonged to the guilds, and the masters
+sat in them, in turn, to receive alms.
+
+From this church our party was driven to St. Sebaldus's, which was
+finished in the tenth century. One of the most interesting things they
+saw was the font, which was remarkable not only as the first product
+of Nuremberg's foundries, but as having been used to christen King
+Wenceslas of Bohemia, in 1361.
+
+There were more paintings of Dürer's to be seen here, but the finest
+work was the sepulchre of St. Sebaldus in the centre of the choir. It
+is the most extensive work German art has ever produced, and was cast by
+Peter Vischer and his five sons.
+
+"It was commenced in 1508 and completed in 1519. It rests on twelve
+snails, having four dolphins at its corners, the whole forming a pagan
+temple adorned with the Twelve Apostles. It is surmounted by twelve
+smaller figures, and finally by an infant Christ holding a globus in
+his hand, the latter being a key of the whole monument, when it is to
+be rent asunder. There is also a fine portrait of Peter Vischer in this
+church."
+
+Of course there were many more objects of interest to be seen, but Mrs.
+Winter thought they had seen enough; so they were driven home to dinner.
+
+In the afternoon they took a drive out of the city to a beer-garden
+situated at the side of a pretty lake. They had some tea, and walked on
+the borders of the lake quite a distance. Mrs. Winter said, "I wish
+we had such a quiet, pretty place near home where we could spend an
+afternoon as delightfully as we have here."
+
+That evening Nellie said, "Dear Mrs. Winter, how can I ever thank you
+and your husband for this trip? Mamma could not have come, and never
+shall I forget what I have enjoyed through your kindness."
+
+Mrs. Winter told her that the pleasure she had given them was more than
+hers, as it had added so much to Alice's happiness.
+
+Alice said, "Now, mamma, will you not add to our pleasures by repeating
+Longfellow's beautiful poem on Nuremberg before we go to bed?"
+
+"Dear Mrs. Winter, please do," said Nellie. "I have never heard of it,
+but I know it must be very lovely."
+
+"Very well," said Mrs. Winter. "I certainly never knew a more
+appropriate time to recite it than now."
+
+The girls gathered around her in the twilight as she sweetly
+commenced:--
+
+  In the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow-lands
+  Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands.
+
+  Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song,
+  Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them
+          throng:
+
+  Memories of the Middle Ages, when the emperors, rough and bold,
+  Had their dwelling in the castle, time defying, centuries old;
+
+  And thy brave and thrifty burghers boasted, in their uncouth rhyme,
+  That their great imperial city stretched its hand through every clime.
+
+  In the courtyard of the castle, bound with many an iron band,
+  Stands the mighty linden planted by Queen Cunigunde's hand;
+
+  On the square the oriel window, where in old heroic days
+  Sat the poet Melchior singing Kaiser Maximilian's praise.
+
+  Everywhere I see around me rise the wondrous world of Art--
+  Fountains wrought with richest sculpture standing in the common mart;
+
+  And above cathedral doorways saints and bishops carved in stone,
+  By a former age commissioned as apostles to our own.
+
+  In the church of sainted Sebald sleeps enshrined his holy dust,
+  And in bronze the Twelve Apostles guard from age to age their trust;
+
+  In the church of sainted Lawrence stands a pix of sculpture rare,
+  Like the foamy sheaf of fountains, rising through the painted air.
+
+  Here, when Art was still religion, with a simple, reverent heart,
+  Lived and labored Albrecht Dürer, the Evangelist of Art;
+
+  Hence in silence and in sorrow, toiling still with busy hand,
+  Like an emigrant he wandered, seeking for the Better Land;
+
+  _Emigravit_ is the inscription on the tombstone where he lies;
+  Dead he is not, but departed,--for the artist never dies.
+
+  Fairer seems the ancient city, and the sunshine seems more fair,
+  That he once has trod its pavement, that he once has breathed its air.
+
+  Through these streets, so broad and stately, these obscure and
+          dismal lanes,
+  Walked of yore the Mastersingers, chanting rude poetic strains.
+
+  From remote and sunless suburbs came they to the friendly guild,
+  Building nests in Fame's great temple, as in spouts the swallows
+          build.
+
+  As the weaver plied the shuttle, wove he too the mystic rhyme,
+  And the smith his iron measures hammered to the anvil's chime;
+
+  Thanking God, whose boundless wisdom makes the flowers of poesy bloom
+  In the forge's dust and cinders, in the tissues of the loom.
+
+  Here Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet, laureate of the gentle craft,
+  Wisest of the Twelve Wise Masters, in huge folios sang and laughed;
+
+  But his house is now an ale-house, with a nicely sanded floor,
+  And a garland in the window, and his face above the door;
+
+  Painted by some humble artist, as in Adam Puschman's song,
+  As the old man, gray and dove-like, with his great beard white and
+          long,
+
+  And at night the swart mechanic comes to drown his cash and care,
+  Quaffing ale from pewter tankards, in the master's antique chair.
+
+  Vanished is the ancient splendor, and before my dreamy eye
+  Wave these mingling shapes and figures, like a faded tapestry.
+
+  Not thy councils, not thy Kaisers, win for thee the world's regard;
+  But thy painter, Albrecht Dürer, and Hans Sachs thy cobbler-bard.
+
+  Thus, O Nuremberg, a wanderer from a region far away,
+  As he paced thy streets and courtyards, sang in thought his careless
+          lay;
+
+  Gathering from the pavement's crevice, as a floweret of the soil,
+  The nobility of labor--the long pedigree of toil.
+
+"How very beautiful!" said Nellie. "Thank you so much, Mrs. Winter, for
+reciting it to us. I shall learn it myself when I get home, trusting I
+may sometime give as much pleasure to another as you have given me."
+
+Mr. Winter said, "Why, Agnes, I never heard you recite that poem so
+well."
+
+"I never did," said his wife; "for I never truly felt it before."
+
+"Thank you, mamma dear," said Alice. "Now we will go to bed, feeling
+all the happier for the lovely poem which has put our best thoughts into
+words."
+
+
+[Illustration: STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL--SIDE VIEW.]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XII.
+
+STRASBOURG.
+
+
+Mrs. Winter was very anxious to travel to Paris by the way of
+Strasbourg, as she had always wished to see the cathedral with its
+wonderful clock.
+
+Mr. Winter made inquiries and found that was decidedly the best way to
+go, which was a great delight to them all.
+
+Our party left Nuremberg early in the morning, sorry to see the last of
+the most interesting city they had seen thus far on their trip. Nellie,
+who was looking forward to meeting her father and mother in Paris, was
+quite happy to make a move in that direction.
+
+The first part of the trip was not very interesting, but the latter was
+delightful, and as they had a compartment to themselves the girls could
+enjoy the view from both sides of the train. A change of cars was made
+at a place where there was hardly anything but the station and the
+railroad interests. Here they ate a cold lunch from the counter, though
+there were some hot dishes on a table; but they did not look very
+tempting.
+
+The spire of the Strasbourg Cathedral could be seen some time before
+reaching the station, and well it might, being four hundred and
+sixty-six feet high, and by some authorities said to be the highest in
+the world.
+
+The fortifications had been so fine at Mayence our party was surprised
+to find others much finer here, many of them being new, having been
+built at the time of the French and German war in 1870.
+
+The engineering of some of them is particularly fine, as they are made
+to be opened, so that all the surrounding country can be flooded if
+necessary.
+
+The train wound round the city, giving them a fine view of the
+fortifications and the soldiers being drilled in many of the enclosures.
+
+Strasbourg was one of the most important cities during the last war, and
+a great portion of it was destroyed. One side of the cathedral was badly
+damaged, but is now thoroughly restored.
+
+Mr. Winter took his family to a small hotel on the square near the
+station, having been recommended there by the manager of the hotel at
+Nuremberg. He found it very comfortable, and every possible attention
+was shown them.
+
+Arriving about five o'clock, there was plenty of time to be driven
+around the city. Of course they started for the cathedral, but on the
+way the driver stopped the carriage to point out one of the highest
+chimneys on one of the tallest houses, where the storks had built a
+nest.
+
+He also told them how the storks arrive every spring and build their
+nests, and then leave in the fall with their young, to return the next
+spring with their families no larger nor smaller than when they go
+away. What becomes of the surplus is a great question--whether they only
+increase sufficiently to fill the vacancies caused by death or old age,
+or that the young ones found colonies in other countries.
+
+The storks are held in great reverence by mankind, and are never harmed.
+Indeed, it is considered good fortune to the inmates of a house when a
+nest is built on one of its chimneys.
+
+The driver told a story of one man who gave up the use of his room an
+entire winter, rather than destroy a nest which two storks had built
+over the top of his chimney, and thus prevented his building a fire.
+
+As they approached the cathedral Alice said, "Why, papa, where is the
+clock? I cannot see it at all."
+
+[Illustration: STRASBOURG STORKS.--_Page 94._]
+
+"I do not know," said Mr. Winter; "but it certainly is there somewhere."
+
+The driver took them to the front of the building, where they were met
+by a guide, who showed them the beauties of the outside architecture
+and the many statues of the apostles and saints. He told them that the
+cathedral was commenced in 1015 and finished in 1601.
+
+The guide showed them the plateau half-way up the height of the steeple,
+and told them that it is used by men who watch for fires all the time.
+The citizens are so proud of the cathedral that they have it dusted and
+washed inside very frequently.
+
+"Where is the clock?" said Mrs. Winter, as soon as the guide stopped
+talking long enough for her to speak a word.
+
+The man did not answer, but took them around to a side door, where,
+after receiving his tip, he left them and walked away.
+
+At first they did not know what to do, but Mrs. Winter said, "I think we
+had better go inside if we can."
+
+In they went, and right by the door was the clock. A fine-looking man
+dressed elegantly met them. He proved to be a finely educated Swiss, and
+he explained the various wonders of the clock.
+
+[Illustration: STRASBOURG--CATHEDRAL CLOCK.--_Page 96._]
+
+He told them that the clock was built three hundred years ago, and was
+to run a certain number of years. It shows all fête days for all those
+years, tells the changes of the moon, eclipses--in fact, everything that
+one could imagine.
+
+The apostles do not all come out and walk around except at noon, but as
+it was quarter before six our party saw three men move.
+
+The clock stops at six at night and then commences again at six in the
+morning.
+
+Mrs. Winter said the longer she looked at it, the more wonderful it
+seemed to her that any man could think of so many things.
+
+The guide also told them that the man who first conceived the idea of
+the clock became totally blind when it was nearly completed. Of course
+he could work no more, and it was never thought the clock would be
+finished.
+
+He lived thirty years, and after his death another man was found
+who thought he could complete it. He succeeded, and was paid by the
+government for his time and work.
+
+Mrs. Winter said, "I think it is the most wonderful thing I ever saw,
+and I do not know which man I admire the most--the one who conceived
+such a work, or the man who could carry out such marvellous thoughts of
+a man whom he had never met."
+
+After leaving the cathedral our party was driven around the city. The
+old part they found very quaint and picturesque, with its high and
+sloping roofs. The new part, built by the Germans, was very handsome,
+some of the buildings, like the palace, conservatory of music, and the
+post-office, being particularly fine.
+
+The driver told them that one of the great interests there was the
+making of _pâté de foie gras_. It is made from the livers of geese
+which are fed in such a way that the liver grows abnormally large, often
+weighing three pounds.
+
+He also told them that many of the French people are still very bitter
+against the Germans, even pulling down their shades to the windows if a
+regiment should march by the house.
+
+On their return to the hotel, the manager told Mr. Winter he would have
+a very quick and comfortable journey to Paris if he took the Orient
+express which runs between Constantinople and Paris. It would leave
+Strasbourg three hours later than the ordinary train, and would arrive
+in Paris some hours before it.
+
+Mr. Winter engaged a compartment at once, and the next day had a very
+enjoyable trip, though it was a very long one. The first part of the
+route, over mountains and through ravines, was very delightful; but
+after getting into France it was flat and uninteresting.
+
+They passed through Epérgny, which was interesting for its vines, which
+covered the fields for many miles. From these grapes champagne is made.
+
+Paris was reached at six o'clock, and their hotel, which had been
+recommended by friends, was found to be very homelike.
+
+The Fords were there waiting for them, and were as glad to see Nellie as
+she was glad to be with them again.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XIII.
+
+HOMEWARD BOUND.
+
+
+That evening after Nellie had told her mamma some of her pleasant
+experiences, Mr. Winter said, "Now we have just five days to spend in
+Paris, and you must decide what you would most like to do. Mr. Ford and
+I are entirely at your disposal."
+
+Guidebooks were brought out and studied, and after many discussions
+their plans were settled for each day.
+
+On Thursday morning they went to the Louvre, feeling there would be so
+many pictures to see they had better visit it first.
+
+How tired they did get sliding around on those slippery floors,
+trying to see the nine miles of pictures, many of which were quite
+uninteresting to them all.
+
+In the afternoon Mr. Winter took his wife and the girls in a carriage,
+and started for the Bois de Boulogne. When the Place de la Concorde
+was reached, with its monolithic obelisk of Luxor, and fountains and
+statues, with the gardens of the Tuileries one side, and the Champs
+Élysées on the other, the girls both exclaimed, "How beautiful!" but
+Nellie added, "When I think of all the horrors that have taken place
+here it loses some of its loveliness to me."
+
+[Illustration: PLACE DE LA CONCORDE.]
+
+The drive through the Champs Élysées they thought very beautiful, and
+when they reached the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, the most beautiful in
+the world, their admiration knew no bounds.
+
+Mr. Winter said, "Alice, what do you know about this?"
+
+Alice answered that "It was commenced by Napoleon I. in 1806 and
+finished by Louis Philippe, and cost over two millions of dollars. It is
+about one hundred and fifty feet high, and the same in breadth, and the
+central arch is ninety feet high."
+
+"Very good, my dear; you know that lesson very well," said her papa.
+
+From there to the Bois everything was full of interest to them, and the
+drive around the Cascade Alice thought particularly lovely.
+
+Nellie said, "It is not kept up as nicely as I like to see a park. They
+had better make Central Park a visit, and see its nicely cut lawns and
+trimmed bushes."
+
+On their way home they were driven through the Place Vendôme, with its
+magnificent column in the centre.
+
+Nellie said, "I can tell you a little about that, Mr. Winter, if you
+would like me to."
+
+"Of course I should," said Mr. Winter.
+
+"It is one hundred and forty feet high, and was also built by
+Napoleon I. It was pulled down by the Communists in 1871, but has since
+been restored."
+
+The girls felt quite at home historically in Paris, as all these
+interesting things were very fresh in their minds.
+
+In the evening, being very near the Palais Royale, which was built for
+Cardinal Richelieu, they thought it would be a pleasant way to pass
+their evening to go and walk around and gaze into the shop windows. The
+ladies were too tired, so the gentlemen took the girls, and they had a
+delightful time. Alice told her mamma on her return that she enjoyed it,
+but did not care to go again; she had seen so much jewelry, all alike,
+that it was actually tiresome.
+
+Friday morning they drove to the Palais du Luxembourg, which has been
+prison, palace, senate-house, and is now noted for its sculptures and
+paintings.
+
+Our party enjoyed it much more than the Louvre, as the paintings were so
+many of them modern and very familiar to them.
+
+At the back of the garden they saw the statue of Marshal Ney, on the
+very spot where he was shot.
+
+Being on that side of the river, they visited the Church of the Hôtel
+des Invalides to see the tomb of Napoleon I. It was directly under the
+dome, and the softened lights all around made it very beautiful.
+
+After being driven home and having lunch, they walked to the Madeleine,
+the most magnificent of modern churches.
+
+Mrs. Winter said, "This is very beautiful, but I do like the solemnity
+of some of the older churches I have seen very much better."
+
+Leaving there, they walked through some of those wide and interesting
+boulevards, watching the people and carriages and gazing into the
+fascinating shop-windows.
+
+Mr. Ford said, "I thought I had seen in New York some florists' windows
+that could not be improved, but I find I was mistaken. Never have I seen
+such windows as these."
+
+When too tired to walk any farther, carriages were called, and they were
+driven to the Cathedral of Notre Dame, built on an island in the Seine;
+from there to the Panthéon, which Alice said "looked like a barn, and
+was cold and inhospitable."
+
+The most interesting thing about it was, that such celebrated men as
+Victor Hugo, Marat, Voltaire, Mirabeau, and Rousseau had been buried
+there. The Hôtel de Ville, recently restored, they passed on their way
+home.
+
+The evening was given to the Hippodrome, which is quite the thing to do
+in Paris, and is wonderfully fine.
+
+The drive there was like a picture of fairyland, with the bright lights
+and trees and glimpses of the river.
+
+Saturday was devoted to shopping, a great deal of it being done at the
+Magasin de Louvre and the Bon Marché. The buildings are immense, and
+there is everything to be found in them that one could possibly desire.
+
+That evening it was decided to go to the opera at the Grand Opera House,
+the most beautiful one in the world. The girls were so excited they
+could not eat any dinner, for it was their first appearance.
+
+Faust was the opera given, and a wonderful ballet followed it. Between
+the opera and ballet they all went outside and looked down at the men on
+horseback, stationed like sentinels outside the building.
+
+Before them was the whole length of the Rue de l'Opera a blaze of light.
+Alice said, "Nothing yet has been as delightful as this evening."
+
+Sunday was bright and clear, much to the delight of our sight-seers, as
+they were going to Versailles. They decided on Sunday, as the fountains
+were advertised to play, and all were very anxious to see them.
+
+They drove there and enjoyed every moment, especially when passing St.
+Cloud. They saw all it was possible to see in one day, but felt as if it
+was very little, after all.
+
+They went through the palace as fast as they could, but any one knows
+who has been there that with those glossy floors it took time.
+
+The room devoted to war pictures they did not care for, but were much
+interested in Marie Antoinette's private rooms, which were so very
+small, and also in the place where the Swiss Guards were killed in
+defending her.
+
+The state apartments were very elegant, especially the Galerie de Glace,
+where the German emperor was proclaimed emperor in the late war.
+
+Of course the girls were eager to get to the Great and Little Trianon.
+They were disappointed in the size and simplicity of their furnishings.
+The rooms, however, were so full of historical interest that their
+disappointment was forgotten, and they thought they could have spent all
+their time in the two houses.
+
+In the coach-house were seen some very curious old state coaches used by
+Charles X. and Napoleon I. and many other sovereigns.
+
+The man in charge was almost as much of a curiosity as the coaches, he
+told his stories in such an interesting manner, laughing heartily at his
+own jokes.
+
+[Illustration: PETIT TRIANON.--_Page 108._]
+
+The drive home was delightful, but they were all too tired to say very
+much. After a good dinner, the two girls talked as fast as magpies over
+the delights of the day. Being like most girls, Marie Antoinette was one
+of the most interesting characters in French history, and they talked of
+her and her sad life, feeling almost as if they had lived a portion of
+it with her, in the quiet retreat and lovely gardens of Versailles.
+
+Mr. Winter said to his wife, "I have really finished my business this
+side of the water, and unless you would like to remain in London three
+or four more days for the 'Etruria,' we can catch the 'Teutonic' next
+Wednesday."
+
+Mrs. Winter said she would like to go home on the "Teutonic" very much,
+but did not like to leave Mr. and Mrs. Ford, as they had made all their
+arrangements to go home together.
+
+Mr. Ford said, "We are delighted to shorten the trip, as I ought to be
+at home now; but we did not like to break up the party."
+
+"Very well," said Mr. Winter. "We will go out and telegraph to Liverpool
+for state-rooms."
+
+Alice said to her mamma, "I wonder if we can like the 'Teutonic' as well
+as we did the 'Etruria' that brought us over the seas so safely."
+
+Monday was devoted to visiting the Salon, where they saw so many
+pictures that they came away with a very vague idea of what they had
+seen, but all agreed they preferred the English pictures of the present
+day to those of the French.
+
+Tuesday night saw our party again in London, but at the Savoy Hotel,
+where they had delightful rooms overlooking the river.
+
+Wednesday at eleven o'clock our happy party took the special train
+which connects with the fast steamers, and at four o'clock were on the
+"Teutonic" and starting for home.
+
+A lovely night down to Queenstown, where the steamer stops for the
+mails. While waiting the next morning, Mr. Winter and Mr. Ford took
+Alice and Nellie on shore in the tug, and gave them a nice drive in a
+jaunting car.
+
+The girls did not enjoy the drive very much, but were glad of the
+experience.
+
+The ladies were very much interested in the boats which came out to
+the "Teutonic" with women who had laces and small articles to sell. The
+things were sent up to the deck in baskets, on ropes, which were tossed
+up for the passengers to catch. Some of the Irish girls were very
+bright, and made very good sales.
+
+[Illustration: THAMES EMBANKMENT.--_Page 111._]
+
+At last the tug with the mails arrived, and was attached to the steamer
+at once. Both went down the harbor until the passengers, among them our
+party, and the mails had been transferred. The girls were uneasy until
+they were with their mothers.
+
+At two o'clock the tug left them, and then, indeed, it seemed as if they
+had started for home.
+
+One bad stormy day, some foggy and some delightful ones, fell to their
+share. No one of their party was sick, and they thought the steamer
+delightful. Much as they had liked the "Etruria," it was decided by all
+that the "Teutonic" would be their steamer in the future.
+
+New York was reached on Wednesday afternoon, and at night the entire
+party was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, feeling very glad to get safely
+across the ocean again. They had become such good friends it was very
+hard to separate.
+
+However, a promise was made by the Fords to visit Mr. and Mrs. Winter
+before the summer was over.
+
+Thursday night the Winters could have been found in their own home,
+all very happy, and feeling that the following years would be fuller
+of interest in every way for the experiences, most of them pleasant, of
+their charming trip to Nuremberg and back.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+[Transcriber's Notes
+
+
+All words printed in small capitals have been converted to uppercase
+characters.
+
+The following modifications have been made,
+
+  Page 18:
+  "fairy-land" changed to "fairyland"
+  (it was like a glimpse of fairyland)
+
+  Page 74:
+  "bergomasters" changed to "burgomasters"
+  (the old burgomasters meeting there for their nightly mugs)
+
+  Page 76:
+  "Runigunde" changed to "Kunigunde"
+  (planted by Empress Kunigunde eight hundred years ago)
+
+  Page 78:
+  "Firth" changed to "Fürth"
+  (the first railroad was opened to Fürth)
+
+  Page 113:
+  "Mr. and Mr." changed to "Mr. and Mrs."
+  (to visit Mr. and Mrs. Winter)]
+
+
+
+
+
+
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-<div class="illustration margtopmedium">

-  <a class="pagenum" name="page_004"> </a>

-  <img src="images/p004i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">

-  FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, NEW YORK.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_018">18</a>.</p>

-</div>

-

-

-<h1><a class="pagenum" name="page_005"> </a>

-<span class="smcaps"><span class="xsmall uppercase">To</span><br />

-Nuremberg and <span class="capitalize">back</span></span></h1>

-

-<p class="front xxlarge">A Girl's Holiday</p>

-

-<p class="front"><span class="xsmall">BY</span><br />

-<b>AMY NEALLY</b></p>

-

-<p class="front small"><i>ILLUSTRATED</i></p>

-

-<p class="front">NEW YORK<br />

-E. P. DUTTON &amp; COMPANY<br />

-<span class="xsmall">31 <span class="smcaps">West Twenty-third Street</span></span><br />

-<span class="small">1892</span></p>

-

-<p class="front xsmall"><a class="pagenum" name="page_006"> </a>

-Copyright, 1892<br />

-<span class="smcaps">By E. P. Dutton and Company</span></p>

-

-

-

-

-<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_007" title="7"> </a>

-CONTENTS.</h2>

-

-

-<table summary="contents" border="0" cellpadding="3">

-

-<tr class="xsmall">

-  <td align="right">CHAPTER</td>

-  <td colspan="2" align="right">PAGE</td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td align="right">I.</td>

-  <td><span class="smcaps">An Unexpected Pleasure</span></td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_011">11</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td align="right">II.</td>

-  <td><span class="smcaps">New York for the First Time</span></td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_019">19</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td align="right">III.</td>

-  <td><span class="smcaps">Life on a Steamer</span></td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_025">25</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td align="right">IV.</td>

-  <td><span class="smcaps">A First Glimpse of England</span></td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_032">32</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td align="right">V.</td>

-  <td><span class="smcaps">A Week in London</span></td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_036">36</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td align="right">VI.</td>

-  <td><span class="smcaps">Off for the Continent</span></td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_044">44</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td align="right">VII.</td>

-  <td><span class="smcaps">Up the Rhine</span></td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_050">50</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td align="right">VIII.</td>

-  <td><span class="smcaps">The Legend of the Lorely</span></td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_058">58</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td align="right">IX.</td>

-  <td><span class="smcaps">Mayence to Nuremberg</span></td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_066">66</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td align="right">X.</td>

-  <td><span class="smcaps">Nuremberg</span></td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_070">70</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td align="right">XI.</td>

-  <td><span class="smcaps">Nuremberg.</span>&mdash;<i>Continued</i></td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_082">82</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td align="right">XII.</td>

-  <td><span class="smcaps">Strasbourg</span></td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_091">91</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td align="right">XIII.</td>

-  <td><span class="smcaps">Homeward Bound</span></td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_101">101</a></td>

-</tr>

-

-</table>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_008" title="8"> </a></p>

-

-

-

-<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_009" title="9"> </a>

-LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.</h2>

-

-<table summary="illustrations" border="0" cellpadding="2">

-

-<tr class="xsmall">

-  <td colspan="2" align="right">PAGE</td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York</td>

-  <td align="right" class="small"><i><a href="#page_004">Frontispiece</a></i></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">The Great Steamer backed out into the River</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_022">22</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Houses of Parliament</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_029">29</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Nelson Column</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_036">36</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Tower of London</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_041">41</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Hampton Court</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_042">42</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Brussels Bourse</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_047">47</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Cologne Cathedral</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_051">51</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Lahneck Castle</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_055">55</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Mouse Tower</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_062">62</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Mayence&mdash;general view</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_067">67</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Nuremberg Walls</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_071">71</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Albrecht Dürer's House</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_073">73</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Nuremberg Castle</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_075">75</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Nuremberg</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_082">82</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Strasbourg Cathedral&mdash;side view</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_091">91</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Strasbourg Storks</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_095">95</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Strasbourg-Cathedral Clock</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_097">97</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Place de la Concorde</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_102">102</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Petit Trianon</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_109">109</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-  <td class="smcaps">Thames Embankment</td>

-  <td align="right"><a href="#page_112">112</a></td>

-</tr>

-

-</table>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_010" title="10"> </a></p>

-

-

-

-<p class="pagebreak front margtoplarge xlarge">

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_011" title="11"> </a>

-TO NUREMBERG AND BACK.</p>

-

-<p class="front">A GIRL'S HOLIDAY.</p>

-

-

-

-

-<h2 class="nopagebreak">CHAPTER I.<br />

-

-<span class="small">AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE.</span></h2>

-

-

-<p>One day in the early spring, Alice Winter came

-home from school, and, after the usual question

-at the door, "Is mamma at home?" rushed

-upstairs, and found to her great surprise that her

-papa was at home, talking very earnestly to Mrs.

-Winter.</p>

-

-<p>When Alice came into the room, Mr. Winter

-stopped talking, and she wondered very much what

-they could have been talking about so earnestly, as

-all she heard was her papa asking, "Do you think

-we had better take her with us?"</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_012" title="12"> </a>

-"Why, papa! What is the matter? Are you

-going away? Are you sick? What made you come

-home so early?" were the questions which Alice

-gave rapidly, without waiting for an answer.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter said, "Yes, dear, I am obliged to go

-to Nuremberg, Germany, on business immediately,

-and mamma is trying to make up her mind

-whether it is best for her to go with me. She

-does not like to leave you for so long a time, and

-we do not think it wise to take you with us,

-when you are getting on at school so nicely."</p>

-

-<p>"O papa, please take me with you. I shall

-learn just as much on such a lovely trip as at

-school, and you know I can take care of mamma,

-and keep her from being lonely when you are busy.

-O papa, please ask mamma to let me go. I

-should be so unhappy to stay without you, even

-with dear Aunt Edith, and I know there is where

-you would send me."</p>

-

-<p>"Alice, dear, go to your room and get ready for

-dinner, and leave us to talk it over," said Mr.

-Winter. "My dear little daughter knows that no

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_013" title="13"> </a>

-matter which way we decide, it will be as we

-think is best for all of us. You know it is as

-hard for us to leave you as it will be for you to

-let us go."</p>

-

-<p>Alice left the room without another word, with her

-heart beating very fast from the excitement of it all.</p>

-

-<p>The thought of going to Europe across the great

-ocean was a very happy one to a bright girl of

-fifteen who was studying all the time about the

-places she would visit and the objects of interest

-she would see, if her papa would only decide to

-take her.</p>

-

-<p>Alice sat down by the window of her pretty

-room, and looked out on the village street, far away

-in the northern part of the State of New York.

-She wondered how the ocean looked, as she had

-never seen any larger body of water than that of

-Lake Erie, when she went with her mother to make

-a visit in Cleveland.</p>

-

-<p>She also wondered if her state-room on the

-steamer would be as large as the room she was in;

-also, would she be sick, and how would all those

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_014" title="14"> </a>

-wonderful cities look; if they could be as beautiful

-as the pictures she had seen of them.</p>

-

-<p>Then she remembered that only last week she had

-been studying about the quaint old city of Nuremberg,

-and wishing she could go there and see all

-its curiosities.</p>

-

-<p>Alice was startled by the dinner-bell, and could

-not even wait to brush her hair, she was so anxious

-to know what her papa had decided.</p>

-

-<p>As Alice went into the dining-room with a very

-wistful look in her deep-brown eyes, Mr. Winter

-said, "Well, dear, we have decided to take you

-with us, and as it is now Wednesday, and we sail

-Saturday from New York on the 'Etruria,' you

-will be very busy getting ready, and you must help

-your mamma all you can."</p>

-

-<p>Alice threw her arms around Mr. Winter's neck,

-crying with joy, saying at the same time, "Oh, you

-dear, darling papa, how kind and good you are, and

-how I do love you!"</p>

-

-<p>After kissing him again and again, she went to

-her mamma and nearly smothered her with kisses.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_015" title="15"> </a>

-Mr. Winter had never been abroad, though he had

-large business interests there, which had been attended

-to by a clerk in whom he had the utmost

-confidence. This clerk had been taken very suddenly

-and dangerously ill, Mr. Winter had no one

-else he could send, and found he must go himself

-and at once.</p>

-

-<p>He telegraphed to the Cunard office for state-rooms,

-and went home to tell his wife, hardly

-thinking she would go with him at such short

-notice, or leave Alice.</p>

-

-<p>Mrs. Winter was not willing he should go without

-her, and soon decided not only to go, but to

-take Alice with them.</p>

-

-<p>Alice could hardly eat any dinner, she was so

-happy and full of excitement.</p>

-

-<p>The next morning Alice went to school to get

-her books and tell the wonderful news to her

-teacher and school-mates.</p>

-

-<p>They were nearly as interested as she, for it was

-quite an event for any one to go to Europe from

-that quiet village.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_016" title="16"> </a>

-It was decided then and there that all would be

-at the station to see her off on Friday.</p>

-

-<p>When Alice went to her room she found there a

-new steamer-trunk marked "A.&nbsp;W." in large letters,

-and then she was busy indeed getting it

-packed and deciding what to take with her.</p>

-

-<p>Mrs. Winter came in while Alice was almost in

-despair and said, "This is to be such a hurried

-trip you will need only a couple of dresses, but

-you must take all your warm wraps."</p>

-

-<p>Alice laughed and said, "I do not think I shall need

-them in the spring;" but mamma said, "It is always

-cold at sea, and you will need your winter clothes."</p>

-

-<p>Friday afternoon our little party started for New

-York, with the best wishes of their friends, who

-came to the station for the very last "good-byes."

-Alice even shed a few tears, but they were soon

-wiped away, and a happy face looked from the car

-window, which fortunately was on the side overlooking

-the Hudson River.</p>

-

-<p>Alice had never seen that lovely river before, and

-naturally was delighted.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_017" title="17"> </a>

-When they passed the Catskill Mountains it was

-so clear she could see the famous old Mountain

-House, and, beyond, the immense Kauterskill Hotel,

-which seemed almost in the clouds, it looked so

-high.</p>

-

-<p>West Point was the next object of interest, and

-Alice did hope she could go there sometime and

-see the cadets do some of their drills.</p>

-

-<p>When they were opposite the Palisades, which

-stood up in their grandeur, with the softened

-tints of the setting sun settling upon them, Alice

-said, "I know I shall see nothing in Europe any

-finer than that."</p>

-

-<p>Very soon the tall spires and smoke in the distance

-showed that they were drawing near New

-York, and after leaving the Hudson they followed

-the pretty Harlem River, which makes an island of

-New York City.</p>

-

-<p>Alice was much interested in the bridges, there

-seemed to be so many of them, and papa told her

-that the one then in sight was the new Washington

-bridge, just completed. The next was High

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_018" title="18"> </a>

-bridge, which carries the water over the river into

-the city. When it was finished it was said to be

-the finest engineering in the country.</p>

-

-<p>The next bridge was the continuation of the elevated

-railroad, and then came Macomb's Dam bridge,

-the oldest of them all, and used simply for driving

-and walking across, and looked, Alice thought, quite

-unsafe.</p>

-

-<p>The pretty Madison Avenue bridge was the last

-they saw as they crossed their own bridge, and were

-soon in a tunnel which Alice thought would never

-end.</p>

-

-<p>When they came out of the tunnel the train was

-nearly at the station, where the noise and bustle

-were very confusing, and they were glad to get

-into a carriage to be driven to the Fifth Avenue

-Hotel.</p>

-

-<p>As it was quite dark, Alice thought it was like

-a glimpse of fairyland when they reached Madison

-Square, with its electric lights shining on the trees,

-and all the bright lights around the hotel.</p>

-

-

-

-

-<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_019" title="19"> </a>

-CHAPTER II.<br />

-

-<span class="small">NEW YORK FOR THE FIRST TIME.</span></h2>

-

-

-<p>Mr. Winter having telegraphed for rooms, found

-them ready for him; and on going down to

-dinner they were delighted to see the corridors and

-dining-room crowded with people, many of them public

-characters whom he could point out to Alice,

-who was so excited she felt the entire evening as

-if she were in a dream.</p>

-

-<p>Of all the prominent men there Alice was the

-most interested in General Sherman, with his kind,

-rugged face.</p>

-

-<p>The "Etruria" sailed at noon on Saturday, and Mrs.

-Winter and Alice spent the morning buying a few

-last things, such as a hat and hood and comfortable

-steamer-chairs.</p>

-

-<p>At eleven o'clock a Fifth Avenue Hotel stage was

-at the door, and several people beside themselves

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_020" title="20"> </a>

-went in it to the steamer. The ladies had flowers

-and baskets of fruit, and seemed so bright and

-happy that Alice for the first time felt a little lonely

-and homesick.</p>

-

-<p>On reaching the dock there were so many people

-going on and coming off the steamer, and pushing

-each other, it was almost impossible to cross the

-gang-plank and reach their own state-rooms.</p>

-

-<p>Finally they found them, and, instead of nice large

-rooms, they were so very small that Alice felt she

-never could live in them for a week or ten days,

-and the berths were so narrow she said, "O papa,

-you can never get into one of those in the world."</p>

-

-<p>"Oh, yes, I can," said Mr. Winter, "and perhaps

-before we reach Liverpool I shall wish they were

-narrower yet."'</p>

-

-<p>Mrs. Winter and Alice had one room, and Mr.

-Winter was across the passage with another gentleman.</p>

-

-<p>After settling their valises and rugs they went

-up on deck to see the people, and also the last of

-the city itself. Large baskets of fruits and flowers

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_021" title="21"> </a>

-in every shape were constantly being brought on

-board, and much to Alice's delight there was a large

-bunch of violets from her school friends at home.</p>

-

-<p>She had been looking at the other people a little

-enviously, especially at a girl of her own age who

-had many friends to see her, and her arms full of

-flowers.</p>

-

-<p>Very soon the gong sounded, and Alice, who had

-never heard one, put her hands to her ears to shut

-out the noise. As soon as the man had passed by

-Alice said,&mdash;</p>

-

-<p>"What is that?"</p>

-

-<p>"That is a gong, dear," said her papa, "and is

-now being used to notify the people who are not

-sailing on the steamer that it is time to go

-ashore."</p>

-

-<p>The people who left kissed their friends hurriedly,

-and went down the gang-plank as if afraid they

-might be carried away, after all.</p>

-

-<p>After the people were on the dock and the mailbags

-had been put on the steamer, very slowly but

-surely the great steamer backed out into the river.

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_022" title="22"> </a>

-Tugs turned her around, and carefully she steamed

-toward the ocean, trying to avoid the many boats

-moving about the river in all directions.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p022i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">

-  THE GREAT STEAMER BACKED OUT INTO THE RIVER.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_021">21</a>.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>Alice was rather frightened, and thought they certainly

-would run into some of them.</p>

-

-<p>Many of the passengers were still waving to their

-friends, who were also waving to them from the

-dock as long as they could distinguish it at all.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_023" title="23"> </a>

-Very soon they could see the famous statue of the

-Goddess of Liberty, that holds its light so high in

-the air; then lovely Staten Island, with its green

-hills and fine houses.</p>

-

-<p>The two forts, Hamilton and Wordsworth, which

-guard the entrance to the harbor, were soon left

-behind, and on the left could be seen Coney Island,

-with its large hotels and elephant and high elevator.</p>

-

-<p>Suddenly, as they were looking at the largest

-hotel of all, the one at Rockaway Beach, the

-steamer stopped. Alice, rather startled, said,&mdash;</p>

-

-<p>"Oh, dear! what is the matter?"</p>

-

-<p>"They are going to drop the pilot," said her

-papa.</p>

-

-<p>"Where?" said Alice. "In the water?"</p>

-

-<p>"Oh, no," said Mr. Winter; "do you see that

-small boat rowing towards us?"</p>

-

-<p>"Yes, papa. Will he drop into that? He never

-can; he will surely fall into the water."</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter smiled and told her to go and watch

-from the rail, which she did, and soon saw the

-pilot go down the side of the steamer by a rope

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_024" title="24"> </a>

-and drop into the little row-boat, where two men

-were waiting to row him to the pretty pilot-boat

-No.&nbsp;4, which was quite a distance away.</p>

-

-<p>The steamer started immediately, and in five

-minutes the row-boat was only a speck on the

-water.</p>

-

-<p>"There is another hotel, papa. What is it?" said

-Alice.</p>

-

-<p>"That is the Long Beach Hotel, and you will

-not see another until you reach Liverpool," said

-her papa.</p>

-

-

-

-

-<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_025" title="25"> </a>

-CHAPTER III.<br />

-

-<span class="small">LIFE ON A STEAMER.</span></h2>

-

-

-<p>"Come, Alice," said Mrs. Winter, "we will go

-down to our state-room and unpack our trunks

-while we are in smooth water, for to-morrow morning

-it may be so rough we cannot get out of our

-berths at all."</p>

-

-<p>Alice went with her mamma and helped put everything

-in order, but there were so few hooks and no

-bureau she did not know at first where to put anything.</p>

-

-<p>Mrs. Winter decided to sleep in the lower berth

-and have Alice on the sofa, which gave them the top

-berth for a bureau, and they found themselves very

-comfortable.</p>

-

-<p>Alice wanted to put some little things around to

-look pretty, but her mamma said, "No, dear, for if

-the ship rolls they will be all over the floor."</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_026" title="26"> </a>

-Alice laughed and said, "I guess the 'Etruria'

-never rolls enough for that; she is too big."</p>

-

-<p>"Wait and see," quietly said her mamma.</p>

-

-<p>Mrs. Winter said, "Now we will put on our warm

-wraps and go on deck."</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter had found their chairs and put them in

-a nice place. Just as they were being settled in

-them, the gong was sounded again. "That is for

-lunch this time," said Mr. Winter, "and I for one am

-glad, for I am very hungry."</p>

-

-<p>On going to the saloon they were delighted to find

-that their seats were at the captain's table, and any

-one who has crossed the ocean with Captain Hains

-knows what a treat they had before them, if it

-should be a nice passage and he could be in his seat

-at the head of the table.</p>

-

-<p>In the afternoon the ship rolled, and when dinner

-was announced Mrs. Winter thought she would take

-hers on deck. She was not sick, but was afraid if

-she left the air she might be. Mr. Winter and Alice

-went to the table, and Alice was surprised to see the

-vacant seats around the room. The racks were on

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_027" title="27"> </a>

-the table, so the dishes were held in place, but Alice

-found it rather uncomfortable keeping her chair.</p>

-

-<p>In the morning Mrs. Winter was too ill to leave

-her berth, but Alice never felt better in her life. The

-captain was so pleased to have her at the table to

-breakfast he put her in her mamma's seat next to

-him, and when she told him it was her birthday he

-said, "You shall have a nice cake for your dinner."</p>

-

-<p>After breakfast Alice went up on deck with Mr.

-Winter, who put her in a comfortable place and

-covered her up nice and warm. He went down to

-see his wife.</p>

-

-<p>The sea was a deep, bright blue, with lovely white

-caps, and when the sun shone on them Alice could

-see a rainbow on every wave.</p>

-

-<p>Alice became tired of sitting in her chair, and went

-to the rail to look over the side and see how pretty

-the water looked as the ship cut through it. Soon

-the young girl whom she had seen the day before

-came up to her and said, "Have you ever crossed

-before?"</p>

-

-<p>Alice said, "No, have you?"</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_028" title="28"> </a>

-"Oh, yes, several times; and I do enjoy every

-minute, for I am never sick."</p>

-

-<p>Alice asked her name, and she answered, "Nellie

-Ford. What is yours and where are you going?"</p>

-

-<p>Alice told her name and that she was going to

-Nuremberg.</p>

-

-<p>Nellie said, "I have never been there. We are

-going to Brussels, and it is such a beautiful city."</p>

-

-<p>They talked on until the gong sounded, and

-agreed to meet again after lunch.</p>

-

-<p>At dinner that night Alice found the cake which

-the captain had promised her on the table. After

-thanking him, she asked if she might send a piece

-of it to her new friend.</p>

-

-<p>"Of course, my dear," said the captain. "It is

-yours to do with just as you please."</p>

-

-<p>The second day was very much like the first,

-only Mrs. Winter was able to be on deck, and

-Nellie Ford introduced her to Mr. and Mrs. Ford,

-and they soon settled to a little party of six, as

-passengers on a steamer are very apt to do.</p>

-

-<p>The two girls were together all the time, and

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_029" title="29/30"> </a>

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_030"> </a>

-joined in a game of ring toss with some more of

-the young people.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p029i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">

-  HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_037">37</a>.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>The days passed away, one very much like

-another&mdash;some pleasant, some stormy and rough,

-some foggy, with the whistles being blown every

-two minutes. Alice felt that she should be glad

-when she saw land again.</p>

-

-<p>One night they met a steamer, and it did look

-very pretty all lighted up. The "Etruria" set off

-Roman candles, which were answered by the steamer,

-and Alice thought that was the most interesting

-evening of all, even more so than the night of

-the concert.</p>

-

-<p>The "Etruria" made a very quick trip, and

-reached Queenstown Friday afternoon. Alice was

-writing letters in the saloon to send home, when

-suddenly the steamer stopped.</p>

-

-<p>"Oh, dear, what is the matter?" she cried, jumping

-to her feet. A gentleman sitting near her said,

-"It is a fog, and as we are very near Fastnet

-Rock they do not dare to go on."</p>

-

-<p>Soon a gun was heard in answer to the steamer's

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_031" title="31"> </a>

-whistle, and the gentleman said, "We must be right

-there now."</p>

-

-<p>Alice went up on deck rather frightened, but as

-suddenly as the fog had settled upon them it

-lifted, and directly ahead of them was the straight

-rock rising out of the water like a sentinel.</p>

-

-<p>The "Etruria" ran up her signal flags and then

-started on, and in three hours was off Queenstown

-Harbor, where the tug was waiting for their mails

-and the few passengers who wished to be landed.</p>

-

-

-

-

-<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_032" title="32"> </a>

-CHAPTER IV.<br />

-

-<span class="small">A FIRST GLIMPSE OF ENGLAND.</span></h2>

-

-

-<p>Queenstown was soon a thing of the past, and

-when they went to their rooms the packing

-was finished, so that the next morning all the time

-could be spent upon the deck until they landed.</p>

-

-<p>It was a clear, bright morning, but very cold

-and windy, when the steamer was left to take the

-tug. On leaving the tug, Alice and Nellie were

-very careful to each put her left foot first on the

-dock, as they had been told it would bring them

-good luck.</p>

-

-<p>There was not much to interest our party in

-Liverpool except the docks, which of course Alice

-had been told were the finest in the world. After

-leaving the Custom House they were driven to the

-North Western Hotel, and the ladies and two girls

-waited in the parlor in front of an enormous soft-coal

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_033" title="33"> </a>

-fire, while Mr. Ford and Mr. Winter went

-into the station, which joins the hotel, and engaged

-a compartment for London.</p>

-

-<p>Opposite the hotel they could see St. George's

-Hall, with its two statues in front, one of Queen

-Victoria and the other of her husband, Prince

-Albert, when they were young.</p>

-

-<p>Suddenly a noise of horses being rapidly driven

-was heard, and the girls ran to the window just

-in time to see the high sheriff's carriage of state

-being driven to the hotel to take him away to open

-court. It was very elegant, with its satin linings

-and the four beautiful horses.</p>

-

-<p>The footmen stood up at the back of the carriage,

-holding themselves on by leather straps. Four men

-in uniform stood in the street and blew on trumpets

-until the sheriff was out of sight.</p>

-

-<p>The girls thought it very interesting, but Mrs.

-Winter said, "A sheriff's position in England must

-be very different from that in America, where they

-usually go about in the quietest manner possible."</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter and Mr. Ford came in and told them

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_034" title="34"> </a>

-it was time to get some lunch. A very nice one

-they had, and Alice was particularly interested in the

-table on wheels, with the joints of meat on it,

-which was pushed about to each person to select the

-cut of meat he liked.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Ford advised their going to the Hotel Victoria

-in London, as he had tried many others and

-liked that one the best; so they had telegraphed for

-rooms before starting on the two o'clock train.

-All the party were in good spirits, and glad to be

-on dry land.</p>

-

-<p>Mrs. Winter and Alice did not like the carriage,

-as it is called in England, as well as the drawing-room

-car at home, but enjoyed every moment of

-the journey.</p>

-

-<p>England is like a large garden, every portion

-being under cultivation; the fields are so green and

-full of large, beautiful sheep grazing everywhere.</p>

-

-<p>"O mamma, how much more lovely the hedges

-are than our fences and walls at home!" said

-Alice.</p>

-

-<p>"Yes, indeed," said Mrs. Winter. "I have always

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_035" title="35"> </a>

-heard they were lovely, but I did not think they

-would add so much to the beauties of the landscape."</p>

-

-<p>Harrow, with its school on the hill, was passed,

-and caused some interest to the girls. London was

-reached before they realized it, and they were driven

-to the Hotel Victoria in two four-wheeled cabs

-called "growlers"&mdash;why, they did not know, unless

-people "growl" at their lack of comfort in every

-way; no springs, narrow, high seats, generally dirty,

-and a worn-out old horse, whipped the most of the

-time by a very poor driver.</p>

-

-<p>Their rooms were ready for them, and glad enough

-they were to get their dinner and go to bed to get

-rested for the following days, to which the Winters

-were looking forward with great interest.</p>

-

-

-<div class="pagebreak illustration margtopmedium">

-  <a class="pagenum" name="page_036" title="36"> </a>

-  <img src="images/p036i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">NELSON COLUMN.</p>

-</div>

-

-

-

-

-<h2 class="nopagebreak margtopsmall">CHAPTER V.<br />

-

-<span class="small">A WEEK IN LONDON.</span></h2>

-

-

-<p>Sunday our party rested, but on Monday morning

-they started for Westminster Abbey, hardly looking

-at anything on the way, though they went by

-Trafalgar Square, with the high column erected to Nelson,

-which stands there so proudly, with its beautiful

-lions made by Landseer lying so quietly at its base.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_037" title="37"> </a>

-A pleasant morning was passed at the Abbey, and

-the Poets' Corner proved to be their greatest attraction,

-as it is with most Americans. The chair in

-which Queen Victoria sat when she was crowned

-was shown to them, but Alice said she thought it

-was a common-looking chair, and wondered why the

-Queen did not have one that was more imposing.</p>

-

-<p>On leaving the Abbey they naturally turned towards

-the Houses of Parliament, and wishing to get

-even a better view, they walked part way over

-Westminster bridge, where they also saw St. Thomas's

-Hospital, situated on the Surrey side of the Thames.</p>

-

-<p>The walk back to the hotel by way of the Embankment

-was very pleasant, with its large buildings

-one side, and the river with its boats moving up

-and down on the other, and the rumble of the underground

-railroad beneath their feet. On reaching

-home they were so tired it was decided to rest in

-the afternoon and visit Madame Tussaud's wax-works

-in the evening.</p>

-

-<p>After dinner Mr. Ford said, "How would you like

-to go to the wax-works by the underground railway?

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_038" title="38"> </a>

-It is not very far, if you think you won't

-mind the smoke and confined air. The station is

-very near, and we shall be left at the next building

-to the wax-works. I have been driven there and it

-only took about twenty minutes, so I think we can

-go by train in ten."</p>

-

-<p>"All right," said Mr. Winter; "it will be a good

-opportunity to see how we shall like it."</p>

-

-<p>Off they all started to the Charing Cross station.

-The girls did not like going down underground so

-far, but Alice said to Nellie, "I think I will not

-say much about it unless mamma does."</p>

-

-<p>After passing three stations, Mr. Winter said, "This

-air is stifling, do you not think we are nearly there?"</p>

-

-<p>"Oh, yes," said Mr. Ford, "I think it must be

-the next station."</p>

-

-<p>When they reached it, it was not theirs, and Mr.

-Ford called out to the guard, "How many more

-stations before we reach Baker Street?"</p>

-

-<p>The man looked at him rather queerly, and said,

-"Fourteen. Where did you get on the train?"</p>

-

-<p>"At Charing Cross," said Mr. Ford.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_039" title="39"> </a>

-"Oh," said the guard, "you have taken a train for

-the outer circle and come the longer way; some one

-should have told you."</p>

-

-<p>The train moved on, and our party had nothing

-to do but sit patiently and try not to think how

-close and stifling the air was getting.</p>

-

-<p>When they were once more in the fresh air Mr.

-Ford said, "Driving in cabs suits me pretty well,

-and that is the way I am going home, if I go

-alone."</p>

-

-<p>There was not a dissenting voice, and after a very

-pleasant evening they had a lovely drive home in

-three hansom cabs, and it only took them sixteen

-minutes.</p>

-

-<p>Tuesday morning was spent in visiting the Bank

-of England and St. Paul's Cathedral, where the

-young people and the gentlemen went upstairs to

-the Whispering Gallery.</p>

-

-<p>They all went down to the Crypt, where are many

-tombs, among them those of Nelson and Wellington.</p>

-

-<p>The great object of interest to them was the

-immense funeral car which was made to carry

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_040" title="40"> </a>

-the body of the Duke of Wellington through the

-streets of London to his last resting-place.</p>

-

-<p>The wheels were made from pieces of cannon

-picked from the field of Waterloo.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Ford took them to a quaint, old-fashioned

-place noted for its soups, for lunch.</p>

-

-<p>In the afternoon the Tower of London was

-visited, and of course was of more interest to

-the Winters than to the Fords.</p>

-

-<p>To Alice it was very realistic, it was so full of

-English history. She could tell her mamma much

-more than could the man, in his strange costume,

-who showed them around.</p>

-

-<p>That night the ladies and the two girls were

-too tired to go out again, so Mr. Ford took Mr.

-Winter and they did a little sight-seeing on their

-own account.</p>

-

-<p>Wednesday was given up to visiting the Buckingham

-Palace stables, where they saw the Queen's

-famous ponies that are only used on state occasions;

-and the South Kensington Museum, which

-they found very interesting.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <a class="pagenum" name="page_041" title="41/42"> </a>

-  <a class="pagenum" name="page_042"> </a>

-  <img src="images/p041i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">

-  TOWER OF LONDON.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_040">40</a>.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>In the evening they went to the theatre, and

-Alice thought it very strange to go downstairs to

-their seats. The audience looked so much better

-than in America, as the ladies were in evening

-dress and the gentlemen in dress suits.</p>

-

-<p>Thursday was a lovely day, and was spent at

-Hampton Court. They went on the outside of a

-coach, and what a lovely drive it was through

-Richmond and Bushy Park, with its wonderful horse-chestnut

-trees all in bloom!</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p042i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">HAMPTON COURT.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>The coach stopped at a little inn beside the

-river, where they lunched before visiting the famous

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_043" title="43"> </a>

-court, once the home of Henry the Eighth, and

-presented to him by Cardinal Wolsey. It is now

-the home of certain ladies of small income who

-are alone in the world. They are selected by the

-Queen, and of course have only one portion of the

-palace.</p>

-

-<p>The remainder is occupied as state apartments

-and a famous picture-gallery, beside a gun-room

-only second in interest to that of the Tower.</p>

-

-<p>Friday was given to Windsor Castle and the

-Crystal Palace.</p>

-

-<p>Saturday they shopped and visited the Royal

-Academy, where they saw a beautiful collection of

-paintings, and only wished there was more time

-to spend looking at them.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. and Mrs. Ford decided to go with the

-Winters as far as Brussels, and as they were

-to start on Monday it was thought best to keep

-very quiet on Sunday.</p>

-

-<p>Mrs. Winter said to her husband she wished they

-could stay longer in London, where every minute

-had been a delight; but he said it was impossible.</p>

-

-

-

-

-<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_044" title="44"> </a>

-CHAPTER VI.<br />

-

-<span class="small">OFF FOR THE CONTINENT.</span></h2>

-

-

-<p>Monday morning was bright and clear, and

-Mr. Ford said, "This looks like a pleasant

-crossing of the Channel."</p>

-

-<p>The ride in the cars to Dover was very interesting,

-and the view of Canterbury Cathedral was

-quite fine.</p>

-

-<p>Quite a large boat was waiting for the train, and

-the water looked so smooth Alice said,&mdash;</p>

-

-<p>"I guess the people who are sick crossing this

-Channel do not know much of ocean discomfort."</p>

-

-<p>Like a good many travellers who see the Channel

-for the first time, she thought it must always be

-quiet.</p>

-

-<p>It proved to be a very smooth trip, and only a

-little over an hour was spent in crossing.</p>

-

-<p>The train left Calais fifteen minutes after the

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_045" title="45"> </a>

-arrival of the boat, and the gentlemen bought nice

-luncheons which were put up in baskets,&mdash;chicken,

-bread and butter, and a bottle of wine.</p>

-

-<p>They found a good compartment, and away they

-went, eating their lunch and enjoying the views from

-the windows at the same time.</p>

-

-<p>Belgium is called the garden of Europe, as vegetables

-are raised there for all the principal cities.</p>

-

-<p>The country is flat and rather uninteresting to

-look at, but when one realizes that the willows

-which surround the farms are used by the women

-and children to make baskets which are sent all

-over the world it becomes very interesting.</p>

-

-<p>The land is divided by water wide enough for flat-bottomed

-boats to be rowed about, that the farmers

-may till their land and bring home the products in

-them.</p>

-

-<p>It seemed very strange to see women at work in

-the fields, but Mr. Ford said they would get used

-to that before they reached Nuremberg.</p>

-

-<p>It was dark when the train drew in at the

-station at Brussels, and they took a stage marked

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_046" title="46"> </a>

-"Grand Hotel," and were driven through the principal

-street of the city. The shops were all lighted,

-and the streets and sidewalks full of people.</p>

-

-<p>Outside the restaurants little tables were set on

-the sidewalks, and men and women were eating and

-drinking.</p>

-

-<p>It was a sight the Winters had never seen, and

-it looked very strange to them.</p>

-

-<p>"It is just like Paris on a small scale," said Mr.

-Ford.</p>

-

-<p>Excellent rooms were ready for them at the

-hotel, as they had been telegraphed for by Mr. Ford,

-who was in the habit of going there every year.</p>

-

-<p>They had a delicious supper, and Mr. Winter

-said,&mdash;</p>

-

-<p>"That is the best meal I have seen since leaving

-America."</p>

-

-<p>The ladies had found the cars very hard to travel

-in, and were glad to go to their rooms.</p>

-

-<p>The next day Mrs. Winter was so thoroughly used

-up that Mr. Winter decided to stay in Brussels a

-few days for her to get rested.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_047" title="47"> </a>

-The girls were delighted, as they had become very

-fond of each other and were dreading the separation.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p047i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">BRUSSELS BOURSE.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>Mr. Ford had to go out on business, and Mrs. Ford

-said she would entertain Mrs. Winter if Mr. Winter

-would take the girls sight-seeing. They started on

-their walk in high spirits, and found such wide, clean

-streets, interesting shops, and large, handsome buildings.</p>

-

-<p>The new Exchange just completed, and the Palace

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_048" title="48"> </a>

-of Justice, are two of the most magnificent civic

-buildings in Europe.</p>

-

-<p>They were much interested in a lace manufactory.

-On the lower floor were women at work on the

-finest patterns. They were all ages, from twenty to

-seventy, and never looked up while their work was

-being examined.</p>

-

-<p>When the girls were leaving the room, Alice

-laughed at some remark of Nellie's, and then every

-head was lifted and a sad smile came on each face

-for a second.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter bought two lace handkerchiefs for the

-girls to take as presents to their mothers.</p>

-

-<p>Through the remainder of their stay in Brussels

-they had lovely drives in the beautiful park, visited

-the Palace of Justice, situated at the end of a long

-street, on a hill where there was a glorious view

-of the surrounding country for miles.</p>

-

-<p>They also found that the picture gallery had a

-very fine collection&mdash;indeed, said to be the best in

-Belgium, and the pictures were beautifully arranged

-in schools and periods.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_049" title="49"> </a>

-One day was given to the field of Waterloo, which

-they all enjoyed very much.</p>

-

-<p>Alice felt so unhappy to be parted from Nellie

-that Mr. Winter finally persuaded Mr. and Mrs.

-Ford to let Nellie go with them to Nuremberg, as

-it would give her a delightful trip, and she was

-equally miserable to be left in Brussels without

-Alice.</p>

-

-<p>It was decided to meet in Paris, have an enjoyable

-week together, and sail for home on the

-"Etruria" near the middle of July.</p>

-

-

-

-

-<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_050" title="50"> </a>

-CHAPTER VII.<br />

-

-<span class="small">UP THE RHINE.</span></h2>

-

-

-<p>On Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Winter and the girls

-said "good-bye" to Mr. and Mrs. Ford and

-started for Cologne in the gayest of spirits.</p>

-

-<p>The trip was found very interesting, as they followed

-the Meuse River a great deal of the way.

-Between Liège and Verviers the country was wonderfully

-picturesque, with the pretty winding river,

-which they continually crossed, and little villages

-with the mountains in the distance.</p>

-

-<p>The Meuse has been called the miniature Rhine.</p>

-

-<p>Verviers is the last Belgian station, and Aix-la-Chapelle

-is the first town of much interest in

-Germany.</p>

-

-<p>From the train there was an excellent view of the

-city, which has seen many changes since it was the

-favorite home of Charlemagne.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration"><a class="pagenum" name="page_051" title="51"> </a>

-  <a href="images/p051icomplete.jpg">

-    <img src="images/p051i.jpg" alt="" title="[click for complete image]" />

-  </a>

-  <p class="caption">COLOGNE CATHEDRAL.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>For more than three centuries

-the German emperors were

-crowned there.</p>

-

-<p>It was growing dark as

-Cologne was reached, but the girls, knowing the

-cathedral was near the station, hurried outside to

-see it, and how wonderfully high and beautiful the

-noble great spires looked in the twilight no one

-can imagine who has never seen them.</p>

-

-<p>Tuesday morning was spent in visiting the Church

-of St. Ursula (which is reputed to hold the bones

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_052" title="52"> </a>

-of eleven thousand virgins martyred by the Huns)

-and the cathedral.</p>

-

-<p>An excellent guide showed our party around, and

-pointed out the beautiful windows which King Ludwig

-presented, costing eighteen thousand pounds,

-English money.</p>

-

-<p>The late King Frederick gave one elegant window,

-at the end opposite the entrance.</p>

-

-<p>On one side of the building were windows made

-by Albert Dürer, considered Germany's greatest artist.</p>

-

-<p>A large gold cross, presented by Marie de Medici,

-and costing an enormous sum of money, Alice

-thought was more beautiful than the windows.</p>

-

-<p>On the way back to the hotel they met a company

-of soldiers who were singing as they marched

-along. It seemed very inspiring.</p>

-

-<p>Wednesday morning this happy party took the

-train for Mayence up the Rhine, as the boats, they

-found, were not yet running.</p>

-

-<p>Alice and Nellie had been reading up the legends

-of the Rhine, and could hardly wait to see its

-beauties and wonders.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_053" title="53"> </a>

-The Rhine was not reached until after leaving

-Bonn. The scenery was so pretty they did not miss

-the river views.</p>

-

-<p>In full view of the train was the famous avenue

-of horse-chestnuts, three-quarters of a mile in length.

-There is a large university at Bonn, and many

-other schools. As many of the students in their

-different costumes came to the station and walked

-up and down the platform to show themselves, the

-girls were very much amused.</p>

-

-<p>The city is also noted as being the birthplace of

-Beethoven.</p>

-

-<p>As soon as Bonn was out of sight, the river was

-beside them. At first the entire party were disappointed,

-the river seemed so quiet, narrow, and

-sluggish, compared to the rivers at home.</p>

-

-<p>However, that was soon forgotten as its beauties

-grew upon them.</p>

-

-<p>They soon saw the Seven Mountains coming into

-view, and wished they could stay over one night to

-see the sun rise from the top.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter felt he must hurry on, as they had

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_054" title="54"> </a>

-spent so much time in Brussels, and see all they

-could from the train.</p>

-

-<p>At Oberwinter, where there is the finest view

-down the Rhine, all the party looked back to see it.</p>

-

-<p>Coblence was the next large town, and the situation

-is beautiful, as it is at the confluence of the

-Rhine and the Moselle, with the strong fortifications

-opposite, the Castle of Ehrenbreitstein, often called

-the Gibraltar of the Rhine.</p>

-

-<p>Just after leaving Coblence they saw two castles,

-one the royal castle of Stolzenfels on its "proud

-rock," more than four hundred feet above the river.

-It was destroyed by the French in the seventeenth

-century, but is now completely restored.</p>

-

-<p>The other castle is directly opposite, above the

-mouth of the Lahn river, is called the Castle of

-Lahneck, and has been lately restored. Alice knew

-the legend of this castle, and told it to the rest

-of the party.</p>

-

-<p>"It was here, in the beginning of the fourteenth

-century, that the order of Knights Templars, which

-had been founded for religious purposes chiefly, was

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_055" title="55"> </a>

-severely persecuted by Philippe le Beau of France

-and Pope Clement&nbsp;V.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p055i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">

-  LAHNECK CASTLE.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_054">54</a>.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>"After many vicissitudes there was a long and

-desperate siege, in which all the knights fell except

-one man. He held the commander at bay, who

-was so overpowered by the knight's bravery he

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_056" title="56"> </a>

-offered him life and liberty if he would stop fighting

-and beg for mercy.</p>

-

-<p>"The templar's only answer was to throw his

-spear among the soldiers, and then was killed by

-throwing himself on their lances."</p>

-

-<p>Boppart was the next town of any interest, it

-being a walled town of Roman origin.</p>

-

-<p>The wall had crumbled away in many places,

-and houses had been built on the ruins.</p>

-

-<p>On the opposite side of the river was Bornhoffen,

-with its twin castles of Sternberg and Liebenstein,

-or "The Brothers."</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter told this legend, which runs that

-once a rich knight, with his two sons and one daughter,

-lived there, and were very rich in gold and lands,

-which the old knight had gained through wrong

-and robbery. All his neighbors felt sure that such

-ill-gotten wealth would bring him anything but

-blessings.</p>

-

-<p>The brothers inherited the avarice of the father;

-but the sister was lovely and gentle, like her

-mother. When the father died the brothers gave

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_057" title="57"> </a>

-their sister much less than a third of the property.

-She gave hers to the cause of religion and went

-into a convent.</p>

-

-<p>The brothers, disappointed, disputed over their

-share, and at last fell in love with the same

-maiden, who did not hesitate to flirt with both

-and increase their jealousy. They finally fought and

-killed each other.</p>

-

-<p>Just as Mr. Winter finished his story, the guard

-of the train put his head into the car window, to

-say that the Lorely rock was nearly in sight.</p>

-

-

-

-

-<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_058" title="58"> </a>

-CHAPTER VIII.<br />

-

-<span class="small">THE LEGEND OF THE LORELY.</span></h2>

-

-

-<p>Both girls jumped to their feet, for of course

-they were interested to see that famous rock

-where the water-nymph Lore was said to have lived.

-She would appear on the top of the rock, clothed

-in wonderful garments, and a veil of the color of

-the sea-green water reaching to her feet, to lure

-wicked people to destruction by her singing.</p>

-

-<p>The people who came to the foot of the rock

-were swallowed in the waves, while those who

-tried to climb to the top were either thrown back

-into the water or led through the dense woods,

-only to be days finding their way out of them.</p>

-

-<p>Lore was very kind to good people, having the

-fairy power of distinguishing good from evil.</p>

-

-<p>At last a young count, much to his father's unhappiness,

-saw and fell in love with her. He constantly

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_059" title="59"> </a>

-went to gaze upon her, for she was very

-beautiful.</p>

-

-<p>He used to carry his zither and play and sing

-to her, until she finally caused the waves to rise

-so high that his boat was upset and broken. The

-count sank into the waves, and his attendants returned

-home to tell the father the sad news.</p>

-

-<p>The old count swore revenge, and was going to

-seize Lore and have her burnt. The next night he

-took some friends and surrounded the rock.</p>

-

-<p>When Lore appeared the old count said, "Where

-is my son?"</p>

-

-<p>Lore pointed to the waves, at the same time

-continuing to sing very sweetly.</p>

-

-<p>As soon as Lore had finished her song, she

-threw a stone into the river, which caused a wave

-to rise. She mounted it and sank from view with

-it, never to be seen again, though her singing

-was often heard by men passing by.</p>

-

-<p>The rock was formerly called Lorely, but is now

-Lurlei, and has a lovely echo said to be the gift

-of Lore.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_060" title="60"> </a>

-The girls were disappointed to see the water around

-the rock so very quiet&mdash;no whirlpool at all.</p>

-

-<p>When they saw that a cut had been made

-through the rock for railroad trains, all the romance

-was gone for them.</p>

-

-<p>Alice said, "O papa, how could anybody spoil

-that pretty story by running trains through the rock?

-If that is the way my romances are going to end

-I will not read any more."</p>

-

-<p>However, she soon saw a house built in the river,

-and wanted to know what it was and why it was there.</p>

-

-<p>"I know," said Nellie. "I was reading about it

-the other day."</p>

-

-<p>It is called the Pfalz, and was built by Louis of

-Bavaria in the thirteenth century, in order to exact

-tribute from passing vessels.</p>

-

-<p>Opposite is the town of Bacharach, the Ara Bacchi

-of the Romans, and has long been famous for its wines.

-In Longfellow's "Golden Legend" is the old rhyme,&mdash;</p>

-

-<div class="poetry-container">

-  <div class="poetry">

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse extraindent">"At Bacharach on the Rhine,</div>

-      <div class="verse">At Hochheim on the Main,</div>

-      <div class="verse">And at Würzburg on the Stein,</div>

-      <div class="verse">Grow the three best kinds of wine."</div>

-    </div>

-  </div>

-</div>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_061" title="61"> </a>

-The Bacchus-Altar is to be found in this lovely

-country. It stands just below the town, but the

-water has to be very low to read the inscription

-(which is nearly illegible), as it is situated between

-the bank of the river and an islet.</p>

-

-<p>The Altar is supposed to have been erected by

-the Romans to their god of wine.</p>

-

-<p>Many other castles, some restored, but the most

-of them in ruins, were passed, before Assmanshausen,

-famous for its red wines, was reached.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter said, "Now this ends what is called

-'the great gorge of the Rhine,' and the river will

-broaden, and the open country, not very interesting,

-is before you."</p>

-

-<p>Just before reaching Bingen they saw the ruins

-of Ehrenfels, and in the middle of the river the

-Mausthurm, or "Mouse Tower."</p>

-

-<p>"O papa, I know the story of that tower," said

-Alice. "Can I tell it?"</p>

-

-<p>"We are only too glad to hear it," said her

-mamma.</p>

-

-<p>"Hatto was Bishop of Fulda, and wishing to be

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_062" title="62"> </a>

-made Archbishop of Mayence, used every means in

-his power to accomplish his purpose. He succeeded,

-and became very ambitious, proud, and cruel. He

-taxed the poor to build for himself fine dwellings.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p062i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">

-  MOUSE TOWER.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_061">61</a>.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>"At last he built the tower in the river where it

-was very narrow, to compel all ships to pay him toll.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_063" title="63"> </a>

-"A famine set in, and he, having plenty of money,

-bought up everything and filled his granaries. He

-sold his stores at such high prices that only the

-rich could buy.</p>

-

-<p>"He paid no heed to the supplications of the

-famishing people, as he intended building a superb

-palace with his money.</p>

-

-<p>"One day when Hatto was entertaining friends at

-dinner, the starving people forced their way into the

-dining-hall and begged for food. He told them to

-go to a large barn where corn should be given

-them. When they were all inside, Hatto ordered

-the doors to be closed and fastened on the outside

-and the barn to be set on fire.</p>

-

-<p>"When their shrieks reached the dining-hall, Hatto

-turned to his guests and said, 'Hear how the corn-mice

-squeal: I do the same to rebels as I do to

-them.'</p>

-

-<p>"The wrath of Heaven was turned against him, for

-out of the ashes at the barn thousands of mice took

-their way to the palace, filling the rooms and attacking

-Hatto. Thousands were killed, but they steadily

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_064" title="64"> </a>

-increased, and he was finally obliged to flee in terror

-of his life to a boat, still pursued by legions.</p>

-

-<p>"Hatto was ferried over the Rhine to the tower, but

-the mice perforated the walls, and fell on him by

-the thousands, and ate him up. They then disappeared,

-and the tower has been called the 'Mouse

-Tower' ever since.</p>

-

-<p>"It has never been used in any way, but stands as

-a warning to despotic people."</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter said, "Alice, you told that very well;

-but he was not such a very wicked man as the

-legend makes him. He was imperious and caused

-his people much suffering, but was the Emperor's

-confidant and was called the Heart of the King."</p>

-

-<p>Bingen is not a very interesting town, but has

-many walks and drives that are full of interest in

-every way.</p>

-

-<p>Directly opposite, on the heights of Niederwald, is

-the beautiful monument built to commemorate the

-restitution of the German Empire in 1870-1871.</p>

-

-<p>Alice and Nellie did wish they could stop long

-enough to go up and see it, it looked so grand and

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_065" title="65"> </a>

-mighty outlined against the sky. Mr. Winter said,

-"No, we must get to Mayence to-night."</p>

-

-<p>There was not much of interest after leaving

-Bingen, as the train left the river and the Rhine was

-not seen again until just before entering Mayence,

-where the Main flows most peacefully into it, making

-a very beautiful picture.</p>

-

-

-

-

-<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_066" title="66"> </a>

-CHAPTER IX.<br />

-

-<span class="small">MAYENCE TO NUREMBERG.</span></h2>

-

-

-<p>Mr. Winter as usual had telegraphed to Mayence

-for rooms, and found very comfortable,

-large rooms ready for them in a new, pleasant hotel

-near the station.</p>

-

-<p>After resting a little while Mr. Winter said, "Who

-wants to go with me and take a drive around the

-city?"</p>

-

-<p>The entire party, even Mrs. Winter, who had

-thought she was too tired to go out again, said they

-would like to go.</p>

-

-<p>What a delightful drive they had, at the close of

-a warm, lovely day, around that interesting old city,

-with its wonderful fortifications! The view of the

-rivers at the base of the hill they thought as pretty

-as any they had seen all day.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter told them what a very old city it was,

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_067" title="67/68"> </a>

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_068"> </a>

-a Roman camp having been laid there thirty-eight

-years before Christ.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p067i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">

-  MAYENCE&mdash;GENERAL VIEW.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_065">65</a>.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>The foundations may be said to date from fourteen

-years B.C., when Drusus built his extensive fortifications.

-There is a Roman monument forty-five feet

-high erected in honor of Drusus. There are also

-remains of a Roman aqueduct to be found outside

-the city.</p>

-

-<p>The cathedral was founded in 798. It has been

-burnt and restored six times, and is one of the

-grandest in Germany.</p>

-

-<p>Just outside the cathedral they saw a fine statue

-of Gutenberg, who is regarded by the Germans as

-the inventor of movable types for printing.</p>

-

-<p>Our party drove back to the hotel, had a nice

-supper, which was waiting for them, and went to

-bed feeling they had enjoyed that day more than

-any since leaving home.</p>

-

-<p>The next morning all were rested and eager to

-get to Nuremberg, the end of the trip. Mr. Winter,

-by some mistake, did not get the fast train, and as

-the one they took stopped very often, and the

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_069" title="69"> </a>

-scenery was not very interesting, our party arrived

-in Nuremberg so tired they ate their supper and

-went directly to bed.</p>

-

-

-

-

-<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_070" title="70"> </a>

-CHAPTER X.<br />

-

-<span class="small">NUREMBERG.</span></h2>

-

-

-<p>In the morning Mr. Winter said, "I will give

-one day to you for sight-seeing, and then I must

-attend to business. You will have to spend the rest

-of your time going around with a guide or by

-yourselves."</p>

-

-<p>Alice was delighted with the old moat which was

-opposite her window, and wanted to look in it at

-once.</p>

-

-<p>Nellie felt the castle was of more importance, and

-could hardly wait to get there. The moat surrounds

-the old city, and now is rented to gardeners, who

-live in the old towers and cultivate the land in

-the moat.</p>

-

-<p>Our party started out to walk until they were

-tired, and kept on the sidewalk side of the moat,

-and thought it did look so pretty with everything

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_071" title="71"> </a>

-so fresh and green. The cherry-trees were all white

-with their lovely blossoms, which grew even with

-the sidewalk.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p071i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">NUREMBERG WALLS.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>Finally they went through an old gateway, which

-was said to be the one where a rope was kept in

-the olden time, to use on the bakers. If they did

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_072" title="72"> </a>

-not give full weight, the bakers were tied to the

-end of a pole and dipped into the water several

-times. If poison was found in the bread, they were

-immediately drowned.</p>

-

-<p>As the ladies were getting tired, Mr. Winter called

-a carriage to drive them to the castle. As he

-could speak German, the driver told him many interesting

-things, and pointed out various objects of

-interest. He showed them one house that had been

-occupied by the same family for four hundred and

-fifty years.</p>

-

-<p>The churches of St. Sebald and St. Lawrence they

-admired very much on the outside, leaving the

-beauties of the interiors for another day. They

-passed one fountain called the Goose Man, and

-another, the Beautiful Fountain, built in 1385. Also,

-a fine statue of Hans Sachs, erected in 1874, who

-was known through Germany as the cobbler-poet.

-It was from his life Wagner wrote the opera of the

-"Meistersinger."</p>

-

-<p>Soon the driver drew up his horses at a corner

-where a small house stood under a hill, called the

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_073" title="73/74"> </a>

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_074"> </a>

-Sausage Shop, for its wonderfully cooked sausages.

-It has been made famous by such men as Albert

-Dürer, the great artist, Hans Sachs, and the old

-burgomasters meeting there for their nightly mugs

-of beer and a sausage.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p073i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">

-  ALBRECHT DÜRER'S HOUSE.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_074">74</a>.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>The statue of Albert Dürer, erected in 1840, is

-between the Sausage Shop and his old home. All the

-houses, with their deep, slanting roofs, were objects

-of interest, but most of all was that of Albert

-Dürer, which is the only house in Nuremberg that

-has not undergone some alteration.</p>

-

-<p>The house is now filled with many curiosities,

-some of them having belonged to Albert Dürer, and

-is open every day to visitors. The girls wanted to

-stop and go in at once, but Mr. Winter said, "No,

-we cannot stop now; we must get to the castle,

-and leave the house until we have more time."</p>

-

-<p>The castle stands very high, and they were

-obliged to drive up through very narrow and steep

-streets; but the horses were used to it, and Mrs.

-Winter finally overcame her nervousness.</p>

-

-<p>When the top of the hill was reached, there was

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_075" title="75"> </a>

-a plateau where a beautiful view of the city was

-to be seen. They left the carriage here, and after

-looking at the scenery they walked on up to the

-castle.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p075i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">NUREMBERG CASTLE.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>On the way they saw a small shed, and, on looking

-in, found it held the famous well. A young

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_076" title="76"> </a>

-girl was there, who, in a parrot sort of way, told

-them that the well was built in the eleventh century,

-under Conrad&nbsp;II., by convicts, and that it took

-thirty years to finish it. She told Mrs. Winter to

-hold a mirror in her hand while she lowered a

-candle, to show by the reflection in the mirror the

-depth of the well. It took just six seconds for

-water which she poured out of a glass to reach the

-water in the well. She told them it was four hundred

-and fifty feet deep, and they all believed her.</p>

-

-<p>In the courtyard of the castle they saw an old

-linden tree growing, which is said to have been

-planted by Empress Kunigunde eight hundred years

-ago.</p>

-

-<p>The castle they found quite interesting without

-being very elegant. A lady in charge of it told

-them many things of interest about the castle and

-the city.</p>

-

-<p>She told them that the first records of Nuremberg

-date from 1050. In 1105 the town was besieged,

-conquered, and destroyed by Henry&nbsp;V., again

-besieged in 1127 by Emperor Lothar, from which

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_077" title="77"> </a>

-time imperial officials appeared who took the title of

-Burggrafer.</p>

-

-<p>Frederick&nbsp;I. (Barbarossa), under whom the burg

-was enlarged, frequently lived here from 1156 to

-1188. Rudolph von Hapsburg held his first diet here

-in 1274, and often visited the town.</p>

-

-<p>Under Emperor Karl&nbsp;IV. the first stone bridge

-was built, and the streets were paved.</p>

-

-<p>The first fundamental law of the empire was

-formed by him, and is known as the "Golden

-Bull." It was framed in Nuremberg in 1356, and

-is still kept in Frankfort.</p>

-

-<p>According to this law, every German emperor was

-obliged to spend his first day of government in

-Nuremberg.</p>

-

-<p>His government was very favorable to Nuremberg

-in every way.</p>

-

-<p>The four large towers were built 1555 to 1568,

-after a plan designed by Albert Dürer. The town

-reached its highest artistic development in the fifteenth

-and sixteenth centuries, under such men as Albert

-Dürer, A.&nbsp;Krafft, Herman Fischer, and many others.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_078" title="78"> </a>

-Goblets and many such objects of art were made

-here at that time. In 1649 Nuremberg displayed its

-last splendor. Commerce had been ruined by different

-wars. In 1806 it was made a matter of rejoicing

-when it came under the crown of Bavaria.

-King Ludwig first revived art, and trade made a

-start.</p>

-

-<p>In 1835 the first railroad was opened to Fürth.

-In 1855 King Max&nbsp;II. with his family lived here,

-and the Imperial Burg was offered to him as a

-present by the town.</p>

-

-<p>The lady also told them that the five-cornered

-tower, which is the oldest building in Nuremberg

-and connected with the castle, contained a collection

-of instruments of torture. Among them is the iron

-virgin, a figure of a woman, which opens and is

-full of spikes. The poor victim would be shut up

-in its clutches.</p>

-

-<p>None of our party felt like visiting that horrible

-place, so they thanked the woman, and took some

-last looks at the beautiful views to be seen from

-the windows. To their surprise they found it was

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_079" title="79"> </a>

-noon-time, and as everything in Nuremberg is closed

-for an hour and a half at mid-day, they were

-driven back to the Wurtemberger Hof, their comfortable

-hotel, where everything possible was done

-for their pleasure.</p>

-

-<p>After a good dinner and a rest, Mr. Winter said

-he thought, as his time was so limited, he would

-like to visit the Town Hall and St. John's Cemetery.

-A guide was found, and they started out with

-more enthusiasm than ever.</p>

-

-<p>The guide told them that the Town Hall was

-built in the years from 1616 to 1619, in Italian

-style. He pointed out to them a fine picture by

-Paul Ritter, painted in 1882, to represent the act

-of the arrival of the German Emperor's Insignia in

-Nuremberg. The guide also showed them several

-pictures of Dürer's representing the triumphal procession

-of Emperor Maximilian. His pictures are,

-many of them, very indistinct.</p>

-

-<p>They were taken into a room where the wedding

-couples go to sign their marriage contracts.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter was more interested than the girls,

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_080" title="80"> </a>

-and Mrs. Winter was so tired they were glad

-enough to get in the carriage and be driven to the

-famous old cemetery.</p>

-

-<p>For some blocks before reaching the entrance are

-paintings of Christ, representing the last days of his

-life.</p>

-

-<p>At the gateway are the three statues of Christ

-and the two thieves nailed to the cross.</p>

-

-<p>The guide showed them the graves of Dürer and

-Sachs, and one of a man who had been killed,

-while asleep, by his wife hammering a nail in his

-head. There was a bronze skull, with the nail in

-it just where she killed him.</p>

-

-<p>Another interesting bronze was the figure of a

-woman with a lizard on a perch, which, when

-touched, turns towards the woman's figure and shows

-where she was bitten in the neck by the lizard

-that killed her.</p>

-

-<p>The girls thought that very quaint and more

-interesting than any they saw, though there were

-many very beautifully carved, and, being of bronze,

-were of great value.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_081" title="81"> </a>

-While our party was wandering through the cemetery

-a funeral was taking place, and as the entire

-service was intoned, it was very impressive.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter said as they entered the carriage,

-"You have had enough sight-seeing for to-day, and

-we will drive home and talk over all the wonderful

-and interesting things we have seen and heard

-to-day."</p>

-

-

-<div class="pagebreak illustration margtopmedium">

-  <a class="pagenum" name="page_082" title="82"> </a>

-  <img src="images/p082i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">NUREMBERG.</p>

-</div>

-

-

-

-

-<h2 class="nopagebreak margtopsmall">CHAPTER XI.<br />

-

-<span class="small">NUREMBERG.&mdash;<i>Continued.</i></span></h2>

-

-

-<p>The following morning Mr. Winter left the ladies,

-who walked aimlessly, not caring much where

-they went, it was all so full of interest to them.</p>

-

-<p>Accidentally they visited quite an interesting place

-called the Preller House. It was built three hundred

-years ago by a Venetian nobleman, and is now

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_083" title="83"> </a>

-used as a furniture warehouse. There is a chapel

-in it, and some of the old furniture still remains.</p>

-

-<p>The ceilings are very fine, and in two of the

-rooms were only discovered when the present occupants

-were having gas-pipes put in the house.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter did not come home to dinner, and in

-the afternoon Mrs. Winter and the girls went to

-the Museum, where they found more to interest them

-than anywhere they had been. It had a very large

-and interesting collection of paintings and antiquities,

-but the girls enjoyed seeing the old cloister&mdash;the

-first they had ever seen.</p>

-

-<p>That evening when Mr. Winter came home, he

-told his wife that he should only be obliged to remain

-one more day, and they must entertain themselves

-again without him.</p>

-

-<p>The next morning Mrs. Winter took a guide with

-them, as she wished to visit some of the shops

-where they could collect some curiosities.</p>

-

-<p>They also went to the Market square, where the

-poor people can buy everything they need at very

-reasonable prices.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_084" title="84"> </a>

-Mrs. Winter then said, "Now, girls, we will visit

-those churches of which we have only seen the outside."</p>

-

-<p>The guide took them first to St. Lawrence's Church.</p>

-

-<p>This church, he told them, was mentioned as early

-as 1006, and had the handsomest artistic decoration

-of any of the celebrated churches throughout Germany.

-The finest portion is the choir, with a vaulted

-roof supported by slender pillars from which the

-arches are formed like palm branches.</p>

-

-<p>The guide wished them particularly to look at the

-Gothic bronze chandelier, which weighs four hundred

-and eighty-two pounds, and was cast by Peter Vischer

-in 1489.</p>

-

-<p>The girls were charmed by the seven windows of

-the choir, which are considered the best examples of

-Nuremberg glass-painting from 1450 to 1490. The

-last window, called the Emperor's, was presented by

-the citizens of Nuremberg in memory of the restitution

-of the German Empire. It was put in the

-22d of March, 1881. Mrs. Winter was much interested

-in some beautiful tapestries representing the

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_085" title="85"> </a>

-lives of St. Lawrence and St. Catharine, and are

-over four hundred years old.</p>

-

-<p>There were many more paintings of much interest,

-some of them Albert Dürer's. As they were leaving,

-the girls saw some richly carved chairs by the doors,

-and asked the guide why they were there.</p>

-

-<p>He told them that they formerly belonged to the

-guilds, and the masters sat in them, in turn, to

-receive alms.</p>

-

-<p>From this church our party was driven to St.

-Sebaldus's, which was finished in the tenth century.

-One of the most interesting things they saw was

-the font, which was remarkable not only as the first

-product of Nuremberg's foundries, but as having been

-used to christen King Wenceslas of Bohemia, in 1361.</p>

-

-<p>There were more paintings of Dürer's to be seen

-here, but the finest work was the sepulchre of St.

-Sebaldus in the centre of the choir. It is the most

-extensive work German art has ever produced, and

-was cast by Peter Vischer and his five sons.</p>

-

-<p>"It was commenced in 1508 and completed in

-1519. It rests on twelve snails, having four dolphins

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_086" title="86"> </a>

-at its corners, the whole forming a pagan temple

-adorned with the Twelve Apostles. It is surmounted

-by twelve smaller figures, and finally by an infant

-Christ holding a globus in his hand, the latter being

-a key of the whole monument, when it is to be rent

-asunder. There is also a fine portrait of Peter Vischer

-in this church."</p>

-

-<p>Of course there were many more objects of interest

-to be seen, but Mrs. Winter thought they had

-seen enough; so they were driven home to dinner.</p>

-

-<p>In the afternoon they took a drive out of the

-city to a beer-garden situated at the side of a

-pretty lake. They had some tea, and walked on the

-borders of the lake quite a distance. Mrs. Winter

-said, "I wish we had such a quiet, pretty place near

-home where we could spend an afternoon as delightfully

-as we have here."</p>

-

-<p>That evening Nellie said, "Dear Mrs. Winter, how

-can I ever thank you and your husband for this

-trip? Mamma could not have come, and never shall

-I forget what I have enjoyed through your kindness."</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_087" title="87"> </a>

-Mrs. Winter told her that the pleasure she had

-given them was more than hers, as it had added

-so much to Alice's happiness.</p>

-

-<p>Alice said, "Now, mamma, will you not add to our

-pleasures by repeating Longfellow's beautiful poem

-on Nuremberg before we go to bed?"</p>

-

-<p>"Dear Mrs. Winter, please do," said Nellie. "I

-have never heard of it, but I know it must be very

-lovely."</p>

-

-<p>"Very well," said Mrs. Winter. "I certainly never

-knew a more appropriate time to recite it than now."</p>

-

-<p>The girls gathered around her in the twilight as

-she sweetly commenced:&mdash;</p>

-

-<div class="poetry-container">

-  <div class="poetry">

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">In the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow-lands</div>

-      <div class="verse">Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands.</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song,</div>

-      <div class="verse">Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them throng:</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Memories of the Middle Ages, when the emperors, rough and bold,</div>

-      <div class="verse">Had their dwelling in the castle, time defying, centuries old;</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">And thy brave and thrifty burghers boasted, in their uncouth rhyme,</div>

-      <div class="verse">That their great imperial city stretched its hand through every clime.</div>

-    </div>

-

-    <a class="pagenum" name="page_088" title="88"> </a>

-

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">In the courtyard of the castle, bound with many an iron band,</div>

-      <div class="verse">Stands the mighty linden planted by Queen Cunigunde's hand;</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">On the square the oriel window, where in old heroic days</div>

-      <div class="verse">Sat the poet Melchior singing Kaiser Maximilian's praise.</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Everywhere I see around me rise the wondrous world of Art&mdash;</div>

-      <div class="verse">Fountains wrought with richest sculpture standing in the common mart;</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">And above cathedral doorways saints and bishops carved in stone,</div>

-      <div class="verse">By a former age commissioned as apostles to our own.</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">In the church of sainted Sebald sleeps enshrined his holy dust,</div>

-      <div class="verse">And in bronze the Twelve Apostles guard from age to age their trust;</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">In the church of sainted Lawrence stands a pix of sculpture rare,</div>

-      <div class="verse">Like the foamy sheaf of fountains, rising through the painted air.</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Here, when Art was still religion, with a simple, reverent heart,</div>

-      <div class="verse">Lived and labored Albrecht Dürer, the Evangelist of Art;</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Hence in silence and in sorrow, toiling still with busy hand,</div>

-      <div class="verse">Like an emigrant he wandered, seeking for the Better Land;</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse"><i>Emigravit</i> is the inscription on the tombstone where he lies;</div>

-      <div class="verse">Dead he is not, but departed,&mdash;for the artist never dies.</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Fairer seems the ancient city, and the sunshine seems more fair,</div>

-      <div class="verse">That he once has trod its pavement, that he once has breathed its air.</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Through these streets, so broad and stately, these obscure and dismal lanes,</div>

-      <div class="verse">Walked of yore the Mastersingers, chanting rude poetic strains.</div>

-    </div>

-

-    <a class="pagenum" name="page_089" title="89"> </a>

-

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">From remote and sunless suburbs came they to the friendly guild,</div>

-      <div class="verse">Building nests in Fame's great temple, as in spouts the swallows build.</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">As the weaver plied the shuttle, wove he too the mystic rhyme,</div>

-      <div class="verse">And the smith his iron measures hammered to the anvil's chime;</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Thanking God, whose boundless wisdom makes the flowers of poesy bloom</div>

-      <div class="verse">In the forge's dust and cinders, in the tissues of the loom.</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Here Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet, laureate of the gentle craft,</div>

-      <div class="verse">Wisest of the Twelve Wise Masters, in huge folios sang and laughed;</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">But his house is now an ale-house, with a nicely sanded floor,</div>

-      <div class="verse">And a garland in the window, and his face above the door;</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Painted by some humble artist, as in Adam Puschman's song,</div>

-      <div class="verse">As the old man, gray and dove-like, with his great beard white and long,</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">And at night the swart mechanic comes to drown his cash and care,</div>

-      <div class="verse">Quaffing ale from pewter tankards, in the master's antique chair.</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Vanished is the ancient splendor, and before my dreamy eye</div>

-      <div class="verse">Wave these mingling shapes and figures, like a faded tapestry.</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Not thy councils, not thy Kaisers, win for thee the world's regard;</div>

-      <div class="verse">But thy painter, Albrecht Dürer, and Hans Sachs thy cobbler-bard.</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Thus, O Nuremberg, a wanderer from a region far away,</div>

-      <div class="verse">As he paced thy streets and courtyards, sang in thought his careless lay;</div>

-    </div>

-    <div class="stanza">

-      <div class="verse">Gathering from the pavement's crevice, as a floweret of the soil,</div>

-      <div class="verse">The nobility of labor&mdash;the long pedigree of toil.</div>

-    </div>

-  </div>

-</div>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_090" title="90"> </a>

-"How very beautiful!" said Nellie. "Thank you

-so much, Mrs. Winter, for reciting it to us. I

-shall learn it myself when I get home, trusting I

-may sometime give as much pleasure to another as

-you have given me."</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter said, "Why, Agnes, I never heard

-you recite that poem so well."</p>

-

-<p>"I never did," said his wife; "for I never truly

-felt it before."</p>

-

-<p>"Thank you, mamma dear," said Alice. "Now

-we will go to bed, feeling all the happier for the

-lovely poem which has put our best thoughts into

-words."</p>

-

-

-<div class="pagebreak illustration margtopmedium">

-  <a class="pagenum" name="page_091" title="91"> </a>

-  <img src="images/p091i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL&mdash;SIDE VIEW.</p>

-</div>

-

-

-

-

-<h2 class="nopagebreak margtopsmall">CHAPTER XII.<br />

-

-<span class="small">STRASBOURG.</span></h2>

-

-

-<p>Mrs. Winter was very anxious to travel to

-Paris by the way of Strasbourg, as she had

-always wished to see the cathedral with its wonderful

-clock.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter made inquiries and found that was

-decidedly the best way to go, which was a great

-delight to them all.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_092" title="92"> </a>

-Our party left Nuremberg early in the morning,

-sorry to see the last of the most interesting city

-they had seen thus far on their trip. Nellie, who

-was looking forward to meeting her father and

-mother in Paris, was quite happy to make a move

-in that direction.</p>

-

-<p>The first part of the trip was not very interesting,

-but the latter was delightful, and as they had

-a compartment to themselves the girls could enjoy

-the view from both sides of the train. A change

-of cars was made at a place where there was

-hardly anything but the station and the railroad

-interests. Here they ate a cold lunch from the

-counter, though there were some hot dishes on a

-table; but they did not look very tempting.</p>

-

-<p>The spire of the Strasbourg Cathedral could be

-seen some time before reaching the station, and well

-it might, being four hundred and sixty-six feet high,

-and by some authorities said to be the highest in

-the world.</p>

-

-<p>The fortifications had been so fine at Mayence

-our party was surprised to find others much finer

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_093" title="93"> </a>

-here, many of them being new, having been built

-at the time of the French and German war in

-1870.</p>

-

-<p>The engineering of some of them is particularly

-fine, as they are made to be opened, so that all the

-surrounding country can be flooded if necessary.</p>

-

-<p>The train wound round the city, giving them a

-fine view of the fortifications and the soldiers being

-drilled in many of the enclosures.</p>

-

-<p>Strasbourg was one of the most important cities

-during the last war, and a great portion of it was

-destroyed. One side of the cathedral was badly

-damaged, but is now thoroughly restored.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter took his family to a small hotel on

-the square near the station, having been recommended

-there by the manager of the hotel at Nuremberg.

-He found it very comfortable, and every

-possible attention was shown them.</p>

-

-<p>Arriving about five o'clock, there was plenty of

-time to be driven around the city. Of course they

-started for the cathedral, but on the way the driver

-stopped the carriage to point out one of the highest

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_094" title="94"> </a>

-chimneys on one of the tallest houses, where the

-storks had built a nest.</p>

-

-<p>He also told them how the storks arrive every

-spring and build their nests, and then leave in the

-fall with their young, to return the next spring

-with their families no larger nor smaller than when

-they go away. What becomes of the surplus is a

-great question&mdash;whether they only increase sufficiently

-to fill the vacancies caused by death or old age, or

-that the young ones found colonies in other countries.</p>

-

-<p>The storks are held in great reverence by mankind,

-and are never harmed. Indeed, it is considered

-good fortune to the inmates of a house when a

-nest is built on one of its chimneys.</p>

-

-<p>The driver told a story of one man who gave

-up the use of his room an entire winter, rather

-than destroy a nest which two storks had built

-over the top of his chimney, and thus prevented

-his building a fire.</p>

-

-<p>As they approached the cathedral Alice said,

-"Why, papa, where is the clock? I cannot see it

-at all."</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <a class="pagenum" name="page_095" title="95"> </a>

-  <img src="images/p095i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">

-  STRASBOURG STORKS.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_094">94</a>.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>"I do not know," said Mr. Winter; "but it certainly

-is there somewhere."</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_096" title="96"> </a>

-The driver took them to the front of the building,

-where they were met by a guide, who showed

-them the beauties of the outside architecture and

-the many statues of the apostles and saints. He

-told them that the cathedral was commenced in

-1015 and finished in 1601.</p>

-

-<p>The guide showed them the plateau half-way up

-the height of the steeple, and told them that it

-is used by men who watch for fires all the time.

-The citizens are so proud of the cathedral that they

-have it dusted and washed inside very frequently.</p>

-

-<p>"Where is the clock?" said Mrs. Winter, as soon

-as the guide stopped talking long enough for her

-to speak a word.</p>

-

-<p>The man did not answer, but took them around

-to a side door, where, after receiving his tip, he

-left them and walked away.</p>

-

-<p>At first they did not know what to do, but

-Mrs. Winter said, "I think we had better go inside

-if we can."</p>

-

-<p>In they went, and right by the door was the

-clock. A fine-looking man dressed elegantly met

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_097" title="97/98"> </a>

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_098"> </a>

-them. He proved to be a finely educated Swiss,

-and he explained the various wonders of the clock.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p097i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">

-  STRASBOURG&mdash;CATHEDRAL CLOCK.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_096">96.</a></p>

-</div>

-

-<p>He told them that the clock was built three

-hundred years ago, and was to run a certain number

-of years. It shows all fête days for all those

-years, tells the changes of the moon, eclipses&mdash;in

-fact, everything that one could imagine.</p>

-

-<p>The apostles do not all come out and walk

-around except at noon, but as it was quarter before

-six our party saw three men move.</p>

-

-<p>The clock stops at six at night and then commences

-again at six in the morning.</p>

-

-<p>Mrs. Winter said the longer she looked at it, the

-more wonderful it seemed to her that any man

-could think of so many things.</p>

-

-<p>The guide also told them that the man who first

-conceived the idea of the clock became totally

-blind when it was nearly completed. Of course he

-could work no more, and it was never thought the

-clock would be finished.</p>

-

-<p>He lived thirty years, and after his death another

-man was found who thought he could complete it.

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_099" title="99"> </a>

-He succeeded, and was paid by the government for

-his time and work.</p>

-

-<p>Mrs. Winter said, "I think it is the most wonderful

-thing I ever saw, and I do not know which

-man I admire the most&mdash;the one who conceived such

-a work, or the man who could carry out such marvellous

-thoughts of a man whom he had never met."</p>

-

-<p>After leaving the cathedral our party was driven

-around the city. The old part they found very quaint

-and picturesque, with its high and sloping roofs. The

-new part, built by the Germans, was very handsome,

-some of the buildings, like the palace, conservatory

-of music, and the post-office, being particularly fine.</p>

-

-<p>The driver told them that one of the great interests

-there was the making of <i>pâté de foie gras</i>.

-It is made from the livers of geese which are fed

-in such a way that the liver grows abnormally large,

-often weighing three pounds.</p>

-

-<p>He also told them that many of the French

-people are still very bitter against the Germans, even

-pulling down their shades to the windows if a regiment

-should march by the house.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_100" title="100"> </a>

-On their return to the hotel, the manager told

-Mr. Winter he would have a very quick and comfortable

-journey to Paris if he took the Orient

-express which runs between Constantinople and Paris.

-It would leave Strasbourg three hours later than the

-ordinary train, and would arrive in Paris some hours

-before it.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter engaged a compartment at once, and

-the next day had a very enjoyable trip, though it

-was a very long one. The first part of the route,

-over mountains and through ravines, was very delightful;

-but after getting into France it was flat

-and uninteresting.</p>

-

-<p>They passed through Epérgny, which was interesting

-for its vines, which covered the fields for many

-miles. From these grapes champagne is made.</p>

-

-<p>Paris was reached at six o'clock, and their hotel,

-which had been recommended by friends, was found

-to be very homelike.</p>

-

-<p>The Fords were there waiting for them, and

-were as glad to see Nellie as she was glad to be

-with them again.</p>

-

-

-

-

-<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_101" title="101"> </a>

-CHAPTER XIII.<br />

-

-<span class="small">HOMEWARD BOUND.</span></h2>

-

-

-<p>That evening after Nellie had told her mamma

-some of her pleasant experiences, Mr. Winter

-said, "Now we have just five days to spend in Paris,

-and you must decide what you would most like to

-do. Mr. Ford and I are entirely at your disposal."</p>

-

-<p>Guidebooks were brought out and studied, and

-after many discussions their plans were settled for

-each day.</p>

-

-<p>On Thursday morning they went to the Louvre,

-feeling there would be so many pictures to see they

-had better visit it first.</p>

-

-<p>How tired they did get sliding around on those

-slippery floors, trying to see the nine miles of pictures,

-many of which were quite uninteresting to

-them all.</p>

-

-<p>In the afternoon Mr. Winter took his wife and

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_102" title="102"> </a>

-the girls in a carriage, and started for the Bois de

-Boulogne. When the Place de la Concorde was

-reached, with its monolithic obelisk of Luxor, and

-fountains and statues, with the gardens of the

-Tuileries one side, and the Champs Élysées on the

-other, the girls both exclaimed, "How beautiful!"

-but Nellie added, "When I think of all the horrors

-that have taken place here it loses some of its loveliness

-to me."</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p102i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">PLACE DE LA CONCORDE.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_103" title="103"> </a>

-The drive through the Champs Élysées they

-thought very beautiful, and when they reached the

-Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, the most beautiful in

-the world, their admiration knew no bounds.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter said, "Alice, what do you know about

-this?"</p>

-

-<p>Alice answered that "It was commenced by

-Napoleon&nbsp;I. in 1806 and finished by Louis Philippe,

-and cost over two millions of dollars. It is about

-one hundred and fifty feet high, and the same in

-breadth, and the central arch is ninety feet high."</p>

-

-<p>"Very good, my dear; you know that lesson very

-well," said her papa.</p>

-

-<p>From there to the Bois everything was full of

-interest to them, and the drive around the Cascade

-Alice thought particularly lovely.</p>

-

-<p>Nellie said, "It is not kept up as nicely as I like

-to see a park. They had better make Central Park a

-visit, and see its nicely cut lawns and trimmed bushes."</p>

-

-<p>On their way home they were driven through the

-Place Vendôme, with its magnificent column in the

-centre.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_104" title="104"> </a>

-Nellie said, "I can tell you a little about that,

-Mr. Winter, if you would like me to."</p>

-

-<p>"Of course I should," said Mr. Winter.</p>

-

-<p>"It is one hundred and forty feet high, and was

-also built by Napoleon&nbsp;I. It was pulled down by

-the Communists in 1871, but has since been restored."</p>

-

-<p>The girls felt quite at home historically in Paris,

-as all these interesting things were very fresh in

-their minds.</p>

-

-<p>In the evening, being very near the Palais Royale,

-which was built for Cardinal Richelieu, they thought

-it would be a pleasant way to pass their evening

-to go and walk around and gaze into the shop

-windows. The ladies were too tired, so the gentlemen

-took the girls, and they had a delightful time.

-Alice told her mamma on her return that she enjoyed

-it, but did not care to go again; she had seen

-so much jewelry, all alike, that it was actually

-tiresome.</p>

-

-<p>Friday morning they drove to the Palais du Luxembourg,

-which has been prison, palace, senate-house,

-and is now noted for its sculptures and paintings.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_105" title="105"> </a>

-Our party enjoyed it much more than the Louvre,

-as the paintings were so many of them modern and

-very familiar to them.</p>

-

-<p>At the back of the garden they saw the statue

-of Marshal Ney, on the very spot where he was

-shot.</p>

-

-<p>Being on that side of the river, they visited the

-Church of the Hôtel des Invalides to see the tomb

-of Napoleon&nbsp;I. It was directly under the dome,

-and the softened lights all around made it very

-beautiful.</p>

-

-<p>After being driven home and having lunch, they

-walked to the Madeleine, the most magnificent of

-modern churches.</p>

-

-<p>Mrs. Winter said, "This is very beautiful, but I

-do like the solemnity of some of the older churches

-I have seen very much better."</p>

-

-<p>Leaving there, they walked through some of those

-wide and interesting boulevards, watching the people

-and carriages and gazing into the fascinating

-shop-windows.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Ford said, "I thought I had seen in New

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_106" title="106"> </a>

-York some florists' windows that could not be improved,

-but I find I was mistaken. Never have I

-seen such windows as these."</p>

-

-<p>When too tired to walk any farther, carriages

-were called, and they were driven to the Cathedral

-of Notre Dame, built on an island in the Seine;

-from there to the Panthéon, which Alice said "looked

-like a barn, and was cold and inhospitable."</p>

-

-<p>The most interesting thing about it was, that such

-celebrated men as Victor Hugo, Marat, Voltaire,

-Mirabeau, and Rousseau had been buried there.

-The Hôtel de Ville, recently restored, they passed

-on their way home.</p>

-

-<p>The evening was given to the Hippodrome, which

-is quite the thing to do in Paris, and is wonderfully

-fine.</p>

-

-<p>The drive there was like a picture of fairyland,

-with the bright lights and trees and glimpses of

-the river.</p>

-

-<p>Saturday was devoted to shopping, a great deal

-of it being done at the Magasin de Louvre and the

-Bon Marché. The buildings are immense, and there

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_107" title="107"> </a>

-is everything to be found in them that one could

-possibly desire.</p>

-

-<p>That evening it was decided to go to the opera

-at the Grand Opera House, the most beautiful one

-in the world. The girls were so excited they could

-not eat any dinner, for it was their first appearance.</p>

-

-<p>Faust was the opera given, and a wonderful ballet

-followed it. Between the opera and ballet they all

-went outside and looked down at the men on horseback,

-stationed like sentinels outside the building.</p>

-

-<p>Before them was the whole length of the Rue de

-l'Opera a blaze of light. Alice said, "Nothing yet

-has been as delightful as this evening."</p>

-

-<p>Sunday was bright and clear, much to the delight

-of our sight-seers, as they were going to Versailles.

-They decided on Sunday, as the fountains were advertised

-to play, and all were very anxious to see

-them.</p>

-

-<p>They drove there and enjoyed every moment, especially

-when passing St. Cloud. They saw all it was

-possible to see in one day, but felt as if it was

-very little, after all.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_108" title="108"> </a>

-They went through the palace as fast as they

-could, but any one knows who has been there that

-with those glossy floors it took time.</p>

-

-<p>The room devoted to war pictures they did not

-care for, but were much interested in Marie Antoinette's

-private rooms, which were so very small, and

-also in the place where the Swiss Guards were

-killed in defending her.</p>

-

-<p>The state apartments were very elegant, especially

-the Galerie de Glace, where the German emperor

-was proclaimed emperor in the late war.</p>

-

-<p>Of course the girls were eager to get to the

-Great and Little Trianon. They were disappointed

-in the size and simplicity of their furnishings. The

-rooms, however, were so full of historical interest

-that their disappointment was forgotten, and they

-thought they could have spent all their time in the

-two houses.</p>

-

-<p>In the coach-house were seen some very curious

-old state coaches used by Charles&nbsp;X. and Napoleon&nbsp;I.

-and many other sovereigns.</p>

-

-<p>The man in charge was almost as much of a

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_109" title="109"> </a>

-curiosity as the coaches, he told his stories in such

-an interesting manner, laughing heartily at his own

-jokes.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p109i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">

-  PETIT TRIANON.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_108">108</a>.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>The drive home was delightful, but they were all

-too tired to say very much. After a good dinner,

-the two girls talked as fast as magpies over the

-delights of the day. Being like most girls, Marie

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_110" title="110"> </a>

-Antoinette was one of the most interesting characters

-in French history, and they talked of her and

-her sad life, feeling almost as if they had lived a

-portion of it with her, in the quiet retreat and

-lovely gardens of Versailles.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Winter said to his wife, "I have really finished

-my business this side of the water, and unless

-you would like to remain in London three or four

-more days for the 'Etruria,' we can catch the 'Teutonic'

-next Wednesday."</p>

-

-<p>Mrs. Winter said she would like to go home on

-the "Teutonic" very much, but did not like to

-leave Mr. and Mrs. Ford, as they had made all

-their arrangements to go home together.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Ford said, "We are delighted to shorten the

-trip, as I ought to be at home now; but we did

-not like to break up the party."</p>

-

-<p>"Very well," said Mr. Winter. "We will go out

-and telegraph to Liverpool for state-rooms."</p>

-

-<p>Alice said to her mamma, "I wonder if we can

-like the 'Teutonic' as well as we did the 'Etruria'

-that brought us over the seas so safely."</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_111" title="111"> </a>

-Monday was devoted to visiting the Salon, where

-they saw so many pictures that they came away

-with a very vague idea of what they had seen,

-but all agreed they preferred the English pictures

-of the present day to those of the French.</p>

-

-<p>Tuesday night saw our party again in London,

-but at the Savoy Hotel, where they had delightful

-rooms overlooking the river.</p>

-

-<p>Wednesday at eleven o'clock our happy party took

-the special train which connects with the fast

-steamers, and at four o'clock were on the "Teutonic"

-and starting for home.</p>

-

-<p>A lovely night down to Queenstown, where the

-steamer stops for the mails. While waiting the next

-morning, Mr. Winter and Mr. Ford took Alice and

-Nellie on shore in the tug, and gave them a nice

-drive in a jaunting car.</p>

-

-<p>The girls did not enjoy the drive very much, but

-were glad of the experience.</p>

-

-<p>The ladies were very much interested in the boats

-which came out to the "Teutonic" with women who

-had laces and small articles to sell. The things

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_112" title="112"> </a>

-were sent up to the deck in baskets, on ropes,

-which were tossed up for the passengers to catch.

-Some of the Irish girls were very bright, and made

-very good sales.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img src="images/p112i.jpg" alt="" />

-  <p class="caption">

-  THAMES EMBANKMENT.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_111">111</a>.</p>

-</div>

-

-<p>At last the tug with the mails arrived, and was

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_113" title="113"> </a>

-attached to the steamer at once. Both went down

-the harbor until the passengers, among them our

-party, and the mails had been transferred. The girls

-were uneasy until they were with their mothers.</p>

-

-<p>At two o'clock the tug left them, and then, indeed,

-it seemed as if they had started for home.</p>

-

-<p>One bad stormy day, some foggy and some delightful

-ones, fell to their share. No one of their

-party was sick, and they thought the steamer delightful.

-Much as they had liked the "Etruria," it

-was decided by all that the "Teutonic" would be

-their steamer in the future.</p>

-

-<p>New York was reached on Wednesday afternoon, and

-at night the entire party was at the Fifth Avenue

-Hotel, feeling very glad to get safely across the

-ocean again. They had become such good friends it

-was very hard to separate.</p>

-

-<p>However, a promise was made by the Fords to

-visit Mr. and Mrs. Winter before the summer was

-over.</p>

-

-<p>Thursday night the Winters could have been found

-in their own home, all very happy, and feeling that

-<a class="pagenum" name="page_114" title="114"> </a>

-the following years would be fuller of interest in

-every way for the experiences, most of them pleasant,

-of their charming trip to Nuremberg and

-back.</p>

-

-<div class="illustration">

-  <img class="plain" src="images/p114i.jpg" alt="" />

-</div>

-

-

-

-

-<div class="pagebreak tnote">

-<p class="front margtopsmall">Transcriber's Notes</p>

-

-<p class="noindent">The following modifications have been made,</p>

-

-<p class="noindent">Page <a href="#page_018">18</a>:<br />

-"fairy-land" changed to "fairyland"<br />

-(it was like a glimpse of fairyland)</p>

-

-<p class="noindent">Page <a href="#page_074">74</a>:<br />

-"bergomasters" changed to "burgomasters"<br />

-(the old burgomasters meeting there for their nightly mugs)</p>

-

-<p class="noindent">Page <a href="#page_076">76</a>:<br />

-"Runigunde" changed to "Kunigunde"<br />

-(planted by Empress Kunigunde eight hundred years ago)</p>

-

-<p class="noindent">Page <a href="#page_078">78</a>:<br />

-"Firth" changed to "Fürth"<br />

-(the first railroad was opened to Fürth)</p>

-

-<p class="noindent">Page <a href="#page_113">113</a>:<br />

-"Mr. and Mr." changed to "Mr. and Mrs."<br />

-(to visit Mr. and Mrs. Winter)</p>

-</div>

-

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+<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 45983 ***</div>
+
+<div class="illustration margtopmedium">
+  <a class="pagenum" name="page_004"> </a>
+  <img src="images/p004i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">
+  FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, NEW YORK.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_018">18</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<h1><a class="pagenum" name="page_005"> </a>
+<span class="smcaps"><span class="xsmall uppercase">To</span><br />
+Nuremberg and <span class="capitalize">back</span></span></h1>
+
+<p class="front xxlarge">A Girl's Holiday</p>
+
+<p class="front"><span class="xsmall">BY</span><br />
+<b>AMY NEALLY</b></p>
+
+<p class="front small"><i>ILLUSTRATED</i></p>
+
+<p class="front">NEW YORK<br />
+E. P. DUTTON &amp; COMPANY<br />
+<span class="xsmall">31 <span class="smcaps">West Twenty-third Street</span></span><br />
+<span class="small">1892</span></p>
+
+<p class="front xsmall"><a class="pagenum" name="page_006"> </a>
+Copyright, 1892<br />
+<span class="smcaps">By E. P. Dutton and Company</span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_007" title="7"> </a>
+CONTENTS.</h2>
+
+
+<table summary="contents" border="0" cellpadding="3">
+
+<tr class="xsmall">
+  <td align="right">CHAPTER</td>
+  <td colspan="2" align="right">PAGE</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td align="right">I.</td>
+  <td><span class="smcaps">An Unexpected Pleasure</span></td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_011">11</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td align="right">II.</td>
+  <td><span class="smcaps">New York for the First Time</span></td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_019">19</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td align="right">III.</td>
+  <td><span class="smcaps">Life on a Steamer</span></td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_025">25</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td align="right">IV.</td>
+  <td><span class="smcaps">A First Glimpse of England</span></td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_032">32</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td align="right">V.</td>
+  <td><span class="smcaps">A Week in London</span></td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_036">36</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td align="right">VI.</td>
+  <td><span class="smcaps">Off for the Continent</span></td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_044">44</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td align="right">VII.</td>
+  <td><span class="smcaps">Up the Rhine</span></td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_050">50</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td align="right">VIII.</td>
+  <td><span class="smcaps">The Legend of the Lorely</span></td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_058">58</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td align="right">IX.</td>
+  <td><span class="smcaps">Mayence to Nuremberg</span></td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_066">66</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td align="right">X.</td>
+  <td><span class="smcaps">Nuremberg</span></td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_070">70</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td align="right">XI.</td>
+  <td><span class="smcaps">Nuremberg.</span>&mdash;<i>Continued</i></td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_082">82</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td align="right">XII.</td>
+  <td><span class="smcaps">Strasbourg</span></td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_091">91</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td align="right">XIII.</td>
+  <td><span class="smcaps">Homeward Bound</span></td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_101">101</a></td>
+</tr>
+
+</table>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_008" title="8"> </a></p>
+
+
+
+<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_009" title="9"> </a>
+LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.</h2>
+
+<table summary="illustrations" border="0" cellpadding="2">
+
+<tr class="xsmall">
+  <td colspan="2" align="right">PAGE</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York</td>
+  <td align="right" class="small"><i><a href="#page_004">Frontispiece</a></i></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">The Great Steamer backed out into the River</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_022">22</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Houses of Parliament</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_029">29</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Nelson Column</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_036">36</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Tower of London</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_041">41</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Hampton Court</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_042">42</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Brussels Bourse</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_047">47</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Cologne Cathedral</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_051">51</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Lahneck Castle</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_055">55</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Mouse Tower</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_062">62</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Mayence&mdash;general view</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_067">67</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Nuremberg Walls</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_071">71</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Albrecht Dürer's House</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_073">73</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Nuremberg Castle</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_075">75</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Nuremberg</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_082">82</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Strasbourg Cathedral&mdash;side view</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_091">91</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Strasbourg Storks</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_095">95</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Strasbourg-Cathedral Clock</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_097">97</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Place de la Concorde</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_102">102</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Petit Trianon</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_109">109</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="smcaps">Thames Embankment</td>
+  <td align="right"><a href="#page_112">112</a></td>
+</tr>
+
+</table>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_010" title="10"> </a></p>
+
+
+
+<p class="pagebreak front margtoplarge xlarge">
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_011" title="11"> </a>
+TO NUREMBERG AND BACK.</p>
+
+<p class="front">A GIRL'S HOLIDAY.</p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2 class="nopagebreak">CHAPTER I.<br />
+
+<span class="small">AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE.</span></h2>
+
+
+<p>One day in the early spring, Alice Winter came
+home from school, and, after the usual question
+at the door, "Is mamma at home?" rushed
+upstairs, and found to her great surprise that her
+papa was at home, talking very earnestly to Mrs.
+Winter.</p>
+
+<p>When Alice came into the room, Mr. Winter
+stopped talking, and she wondered very much what
+they could have been talking about so earnestly, as
+all she heard was her papa asking, "Do you think
+we had better take her with us?"</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_012" title="12"> </a>
+"Why, papa! What is the matter? Are you
+going away? Are you sick? What made you come
+home so early?" were the questions which Alice
+gave rapidly, without waiting for an answer.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter said, "Yes, dear, I am obliged to go
+to Nuremberg, Germany, on business immediately,
+and mamma is trying to make up her mind
+whether it is best for her to go with me. She
+does not like to leave you for so long a time, and
+we do not think it wise to take you with us,
+when you are getting on at school so nicely."</p>
+
+<p>"O papa, please take me with you. I shall
+learn just as much on such a lovely trip as at
+school, and you know I can take care of mamma,
+and keep her from being lonely when you are busy.
+O papa, please ask mamma to let me go. I
+should be so unhappy to stay without you, even
+with dear Aunt Edith, and I know there is where
+you would send me."</p>
+
+<p>"Alice, dear, go to your room and get ready for
+dinner, and leave us to talk it over," said Mr.
+Winter. "My dear little daughter knows that no
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_013" title="13"> </a>
+matter which way we decide, it will be as we
+think is best for all of us. You know it is as
+hard for us to leave you as it will be for you to
+let us go."</p>
+
+<p>Alice left the room without another word, with her
+heart beating very fast from the excitement of it all.</p>
+
+<p>The thought of going to Europe across the great
+ocean was a very happy one to a bright girl of
+fifteen who was studying all the time about the
+places she would visit and the objects of interest
+she would see, if her papa would only decide to
+take her.</p>
+
+<p>Alice sat down by the window of her pretty
+room, and looked out on the village street, far away
+in the northern part of the State of New York.
+She wondered how the ocean looked, as she had
+never seen any larger body of water than that of
+Lake Erie, when she went with her mother to make
+a visit in Cleveland.</p>
+
+<p>She also wondered if her state-room on the
+steamer would be as large as the room she was in;
+also, would she be sick, and how would all those
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_014" title="14"> </a>
+wonderful cities look; if they could be as beautiful
+as the pictures she had seen of them.</p>
+
+<p>Then she remembered that only last week she had
+been studying about the quaint old city of Nuremberg,
+and wishing she could go there and see all
+its curiosities.</p>
+
+<p>Alice was startled by the dinner-bell, and could
+not even wait to brush her hair, she was so anxious
+to know what her papa had decided.</p>
+
+<p>As Alice went into the dining-room with a very
+wistful look in her deep-brown eyes, Mr. Winter
+said, "Well, dear, we have decided to take you
+with us, and as it is now Wednesday, and we sail
+Saturday from New York on the 'Etruria,' you
+will be very busy getting ready, and you must help
+your mamma all you can."</p>
+
+<p>Alice threw her arms around Mr. Winter's neck,
+crying with joy, saying at the same time, "Oh, you
+dear, darling papa, how kind and good you are, and
+how I do love you!"</p>
+
+<p>After kissing him again and again, she went to
+her mamma and nearly smothered her with kisses.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_015" title="15"> </a>
+Mr. Winter had never been abroad, though he had
+large business interests there, which had been attended
+to by a clerk in whom he had the utmost
+confidence. This clerk had been taken very suddenly
+and dangerously ill, Mr. Winter had no one
+else he could send, and found he must go himself
+and at once.</p>
+
+<p>He telegraphed to the Cunard office for state-rooms,
+and went home to tell his wife, hardly
+thinking she would go with him at such short
+notice, or leave Alice.</p>
+
+<p>Mrs. Winter was not willing he should go without
+her, and soon decided not only to go, but to
+take Alice with them.</p>
+
+<p>Alice could hardly eat any dinner, she was so
+happy and full of excitement.</p>
+
+<p>The next morning Alice went to school to get
+her books and tell the wonderful news to her
+teacher and school-mates.</p>
+
+<p>They were nearly as interested as she, for it was
+quite an event for any one to go to Europe from
+that quiet village.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_016" title="16"> </a>
+It was decided then and there that all would be
+at the station to see her off on Friday.</p>
+
+<p>When Alice went to her room she found there a
+new steamer-trunk marked "A.&nbsp;W." in large letters,
+and then she was busy indeed getting it
+packed and deciding what to take with her.</p>
+
+<p>Mrs. Winter came in while Alice was almost in
+despair and said, "This is to be such a hurried
+trip you will need only a couple of dresses, but
+you must take all your warm wraps."</p>
+
+<p>Alice laughed and said, "I do not think I shall need
+them in the spring;" but mamma said, "It is always
+cold at sea, and you will need your winter clothes."</p>
+
+<p>Friday afternoon our little party started for New
+York, with the best wishes of their friends, who
+came to the station for the very last "good-byes."
+Alice even shed a few tears, but they were soon
+wiped away, and a happy face looked from the car
+window, which fortunately was on the side overlooking
+the Hudson River.</p>
+
+<p>Alice had never seen that lovely river before, and
+naturally was delighted.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_017" title="17"> </a>
+When they passed the Catskill Mountains it was
+so clear she could see the famous old Mountain
+House, and, beyond, the immense Kauterskill Hotel,
+which seemed almost in the clouds, it looked so
+high.</p>
+
+<p>West Point was the next object of interest, and
+Alice did hope she could go there sometime and
+see the cadets do some of their drills.</p>
+
+<p>When they were opposite the Palisades, which
+stood up in their grandeur, with the softened
+tints of the setting sun settling upon them, Alice
+said, "I know I shall see nothing in Europe any
+finer than that."</p>
+
+<p>Very soon the tall spires and smoke in the distance
+showed that they were drawing near New
+York, and after leaving the Hudson they followed
+the pretty Harlem River, which makes an island of
+New York City.</p>
+
+<p>Alice was much interested in the bridges, there
+seemed to be so many of them, and papa told her
+that the one then in sight was the new Washington
+bridge, just completed. The next was High
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_018" title="18"> </a>
+bridge, which carries the water over the river into
+the city. When it was finished it was said to be
+the finest engineering in the country.</p>
+
+<p>The next bridge was the continuation of the elevated
+railroad, and then came Macomb's Dam bridge,
+the oldest of them all, and used simply for driving
+and walking across, and looked, Alice thought, quite
+unsafe.</p>
+
+<p>The pretty Madison Avenue bridge was the last
+they saw as they crossed their own bridge, and were
+soon in a tunnel which Alice thought would never
+end.</p>
+
+<p>When they came out of the tunnel the train was
+nearly at the station, where the noise and bustle
+were very confusing, and they were glad to get
+into a carriage to be driven to the Fifth Avenue
+Hotel.</p>
+
+<p>As it was quite dark, Alice thought it was like
+a glimpse of fairyland when they reached Madison
+Square, with its electric lights shining on the trees,
+and all the bright lights around the hotel.</p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_019" title="19"> </a>
+CHAPTER II.<br />
+
+<span class="small">NEW YORK FOR THE FIRST TIME.</span></h2>
+
+
+<p>Mr. Winter having telegraphed for rooms, found
+them ready for him; and on going down to
+dinner they were delighted to see the corridors and
+dining-room crowded with people, many of them public
+characters whom he could point out to Alice,
+who was so excited she felt the entire evening as
+if she were in a dream.</p>
+
+<p>Of all the prominent men there Alice was the
+most interested in General Sherman, with his kind,
+rugged face.</p>
+
+<p>The "Etruria" sailed at noon on Saturday, and Mrs.
+Winter and Alice spent the morning buying a few
+last things, such as a hat and hood and comfortable
+steamer-chairs.</p>
+
+<p>At eleven o'clock a Fifth Avenue Hotel stage was
+at the door, and several people beside themselves
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_020" title="20"> </a>
+went in it to the steamer. The ladies had flowers
+and baskets of fruit, and seemed so bright and
+happy that Alice for the first time felt a little lonely
+and homesick.</p>
+
+<p>On reaching the dock there were so many people
+going on and coming off the steamer, and pushing
+each other, it was almost impossible to cross the
+gang-plank and reach their own state-rooms.</p>
+
+<p>Finally they found them, and, instead of nice large
+rooms, they were so very small that Alice felt she
+never could live in them for a week or ten days,
+and the berths were so narrow she said, "O papa,
+you can never get into one of those in the world."</p>
+
+<p>"Oh, yes, I can," said Mr. Winter, "and perhaps
+before we reach Liverpool I shall wish they were
+narrower yet."'</p>
+
+<p>Mrs. Winter and Alice had one room, and Mr.
+Winter was across the passage with another gentleman.</p>
+
+<p>After settling their valises and rugs they went
+up on deck to see the people, and also the last of
+the city itself. Large baskets of fruits and flowers
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_021" title="21"> </a>
+in every shape were constantly being brought on
+board, and much to Alice's delight there was a large
+bunch of violets from her school friends at home.</p>
+
+<p>She had been looking at the other people a little
+enviously, especially at a girl of her own age who
+had many friends to see her, and her arms full of
+flowers.</p>
+
+<p>Very soon the gong sounded, and Alice, who had
+never heard one, put her hands to her ears to shut
+out the noise. As soon as the man had passed by
+Alice said,&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"What is that?"</p>
+
+<p>"That is a gong, dear," said her papa, "and is
+now being used to notify the people who are not
+sailing on the steamer that it is time to go
+ashore."</p>
+
+<p>The people who left kissed their friends hurriedly,
+and went down the gang-plank as if afraid they
+might be carried away, after all.</p>
+
+<p>After the people were on the dock and the mailbags
+had been put on the steamer, very slowly but
+surely the great steamer backed out into the river.
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_022" title="22"> </a>
+Tugs turned her around, and carefully she steamed
+toward the ocean, trying to avoid the many boats
+moving about the river in all directions.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p022i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">
+  THE GREAT STEAMER BACKED OUT INTO THE RIVER.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_021">21</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Alice was rather frightened, and thought they certainly
+would run into some of them.</p>
+
+<p>Many of the passengers were still waving to their
+friends, who were also waving to them from the
+dock as long as they could distinguish it at all.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_023" title="23"> </a>
+Very soon they could see the famous statue of the
+Goddess of Liberty, that holds its light so high in
+the air; then lovely Staten Island, with its green
+hills and fine houses.</p>
+
+<p>The two forts, Hamilton and Wordsworth, which
+guard the entrance to the harbor, were soon left
+behind, and on the left could be seen Coney Island,
+with its large hotels and elephant and high elevator.</p>
+
+<p>Suddenly, as they were looking at the largest
+hotel of all, the one at Rockaway Beach, the
+steamer stopped. Alice, rather startled, said,&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Oh, dear! what is the matter?"</p>
+
+<p>"They are going to drop the pilot," said her
+papa.</p>
+
+<p>"Where?" said Alice. "In the water?"</p>
+
+<p>"Oh, no," said Mr. Winter; "do you see that
+small boat rowing towards us?"</p>
+
+<p>"Yes, papa. Will he drop into that? He never
+can; he will surely fall into the water."</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter smiled and told her to go and watch
+from the rail, which she did, and soon saw the
+pilot go down the side of the steamer by a rope
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_024" title="24"> </a>
+and drop into the little row-boat, where two men
+were waiting to row him to the pretty pilot-boat
+No.&nbsp;4, which was quite a distance away.</p>
+
+<p>The steamer started immediately, and in five
+minutes the row-boat was only a speck on the
+water.</p>
+
+<p>"There is another hotel, papa. What is it?" said
+Alice.</p>
+
+<p>"That is the Long Beach Hotel, and you will
+not see another until you reach Liverpool," said
+her papa.</p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_025" title="25"> </a>
+CHAPTER III.<br />
+
+<span class="small">LIFE ON A STEAMER.</span></h2>
+
+
+<p>"Come, Alice," said Mrs. Winter, "we will go
+down to our state-room and unpack our trunks
+while we are in smooth water, for to-morrow morning
+it may be so rough we cannot get out of our
+berths at all."</p>
+
+<p>Alice went with her mamma and helped put everything
+in order, but there were so few hooks and no
+bureau she did not know at first where to put anything.</p>
+
+<p>Mrs. Winter decided to sleep in the lower berth
+and have Alice on the sofa, which gave them the top
+berth for a bureau, and they found themselves very
+comfortable.</p>
+
+<p>Alice wanted to put some little things around to
+look pretty, but her mamma said, "No, dear, for if
+the ship rolls they will be all over the floor."</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_026" title="26"> </a>
+Alice laughed and said, "I guess the 'Etruria'
+never rolls enough for that; she is too big."</p>
+
+<p>"Wait and see," quietly said her mamma.</p>
+
+<p>Mrs. Winter said, "Now we will put on our warm
+wraps and go on deck."</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter had found their chairs and put them in
+a nice place. Just as they were being settled in
+them, the gong was sounded again. "That is for
+lunch this time," said Mr. Winter, "and I for one am
+glad, for I am very hungry."</p>
+
+<p>On going to the saloon they were delighted to find
+that their seats were at the captain's table, and any
+one who has crossed the ocean with Captain Hains
+knows what a treat they had before them, if it
+should be a nice passage and he could be in his seat
+at the head of the table.</p>
+
+<p>In the afternoon the ship rolled, and when dinner
+was announced Mrs. Winter thought she would take
+hers on deck. She was not sick, but was afraid if
+she left the air she might be. Mr. Winter and Alice
+went to the table, and Alice was surprised to see the
+vacant seats around the room. The racks were on
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_027" title="27"> </a>
+the table, so the dishes were held in place, but Alice
+found it rather uncomfortable keeping her chair.</p>
+
+<p>In the morning Mrs. Winter was too ill to leave
+her berth, but Alice never felt better in her life. The
+captain was so pleased to have her at the table to
+breakfast he put her in her mamma's seat next to
+him, and when she told him it was her birthday he
+said, "You shall have a nice cake for your dinner."</p>
+
+<p>After breakfast Alice went up on deck with Mr.
+Winter, who put her in a comfortable place and
+covered her up nice and warm. He went down to
+see his wife.</p>
+
+<p>The sea was a deep, bright blue, with lovely white
+caps, and when the sun shone on them Alice could
+see a rainbow on every wave.</p>
+
+<p>Alice became tired of sitting in her chair, and went
+to the rail to look over the side and see how pretty
+the water looked as the ship cut through it. Soon
+the young girl whom she had seen the day before
+came up to her and said, "Have you ever crossed
+before?"</p>
+
+<p>Alice said, "No, have you?"</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_028" title="28"> </a>
+"Oh, yes, several times; and I do enjoy every
+minute, for I am never sick."</p>
+
+<p>Alice asked her name, and she answered, "Nellie
+Ford. What is yours and where are you going?"</p>
+
+<p>Alice told her name and that she was going to
+Nuremberg.</p>
+
+<p>Nellie said, "I have never been there. We are
+going to Brussels, and it is such a beautiful city."</p>
+
+<p>They talked on until the gong sounded, and
+agreed to meet again after lunch.</p>
+
+<p>At dinner that night Alice found the cake which
+the captain had promised her on the table. After
+thanking him, she asked if she might send a piece
+of it to her new friend.</p>
+
+<p>"Of course, my dear," said the captain. "It is
+yours to do with just as you please."</p>
+
+<p>The second day was very much like the first,
+only Mrs. Winter was able to be on deck, and
+Nellie Ford introduced her to Mr. and Mrs. Ford,
+and they soon settled to a little party of six, as
+passengers on a steamer are very apt to do.</p>
+
+<p>The two girls were together all the time, and
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_029" title="29/30"> </a>
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_030"> </a>
+joined in a game of ring toss with some more of
+the young people.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p029i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">
+  HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_037">37</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>The days passed away, one very much like
+another&mdash;some pleasant, some stormy and rough,
+some foggy, with the whistles being blown every
+two minutes. Alice felt that she should be glad
+when she saw land again.</p>
+
+<p>One night they met a steamer, and it did look
+very pretty all lighted up. The "Etruria" set off
+Roman candles, which were answered by the steamer,
+and Alice thought that was the most interesting
+evening of all, even more so than the night of
+the concert.</p>
+
+<p>The "Etruria" made a very quick trip, and
+reached Queenstown Friday afternoon. Alice was
+writing letters in the saloon to send home, when
+suddenly the steamer stopped.</p>
+
+<p>"Oh, dear, what is the matter?" she cried, jumping
+to her feet. A gentleman sitting near her said,
+"It is a fog, and as we are very near Fastnet
+Rock they do not dare to go on."</p>
+
+<p>Soon a gun was heard in answer to the steamer's
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_031" title="31"> </a>
+whistle, and the gentleman said, "We must be right
+there now."</p>
+
+<p>Alice went up on deck rather frightened, but as
+suddenly as the fog had settled upon them it
+lifted, and directly ahead of them was the straight
+rock rising out of the water like a sentinel.</p>
+
+<p>The "Etruria" ran up her signal flags and then
+started on, and in three hours was off Queenstown
+Harbor, where the tug was waiting for their mails
+and the few passengers who wished to be landed.</p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_032" title="32"> </a>
+CHAPTER IV.<br />
+
+<span class="small">A FIRST GLIMPSE OF ENGLAND.</span></h2>
+
+
+<p>Queenstown was soon a thing of the past, and
+when they went to their rooms the packing
+was finished, so that the next morning all the time
+could be spent upon the deck until they landed.</p>
+
+<p>It was a clear, bright morning, but very cold
+and windy, when the steamer was left to take the
+tug. On leaving the tug, Alice and Nellie were
+very careful to each put her left foot first on the
+dock, as they had been told it would bring them
+good luck.</p>
+
+<p>There was not much to interest our party in
+Liverpool except the docks, which of course Alice
+had been told were the finest in the world. After
+leaving the Custom House they were driven to the
+North Western Hotel, and the ladies and two girls
+waited in the parlor in front of an enormous soft-coal
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_033" title="33"> </a>
+fire, while Mr. Ford and Mr. Winter went
+into the station, which joins the hotel, and engaged
+a compartment for London.</p>
+
+<p>Opposite the hotel they could see St. George's
+Hall, with its two statues in front, one of Queen
+Victoria and the other of her husband, Prince
+Albert, when they were young.</p>
+
+<p>Suddenly a noise of horses being rapidly driven
+was heard, and the girls ran to the window just
+in time to see the high sheriff's carriage of state
+being driven to the hotel to take him away to open
+court. It was very elegant, with its satin linings
+and the four beautiful horses.</p>
+
+<p>The footmen stood up at the back of the carriage,
+holding themselves on by leather straps. Four men
+in uniform stood in the street and blew on trumpets
+until the sheriff was out of sight.</p>
+
+<p>The girls thought it very interesting, but Mrs.
+Winter said, "A sheriff's position in England must
+be very different from that in America, where they
+usually go about in the quietest manner possible."</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter and Mr. Ford came in and told them
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_034" title="34"> </a>
+it was time to get some lunch. A very nice one
+they had, and Alice was particularly interested in the
+table on wheels, with the joints of meat on it,
+which was pushed about to each person to select the
+cut of meat he liked.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ford advised their going to the Hotel Victoria
+in London, as he had tried many others and
+liked that one the best; so they had telegraphed for
+rooms before starting on the two o'clock train.
+All the party were in good spirits, and glad to be
+on dry land.</p>
+
+<p>Mrs. Winter and Alice did not like the carriage,
+as it is called in England, as well as the drawing-room
+car at home, but enjoyed every moment of
+the journey.</p>
+
+<p>England is like a large garden, every portion
+being under cultivation; the fields are so green and
+full of large, beautiful sheep grazing everywhere.</p>
+
+<p>"O mamma, how much more lovely the hedges
+are than our fences and walls at home!" said
+Alice.</p>
+
+<p>"Yes, indeed," said Mrs. Winter. "I have always
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_035" title="35"> </a>
+heard they were lovely, but I did not think they
+would add so much to the beauties of the landscape."</p>
+
+<p>Harrow, with its school on the hill, was passed,
+and caused some interest to the girls. London was
+reached before they realized it, and they were driven
+to the Hotel Victoria in two four-wheeled cabs
+called "growlers"&mdash;why, they did not know, unless
+people "growl" at their lack of comfort in every
+way; no springs, narrow, high seats, generally dirty,
+and a worn-out old horse, whipped the most of the
+time by a very poor driver.</p>
+
+<p>Their rooms were ready for them, and glad enough
+they were to get their dinner and go to bed to get
+rested for the following days, to which the Winters
+were looking forward with great interest.</p>
+
+
+<div class="pagebreak illustration margtopmedium">
+  <a class="pagenum" name="page_036" title="36"> </a>
+  <img src="images/p036i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">NELSON COLUMN.</p>
+</div>
+
+
+
+
+<h2 class="nopagebreak margtopsmall">CHAPTER V.<br />
+
+<span class="small">A WEEK IN LONDON.</span></h2>
+
+
+<p>Sunday our party rested, but on Monday morning
+they started for Westminster Abbey, hardly looking
+at anything on the way, though they went by
+Trafalgar Square, with the high column erected to Nelson,
+which stands there so proudly, with its beautiful
+lions made by Landseer lying so quietly at its base.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_037" title="37"> </a>
+A pleasant morning was passed at the Abbey, and
+the Poets' Corner proved to be their greatest attraction,
+as it is with most Americans. The chair in
+which Queen Victoria sat when she was crowned
+was shown to them, but Alice said she thought it
+was a common-looking chair, and wondered why the
+Queen did not have one that was more imposing.</p>
+
+<p>On leaving the Abbey they naturally turned towards
+the Houses of Parliament, and wishing to get
+even a better view, they walked part way over
+Westminster bridge, where they also saw St. Thomas's
+Hospital, situated on the Surrey side of the Thames.</p>
+
+<p>The walk back to the hotel by way of the Embankment
+was very pleasant, with its large buildings
+one side, and the river with its boats moving up
+and down on the other, and the rumble of the underground
+railroad beneath their feet. On reaching
+home they were so tired it was decided to rest in
+the afternoon and visit Madame Tussaud's wax-works
+in the evening.</p>
+
+<p>After dinner Mr. Ford said, "How would you like
+to go to the wax-works by the underground railway?
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_038" title="38"> </a>
+It is not very far, if you think you won't
+mind the smoke and confined air. The station is
+very near, and we shall be left at the next building
+to the wax-works. I have been driven there and it
+only took about twenty minutes, so I think we can
+go by train in ten."</p>
+
+<p>"All right," said Mr. Winter; "it will be a good
+opportunity to see how we shall like it."</p>
+
+<p>Off they all started to the Charing Cross station.
+The girls did not like going down underground so
+far, but Alice said to Nellie, "I think I will not
+say much about it unless mamma does."</p>
+
+<p>After passing three stations, Mr. Winter said, "This
+air is stifling, do you not think we are nearly there?"</p>
+
+<p>"Oh, yes," said Mr. Ford, "I think it must be
+the next station."</p>
+
+<p>When they reached it, it was not theirs, and Mr.
+Ford called out to the guard, "How many more
+stations before we reach Baker Street?"</p>
+
+<p>The man looked at him rather queerly, and said,
+"Fourteen. Where did you get on the train?"</p>
+
+<p>"At Charing Cross," said Mr. Ford.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_039" title="39"> </a>
+"Oh," said the guard, "you have taken a train for
+the outer circle and come the longer way; some one
+should have told you."</p>
+
+<p>The train moved on, and our party had nothing
+to do but sit patiently and try not to think how
+close and stifling the air was getting.</p>
+
+<p>When they were once more in the fresh air Mr.
+Ford said, "Driving in cabs suits me pretty well,
+and that is the way I am going home, if I go
+alone."</p>
+
+<p>There was not a dissenting voice, and after a very
+pleasant evening they had a lovely drive home in
+three hansom cabs, and it only took them sixteen
+minutes.</p>
+
+<p>Tuesday morning was spent in visiting the Bank
+of England and St. Paul's Cathedral, where the
+young people and the gentlemen went upstairs to
+the Whispering Gallery.</p>
+
+<p>They all went down to the Crypt, where are many
+tombs, among them those of Nelson and Wellington.</p>
+
+<p>The great object of interest to them was the
+immense funeral car which was made to carry
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_040" title="40"> </a>
+the body of the Duke of Wellington through the
+streets of London to his last resting-place.</p>
+
+<p>The wheels were made from pieces of cannon
+picked from the field of Waterloo.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ford took them to a quaint, old-fashioned
+place noted for its soups, for lunch.</p>
+
+<p>In the afternoon the Tower of London was
+visited, and of course was of more interest to
+the Winters than to the Fords.</p>
+
+<p>To Alice it was very realistic, it was so full of
+English history. She could tell her mamma much
+more than could the man, in his strange costume,
+who showed them around.</p>
+
+<p>That night the ladies and the two girls were
+too tired to go out again, so Mr. Ford took Mr.
+Winter and they did a little sight-seeing on their
+own account.</p>
+
+<p>Wednesday was given up to visiting the Buckingham
+Palace stables, where they saw the Queen's
+famous ponies that are only used on state occasions;
+and the South Kensington Museum, which
+they found very interesting.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <a class="pagenum" name="page_041" title="41/42"> </a>
+  <a class="pagenum" name="page_042"> </a>
+  <img src="images/p041i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">
+  TOWER OF LONDON.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_040">40</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In the evening they went to the theatre, and
+Alice thought it very strange to go downstairs to
+their seats. The audience looked so much better
+than in America, as the ladies were in evening
+dress and the gentlemen in dress suits.</p>
+
+<p>Thursday was a lovely day, and was spent at
+Hampton Court. They went on the outside of a
+coach, and what a lovely drive it was through
+Richmond and Bushy Park, with its wonderful horse-chestnut
+trees all in bloom!</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p042i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">HAMPTON COURT.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>The coach stopped at a little inn beside the
+river, where they lunched before visiting the famous
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_043" title="43"> </a>
+court, once the home of Henry the Eighth, and
+presented to him by Cardinal Wolsey. It is now
+the home of certain ladies of small income who
+are alone in the world. They are selected by the
+Queen, and of course have only one portion of the
+palace.</p>
+
+<p>The remainder is occupied as state apartments
+and a famous picture-gallery, beside a gun-room
+only second in interest to that of the Tower.</p>
+
+<p>Friday was given to Windsor Castle and the
+Crystal Palace.</p>
+
+<p>Saturday they shopped and visited the Royal
+Academy, where they saw a beautiful collection of
+paintings, and only wished there was more time
+to spend looking at them.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. and Mrs. Ford decided to go with the
+Winters as far as Brussels, and as they were
+to start on Monday it was thought best to keep
+very quiet on Sunday.</p>
+
+<p>Mrs. Winter said to her husband she wished they
+could stay longer in London, where every minute
+had been a delight; but he said it was impossible.</p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_044" title="44"> </a>
+CHAPTER VI.<br />
+
+<span class="small">OFF FOR THE CONTINENT.</span></h2>
+
+
+<p>Monday morning was bright and clear, and
+Mr. Ford said, "This looks like a pleasant
+crossing of the Channel."</p>
+
+<p>The ride in the cars to Dover was very interesting,
+and the view of Canterbury Cathedral was
+quite fine.</p>
+
+<p>Quite a large boat was waiting for the train, and
+the water looked so smooth Alice said,&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"I guess the people who are sick crossing this
+Channel do not know much of ocean discomfort."</p>
+
+<p>Like a good many travellers who see the Channel
+for the first time, she thought it must always be
+quiet.</p>
+
+<p>It proved to be a very smooth trip, and only a
+little over an hour was spent in crossing.</p>
+
+<p>The train left Calais fifteen minutes after the
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_045" title="45"> </a>
+arrival of the boat, and the gentlemen bought nice
+luncheons which were put up in baskets,&mdash;chicken,
+bread and butter, and a bottle of wine.</p>
+
+<p>They found a good compartment, and away they
+went, eating their lunch and enjoying the views from
+the windows at the same time.</p>
+
+<p>Belgium is called the garden of Europe, as vegetables
+are raised there for all the principal cities.</p>
+
+<p>The country is flat and rather uninteresting to
+look at, but when one realizes that the willows
+which surround the farms are used by the women
+and children to make baskets which are sent all
+over the world it becomes very interesting.</p>
+
+<p>The land is divided by water wide enough for flat-bottomed
+boats to be rowed about, that the farmers
+may till their land and bring home the products in
+them.</p>
+
+<p>It seemed very strange to see women at work in
+the fields, but Mr. Ford said they would get used
+to that before they reached Nuremberg.</p>
+
+<p>It was dark when the train drew in at the
+station at Brussels, and they took a stage marked
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_046" title="46"> </a>
+"Grand Hotel," and were driven through the principal
+street of the city. The shops were all lighted,
+and the streets and sidewalks full of people.</p>
+
+<p>Outside the restaurants little tables were set on
+the sidewalks, and men and women were eating and
+drinking.</p>
+
+<p>It was a sight the Winters had never seen, and
+it looked very strange to them.</p>
+
+<p>"It is just like Paris on a small scale," said Mr.
+Ford.</p>
+
+<p>Excellent rooms were ready for them at the
+hotel, as they had been telegraphed for by Mr. Ford,
+who was in the habit of going there every year.</p>
+
+<p>They had a delicious supper, and Mr. Winter
+said,&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"That is the best meal I have seen since leaving
+America."</p>
+
+<p>The ladies had found the cars very hard to travel
+in, and were glad to go to their rooms.</p>
+
+<p>The next day Mrs. Winter was so thoroughly used
+up that Mr. Winter decided to stay in Brussels a
+few days for her to get rested.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_047" title="47"> </a>
+The girls were delighted, as they had become very
+fond of each other and were dreading the separation.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p047i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">BRUSSELS BOURSE.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Ford had to go out on business, and Mrs. Ford
+said she would entertain Mrs. Winter if Mr. Winter
+would take the girls sight-seeing. They started on
+their walk in high spirits, and found such wide, clean
+streets, interesting shops, and large, handsome buildings.</p>
+
+<p>The new Exchange just completed, and the Palace
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_048" title="48"> </a>
+of Justice, are two of the most magnificent civic
+buildings in Europe.</p>
+
+<p>They were much interested in a lace manufactory.
+On the lower floor were women at work on the
+finest patterns. They were all ages, from twenty to
+seventy, and never looked up while their work was
+being examined.</p>
+
+<p>When the girls were leaving the room, Alice
+laughed at some remark of Nellie's, and then every
+head was lifted and a sad smile came on each face
+for a second.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter bought two lace handkerchiefs for the
+girls to take as presents to their mothers.</p>
+
+<p>Through the remainder of their stay in Brussels
+they had lovely drives in the beautiful park, visited
+the Palace of Justice, situated at the end of a long
+street, on a hill where there was a glorious view
+of the surrounding country for miles.</p>
+
+<p>They also found that the picture gallery had a
+very fine collection&mdash;indeed, said to be the best in
+Belgium, and the pictures were beautifully arranged
+in schools and periods.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_049" title="49"> </a>
+One day was given to the field of Waterloo, which
+they all enjoyed very much.</p>
+
+<p>Alice felt so unhappy to be parted from Nellie
+that Mr. Winter finally persuaded Mr. and Mrs.
+Ford to let Nellie go with them to Nuremberg, as
+it would give her a delightful trip, and she was
+equally miserable to be left in Brussels without
+Alice.</p>
+
+<p>It was decided to meet in Paris, have an enjoyable
+week together, and sail for home on the
+"Etruria" near the middle of July.</p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_050" title="50"> </a>
+CHAPTER VII.<br />
+
+<span class="small">UP THE RHINE.</span></h2>
+
+
+<p>On Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Winter and the girls
+said "good-bye" to Mr. and Mrs. Ford and
+started for Cologne in the gayest of spirits.</p>
+
+<p>The trip was found very interesting, as they followed
+the Meuse River a great deal of the way.
+Between Liège and Verviers the country was wonderfully
+picturesque, with the pretty winding river,
+which they continually crossed, and little villages
+with the mountains in the distance.</p>
+
+<p>The Meuse has been called the miniature Rhine.</p>
+
+<p>Verviers is the last Belgian station, and Aix-la-Chapelle
+is the first town of much interest in
+Germany.</p>
+
+<p>From the train there was an excellent view of the
+city, which has seen many changes since it was the
+favorite home of Charlemagne.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration"><a class="pagenum" name="page_051" title="51"> </a>
+  <a href="images/p051icomplete.jpg">
+    <img src="images/p051i.jpg" alt="" title="[click for complete image]" />
+  </a>
+  <p class="caption">COLOGNE CATHEDRAL.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>For more than three centuries
+the German emperors were
+crowned there.</p>
+
+<p>It was growing dark as
+Cologne was reached, but the girls, knowing the
+cathedral was near the station, hurried outside to
+see it, and how wonderfully high and beautiful the
+noble great spires looked in the twilight no one
+can imagine who has never seen them.</p>
+
+<p>Tuesday morning was spent in visiting the Church
+of St. Ursula (which is reputed to hold the bones
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_052" title="52"> </a>
+of eleven thousand virgins martyred by the Huns)
+and the cathedral.</p>
+
+<p>An excellent guide showed our party around, and
+pointed out the beautiful windows which King Ludwig
+presented, costing eighteen thousand pounds,
+English money.</p>
+
+<p>The late King Frederick gave one elegant window,
+at the end opposite the entrance.</p>
+
+<p>On one side of the building were windows made
+by Albert Dürer, considered Germany's greatest artist.</p>
+
+<p>A large gold cross, presented by Marie de Medici,
+and costing an enormous sum of money, Alice
+thought was more beautiful than the windows.</p>
+
+<p>On the way back to the hotel they met a company
+of soldiers who were singing as they marched
+along. It seemed very inspiring.</p>
+
+<p>Wednesday morning this happy party took the
+train for Mayence up the Rhine, as the boats, they
+found, were not yet running.</p>
+
+<p>Alice and Nellie had been reading up the legends
+of the Rhine, and could hardly wait to see its
+beauties and wonders.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_053" title="53"> </a>
+The Rhine was not reached until after leaving
+Bonn. The scenery was so pretty they did not miss
+the river views.</p>
+
+<p>In full view of the train was the famous avenue
+of horse-chestnuts, three-quarters of a mile in length.
+There is a large university at Bonn, and many
+other schools. As many of the students in their
+different costumes came to the station and walked
+up and down the platform to show themselves, the
+girls were very much amused.</p>
+
+<p>The city is also noted as being the birthplace of
+Beethoven.</p>
+
+<p>As soon as Bonn was out of sight, the river was
+beside them. At first the entire party were disappointed,
+the river seemed so quiet, narrow, and
+sluggish, compared to the rivers at home.</p>
+
+<p>However, that was soon forgotten as its beauties
+grew upon them.</p>
+
+<p>They soon saw the Seven Mountains coming into
+view, and wished they could stay over one night to
+see the sun rise from the top.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter felt he must hurry on, as they had
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_054" title="54"> </a>
+spent so much time in Brussels, and see all they
+could from the train.</p>
+
+<p>At Oberwinter, where there is the finest view
+down the Rhine, all the party looked back to see it.</p>
+
+<p>Coblence was the next large town, and the situation
+is beautiful, as it is at the confluence of the
+Rhine and the Moselle, with the strong fortifications
+opposite, the Castle of Ehrenbreitstein, often called
+the Gibraltar of the Rhine.</p>
+
+<p>Just after leaving Coblence they saw two castles,
+one the royal castle of Stolzenfels on its "proud
+rock," more than four hundred feet above the river.
+It was destroyed by the French in the seventeenth
+century, but is now completely restored.</p>
+
+<p>The other castle is directly opposite, above the
+mouth of the Lahn river, is called the Castle of
+Lahneck, and has been lately restored. Alice knew
+the legend of this castle, and told it to the rest
+of the party.</p>
+
+<p>"It was here, in the beginning of the fourteenth
+century, that the order of Knights Templars, which
+had been founded for religious purposes chiefly, was
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_055" title="55"> </a>
+severely persecuted by Philippe le Beau of France
+and Pope Clement&nbsp;V.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p055i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">
+  LAHNECK CASTLE.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_054">54</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>"After many vicissitudes there was a long and
+desperate siege, in which all the knights fell except
+one man. He held the commander at bay, who
+was so overpowered by the knight's bravery he
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_056" title="56"> </a>
+offered him life and liberty if he would stop fighting
+and beg for mercy.</p>
+
+<p>"The templar's only answer was to throw his
+spear among the soldiers, and then was killed by
+throwing himself on their lances."</p>
+
+<p>Boppart was the next town of any interest, it
+being a walled town of Roman origin.</p>
+
+<p>The wall had crumbled away in many places,
+and houses had been built on the ruins.</p>
+
+<p>On the opposite side of the river was Bornhoffen,
+with its twin castles of Sternberg and Liebenstein,
+or "The Brothers."</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter told this legend, which runs that
+once a rich knight, with his two sons and one daughter,
+lived there, and were very rich in gold and lands,
+which the old knight had gained through wrong
+and robbery. All his neighbors felt sure that such
+ill-gotten wealth would bring him anything but
+blessings.</p>
+
+<p>The brothers inherited the avarice of the father;
+but the sister was lovely and gentle, like her
+mother. When the father died the brothers gave
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_057" title="57"> </a>
+their sister much less than a third of the property.
+She gave hers to the cause of religion and went
+into a convent.</p>
+
+<p>The brothers, disappointed, disputed over their
+share, and at last fell in love with the same
+maiden, who did not hesitate to flirt with both
+and increase their jealousy. They finally fought and
+killed each other.</p>
+
+<p>Just as Mr. Winter finished his story, the guard
+of the train put his head into the car window, to
+say that the Lorely rock was nearly in sight.</p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_058" title="58"> </a>
+CHAPTER VIII.<br />
+
+<span class="small">THE LEGEND OF THE LORELY.</span></h2>
+
+
+<p>Both girls jumped to their feet, for of course
+they were interested to see that famous rock
+where the water-nymph Lore was said to have lived.
+She would appear on the top of the rock, clothed
+in wonderful garments, and a veil of the color of
+the sea-green water reaching to her feet, to lure
+wicked people to destruction by her singing.</p>
+
+<p>The people who came to the foot of the rock
+were swallowed in the waves, while those who
+tried to climb to the top were either thrown back
+into the water or led through the dense woods,
+only to be days finding their way out of them.</p>
+
+<p>Lore was very kind to good people, having the
+fairy power of distinguishing good from evil.</p>
+
+<p>At last a young count, much to his father's unhappiness,
+saw and fell in love with her. He constantly
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_059" title="59"> </a>
+went to gaze upon her, for she was very
+beautiful.</p>
+
+<p>He used to carry his zither and play and sing
+to her, until she finally caused the waves to rise
+so high that his boat was upset and broken. The
+count sank into the waves, and his attendants returned
+home to tell the father the sad news.</p>
+
+<p>The old count swore revenge, and was going to
+seize Lore and have her burnt. The next night he
+took some friends and surrounded the rock.</p>
+
+<p>When Lore appeared the old count said, "Where
+is my son?"</p>
+
+<p>Lore pointed to the waves, at the same time
+continuing to sing very sweetly.</p>
+
+<p>As soon as Lore had finished her song, she
+threw a stone into the river, which caused a wave
+to rise. She mounted it and sank from view with
+it, never to be seen again, though her singing
+was often heard by men passing by.</p>
+
+<p>The rock was formerly called Lorely, but is now
+Lurlei, and has a lovely echo said to be the gift
+of Lore.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_060" title="60"> </a>
+The girls were disappointed to see the water around
+the rock so very quiet&mdash;no whirlpool at all.</p>
+
+<p>When they saw that a cut had been made
+through the rock for railroad trains, all the romance
+was gone for them.</p>
+
+<p>Alice said, "O papa, how could anybody spoil
+that pretty story by running trains through the rock?
+If that is the way my romances are going to end
+I will not read any more."</p>
+
+<p>However, she soon saw a house built in the river,
+and wanted to know what it was and why it was there.</p>
+
+<p>"I know," said Nellie. "I was reading about it
+the other day."</p>
+
+<p>It is called the Pfalz, and was built by Louis of
+Bavaria in the thirteenth century, in order to exact
+tribute from passing vessels.</p>
+
+<p>Opposite is the town of Bacharach, the Ara Bacchi
+of the Romans, and has long been famous for its wines.
+In Longfellow's "Golden Legend" is the old rhyme,&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="poetry-container">
+  <div class="poetry">
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse extraindent">"At Bacharach on the Rhine,</div>
+      <div class="verse">At Hochheim on the Main,</div>
+      <div class="verse">And at Würzburg on the Stein,</div>
+      <div class="verse">Grow the three best kinds of wine."</div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_061" title="61"> </a>
+The Bacchus-Altar is to be found in this lovely
+country. It stands just below the town, but the
+water has to be very low to read the inscription
+(which is nearly illegible), as it is situated between
+the bank of the river and an islet.</p>
+
+<p>The Altar is supposed to have been erected by
+the Romans to their god of wine.</p>
+
+<p>Many other castles, some restored, but the most
+of them in ruins, were passed, before Assmanshausen,
+famous for its red wines, was reached.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter said, "Now this ends what is called
+'the great gorge of the Rhine,' and the river will
+broaden, and the open country, not very interesting,
+is before you."</p>
+
+<p>Just before reaching Bingen they saw the ruins
+of Ehrenfels, and in the middle of the river the
+Mausthurm, or "Mouse Tower."</p>
+
+<p>"O papa, I know the story of that tower," said
+Alice. "Can I tell it?"</p>
+
+<p>"We are only too glad to hear it," said her
+mamma.</p>
+
+<p>"Hatto was Bishop of Fulda, and wishing to be
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_062" title="62"> </a>
+made Archbishop of Mayence, used every means in
+his power to accomplish his purpose. He succeeded,
+and became very ambitious, proud, and cruel. He
+taxed the poor to build for himself fine dwellings.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p062i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">
+  MOUSE TOWER.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_061">61</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>"At last he built the tower in the river where it
+was very narrow, to compel all ships to pay him toll.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_063" title="63"> </a>
+"A famine set in, and he, having plenty of money,
+bought up everything and filled his granaries. He
+sold his stores at such high prices that only the
+rich could buy.</p>
+
+<p>"He paid no heed to the supplications of the
+famishing people, as he intended building a superb
+palace with his money.</p>
+
+<p>"One day when Hatto was entertaining friends at
+dinner, the starving people forced their way into the
+dining-hall and begged for food. He told them to
+go to a large barn where corn should be given
+them. When they were all inside, Hatto ordered
+the doors to be closed and fastened on the outside
+and the barn to be set on fire.</p>
+
+<p>"When their shrieks reached the dining-hall, Hatto
+turned to his guests and said, 'Hear how the corn-mice
+squeal: I do the same to rebels as I do to
+them.'</p>
+
+<p>"The wrath of Heaven was turned against him, for
+out of the ashes at the barn thousands of mice took
+their way to the palace, filling the rooms and attacking
+Hatto. Thousands were killed, but they steadily
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_064" title="64"> </a>
+increased, and he was finally obliged to flee in terror
+of his life to a boat, still pursued by legions.</p>
+
+<p>"Hatto was ferried over the Rhine to the tower, but
+the mice perforated the walls, and fell on him by
+the thousands, and ate him up. They then disappeared,
+and the tower has been called the 'Mouse
+Tower' ever since.</p>
+
+<p>"It has never been used in any way, but stands as
+a warning to despotic people."</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter said, "Alice, you told that very well;
+but he was not such a very wicked man as the
+legend makes him. He was imperious and caused
+his people much suffering, but was the Emperor's
+confidant and was called the Heart of the King."</p>
+
+<p>Bingen is not a very interesting town, but has
+many walks and drives that are full of interest in
+every way.</p>
+
+<p>Directly opposite, on the heights of Niederwald, is
+the beautiful monument built to commemorate the
+restitution of the German Empire in 1870-1871.</p>
+
+<p>Alice and Nellie did wish they could stop long
+enough to go up and see it, it looked so grand and
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_065" title="65"> </a>
+mighty outlined against the sky. Mr. Winter said,
+"No, we must get to Mayence to-night."</p>
+
+<p>There was not much of interest after leaving
+Bingen, as the train left the river and the Rhine was
+not seen again until just before entering Mayence,
+where the Main flows most peacefully into it, making
+a very beautiful picture.</p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_066" title="66"> </a>
+CHAPTER IX.<br />
+
+<span class="small">MAYENCE TO NUREMBERG.</span></h2>
+
+
+<p>Mr. Winter as usual had telegraphed to Mayence
+for rooms, and found very comfortable,
+large rooms ready for them in a new, pleasant hotel
+near the station.</p>
+
+<p>After resting a little while Mr. Winter said, "Who
+wants to go with me and take a drive around the
+city?"</p>
+
+<p>The entire party, even Mrs. Winter, who had
+thought she was too tired to go out again, said they
+would like to go.</p>
+
+<p>What a delightful drive they had, at the close of
+a warm, lovely day, around that interesting old city,
+with its wonderful fortifications! The view of the
+rivers at the base of the hill they thought as pretty
+as any they had seen all day.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter told them what a very old city it was,
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_067" title="67/68"> </a>
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_068"> </a>
+a Roman camp having been laid there thirty-eight
+years before Christ.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p067i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">
+  MAYENCE&mdash;GENERAL VIEW.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_065">65</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>The foundations may be said to date from fourteen
+years B.C., when Drusus built his extensive fortifications.
+There is a Roman monument forty-five feet
+high erected in honor of Drusus. There are also
+remains of a Roman aqueduct to be found outside
+the city.</p>
+
+<p>The cathedral was founded in 798. It has been
+burnt and restored six times, and is one of the
+grandest in Germany.</p>
+
+<p>Just outside the cathedral they saw a fine statue
+of Gutenberg, who is regarded by the Germans as
+the inventor of movable types for printing.</p>
+
+<p>Our party drove back to the hotel, had a nice
+supper, which was waiting for them, and went to
+bed feeling they had enjoyed that day more than
+any since leaving home.</p>
+
+<p>The next morning all were rested and eager to
+get to Nuremberg, the end of the trip. Mr. Winter,
+by some mistake, did not get the fast train, and as
+the one they took stopped very often, and the
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_069" title="69"> </a>
+scenery was not very interesting, our party arrived
+in Nuremberg so tired they ate their supper and
+went directly to bed.</p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_070" title="70"> </a>
+CHAPTER X.<br />
+
+<span class="small">NUREMBERG.</span></h2>
+
+
+<p>In the morning Mr. Winter said, "I will give
+one day to you for sight-seeing, and then I must
+attend to business. You will have to spend the rest
+of your time going around with a guide or by
+yourselves."</p>
+
+<p>Alice was delighted with the old moat which was
+opposite her window, and wanted to look in it at
+once.</p>
+
+<p>Nellie felt the castle was of more importance, and
+could hardly wait to get there. The moat surrounds
+the old city, and now is rented to gardeners, who
+live in the old towers and cultivate the land in
+the moat.</p>
+
+<p>Our party started out to walk until they were
+tired, and kept on the sidewalk side of the moat,
+and thought it did look so pretty with everything
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_071" title="71"> </a>
+so fresh and green. The cherry-trees were all white
+with their lovely blossoms, which grew even with
+the sidewalk.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p071i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">NUREMBERG WALLS.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Finally they went through an old gateway, which
+was said to be the one where a rope was kept in
+the olden time, to use on the bakers. If they did
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_072" title="72"> </a>
+not give full weight, the bakers were tied to the
+end of a pole and dipped into the water several
+times. If poison was found in the bread, they were
+immediately drowned.</p>
+
+<p>As the ladies were getting tired, Mr. Winter called
+a carriage to drive them to the castle. As he
+could speak German, the driver told him many interesting
+things, and pointed out various objects of
+interest. He showed them one house that had been
+occupied by the same family for four hundred and
+fifty years.</p>
+
+<p>The churches of St. Sebald and St. Lawrence they
+admired very much on the outside, leaving the
+beauties of the interiors for another day. They
+passed one fountain called the Goose Man, and
+another, the Beautiful Fountain, built in 1385. Also,
+a fine statue of Hans Sachs, erected in 1874, who
+was known through Germany as the cobbler-poet.
+It was from his life Wagner wrote the opera of the
+"Meistersinger."</p>
+
+<p>Soon the driver drew up his horses at a corner
+where a small house stood under a hill, called the
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_073" title="73/74"> </a>
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_074"> </a>
+Sausage Shop, for its wonderfully cooked sausages.
+It has been made famous by such men as Albert
+Dürer, the great artist, Hans Sachs, and the old
+burgomasters meeting there for their nightly mugs
+of beer and a sausage.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p073i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">
+  ALBRECHT DÃœRER'S HOUSE.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_074">74</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>The statue of Albert Dürer, erected in 1840, is
+between the Sausage Shop and his old home. All the
+houses, with their deep, slanting roofs, were objects
+of interest, but most of all was that of Albert
+Dürer, which is the only house in Nuremberg that
+has not undergone some alteration.</p>
+
+<p>The house is now filled with many curiosities,
+some of them having belonged to Albert Dürer, and
+is open every day to visitors. The girls wanted to
+stop and go in at once, but Mr. Winter said, "No,
+we cannot stop now; we must get to the castle,
+and leave the house until we have more time."</p>
+
+<p>The castle stands very high, and they were
+obliged to drive up through very narrow and steep
+streets; but the horses were used to it, and Mrs.
+Winter finally overcame her nervousness.</p>
+
+<p>When the top of the hill was reached, there was
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_075" title="75"> </a>
+a plateau where a beautiful view of the city was
+to be seen. They left the carriage here, and after
+looking at the scenery they walked on up to the
+castle.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p075i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">NUREMBERG CASTLE.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>On the way they saw a small shed, and, on looking
+in, found it held the famous well. A young
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_076" title="76"> </a>
+girl was there, who, in a parrot sort of way, told
+them that the well was built in the eleventh century,
+under Conrad&nbsp;II., by convicts, and that it took
+thirty years to finish it. She told Mrs. Winter to
+hold a mirror in her hand while she lowered a
+candle, to show by the reflection in the mirror the
+depth of the well. It took just six seconds for
+water which she poured out of a glass to reach the
+water in the well. She told them it was four hundred
+and fifty feet deep, and they all believed her.</p>
+
+<p>In the courtyard of the castle they saw an old
+linden tree growing, which is said to have been
+planted by Empress Kunigunde eight hundred years
+ago.</p>
+
+<p>The castle they found quite interesting without
+being very elegant. A lady in charge of it told
+them many things of interest about the castle and
+the city.</p>
+
+<p>She told them that the first records of Nuremberg
+date from 1050. In 1105 the town was besieged,
+conquered, and destroyed by Henry&nbsp;V., again
+besieged in 1127 by Emperor Lothar, from which
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_077" title="77"> </a>
+time imperial officials appeared who took the title of
+Burggrafer.</p>
+
+<p>Frederick&nbsp;I. (Barbarossa), under whom the burg
+was enlarged, frequently lived here from 1156 to
+1188. Rudolph von Hapsburg held his first diet here
+in 1274, and often visited the town.</p>
+
+<p>Under Emperor Karl&nbsp;IV. the first stone bridge
+was built, and the streets were paved.</p>
+
+<p>The first fundamental law of the empire was
+formed by him, and is known as the "Golden
+Bull." It was framed in Nuremberg in 1356, and
+is still kept in Frankfort.</p>
+
+<p>According to this law, every German emperor was
+obliged to spend his first day of government in
+Nuremberg.</p>
+
+<p>His government was very favorable to Nuremberg
+in every way.</p>
+
+<p>The four large towers were built 1555 to 1568,
+after a plan designed by Albert Dürer. The town
+reached its highest artistic development in the fifteenth
+and sixteenth centuries, under such men as Albert
+Dürer, A.&nbsp;Krafft, Herman Fischer, and many others.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_078" title="78"> </a>
+Goblets and many such objects of art were made
+here at that time. In 1649 Nuremberg displayed its
+last splendor. Commerce had been ruined by different
+wars. In 1806 it was made a matter of rejoicing
+when it came under the crown of Bavaria.
+King Ludwig first revived art, and trade made a
+start.</p>
+
+<p>In 1835 the first railroad was opened to Fürth.
+In 1855 King Max&nbsp;II. with his family lived here,
+and the Imperial Burg was offered to him as a
+present by the town.</p>
+
+<p>The lady also told them that the five-cornered
+tower, which is the oldest building in Nuremberg
+and connected with the castle, contained a collection
+of instruments of torture. Among them is the iron
+virgin, a figure of a woman, which opens and is
+full of spikes. The poor victim would be shut up
+in its clutches.</p>
+
+<p>None of our party felt like visiting that horrible
+place, so they thanked the woman, and took some
+last looks at the beautiful views to be seen from
+the windows. To their surprise they found it was
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_079" title="79"> </a>
+noon-time, and as everything in Nuremberg is closed
+for an hour and a half at mid-day, they were
+driven back to the Wurtemberger Hof, their comfortable
+hotel, where everything possible was done
+for their pleasure.</p>
+
+<p>After a good dinner and a rest, Mr. Winter said
+he thought, as his time was so limited, he would
+like to visit the Town Hall and St. John's Cemetery.
+A guide was found, and they started out with
+more enthusiasm than ever.</p>
+
+<p>The guide told them that the Town Hall was
+built in the years from 1616 to 1619, in Italian
+style. He pointed out to them a fine picture by
+Paul Ritter, painted in 1882, to represent the act
+of the arrival of the German Emperor's Insignia in
+Nuremberg. The guide also showed them several
+pictures of Dürer's representing the triumphal procession
+of Emperor Maximilian. His pictures are,
+many of them, very indistinct.</p>
+
+<p>They were taken into a room where the wedding
+couples go to sign their marriage contracts.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter was more interested than the girls,
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_080" title="80"> </a>
+and Mrs. Winter was so tired they were glad
+enough to get in the carriage and be driven to the
+famous old cemetery.</p>
+
+<p>For some blocks before reaching the entrance are
+paintings of Christ, representing the last days of his
+life.</p>
+
+<p>At the gateway are the three statues of Christ
+and the two thieves nailed to the cross.</p>
+
+<p>The guide showed them the graves of Dürer and
+Sachs, and one of a man who had been killed,
+while asleep, by his wife hammering a nail in his
+head. There was a bronze skull, with the nail in
+it just where she killed him.</p>
+
+<p>Another interesting bronze was the figure of a
+woman with a lizard on a perch, which, when
+touched, turns towards the woman's figure and shows
+where she was bitten in the neck by the lizard
+that killed her.</p>
+
+<p>The girls thought that very quaint and more
+interesting than any they saw, though there were
+many very beautifully carved, and, being of bronze,
+were of great value.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_081" title="81"> </a>
+While our party was wandering through the cemetery
+a funeral was taking place, and as the entire
+service was intoned, it was very impressive.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter said as they entered the carriage,
+"You have had enough sight-seeing for to-day, and
+we will drive home and talk over all the wonderful
+and interesting things we have seen and heard
+to-day."</p>
+
+
+<div class="pagebreak illustration margtopmedium">
+  <a class="pagenum" name="page_082" title="82"> </a>
+  <img src="images/p082i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">NUREMBERG.</p>
+</div>
+
+
+
+
+<h2 class="nopagebreak margtopsmall">CHAPTER XI.<br />
+
+<span class="small">NUREMBERG.&mdash;<i>Continued.</i></span></h2>
+
+
+<p>The following morning Mr. Winter left the ladies,
+who walked aimlessly, not caring much where
+they went, it was all so full of interest to them.</p>
+
+<p>Accidentally they visited quite an interesting place
+called the Preller House. It was built three hundred
+years ago by a Venetian nobleman, and is now
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_083" title="83"> </a>
+used as a furniture warehouse. There is a chapel
+in it, and some of the old furniture still remains.</p>
+
+<p>The ceilings are very fine, and in two of the
+rooms were only discovered when the present occupants
+were having gas-pipes put in the house.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter did not come home to dinner, and in
+the afternoon Mrs. Winter and the girls went to
+the Museum, where they found more to interest them
+than anywhere they had been. It had a very large
+and interesting collection of paintings and antiquities,
+but the girls enjoyed seeing the old cloister&mdash;the
+first they had ever seen.</p>
+
+<p>That evening when Mr. Winter came home, he
+told his wife that he should only be obliged to remain
+one more day, and they must entertain themselves
+again without him.</p>
+
+<p>The next morning Mrs. Winter took a guide with
+them, as she wished to visit some of the shops
+where they could collect some curiosities.</p>
+
+<p>They also went to the Market square, where the
+poor people can buy everything they need at very
+reasonable prices.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_084" title="84"> </a>
+Mrs. Winter then said, "Now, girls, we will visit
+those churches of which we have only seen the outside."</p>
+
+<p>The guide took them first to St. Lawrence's Church.</p>
+
+<p>This church, he told them, was mentioned as early
+as 1006, and had the handsomest artistic decoration
+of any of the celebrated churches throughout Germany.
+The finest portion is the choir, with a vaulted
+roof supported by slender pillars from which the
+arches are formed like palm branches.</p>
+
+<p>The guide wished them particularly to look at the
+Gothic bronze chandelier, which weighs four hundred
+and eighty-two pounds, and was cast by Peter Vischer
+in 1489.</p>
+
+<p>The girls were charmed by the seven windows of
+the choir, which are considered the best examples of
+Nuremberg glass-painting from 1450 to 1490. The
+last window, called the Emperor's, was presented by
+the citizens of Nuremberg in memory of the restitution
+of the German Empire. It was put in the
+22d of March, 1881. Mrs. Winter was much interested
+in some beautiful tapestries representing the
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_085" title="85"> </a>
+lives of St. Lawrence and St. Catharine, and are
+over four hundred years old.</p>
+
+<p>There were many more paintings of much interest,
+some of them Albert Dürer's. As they were leaving,
+the girls saw some richly carved chairs by the doors,
+and asked the guide why they were there.</p>
+
+<p>He told them that they formerly belonged to the
+guilds, and the masters sat in them, in turn, to
+receive alms.</p>
+
+<p>From this church our party was driven to St.
+Sebaldus's, which was finished in the tenth century.
+One of the most interesting things they saw was
+the font, which was remarkable not only as the first
+product of Nuremberg's foundries, but as having been
+used to christen King Wenceslas of Bohemia, in 1361.</p>
+
+<p>There were more paintings of Dürer's to be seen
+here, but the finest work was the sepulchre of St.
+Sebaldus in the centre of the choir. It is the most
+extensive work German art has ever produced, and
+was cast by Peter Vischer and his five sons.</p>
+
+<p>"It was commenced in 1508 and completed in
+1519. It rests on twelve snails, having four dolphins
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_086" title="86"> </a>
+at its corners, the whole forming a pagan temple
+adorned with the Twelve Apostles. It is surmounted
+by twelve smaller figures, and finally by an infant
+Christ holding a globus in his hand, the latter being
+a key of the whole monument, when it is to be rent
+asunder. There is also a fine portrait of Peter Vischer
+in this church."</p>
+
+<p>Of course there were many more objects of interest
+to be seen, but Mrs. Winter thought they had
+seen enough; so they were driven home to dinner.</p>
+
+<p>In the afternoon they took a drive out of the
+city to a beer-garden situated at the side of a
+pretty lake. They had some tea, and walked on the
+borders of the lake quite a distance. Mrs. Winter
+said, "I wish we had such a quiet, pretty place near
+home where we could spend an afternoon as delightfully
+as we have here."</p>
+
+<p>That evening Nellie said, "Dear Mrs. Winter, how
+can I ever thank you and your husband for this
+trip? Mamma could not have come, and never shall
+I forget what I have enjoyed through your kindness."</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_087" title="87"> </a>
+Mrs. Winter told her that the pleasure she had
+given them was more than hers, as it had added
+so much to Alice's happiness.</p>
+
+<p>Alice said, "Now, mamma, will you not add to our
+pleasures by repeating Longfellow's beautiful poem
+on Nuremberg before we go to bed?"</p>
+
+<p>"Dear Mrs. Winter, please do," said Nellie. "I
+have never heard of it, but I know it must be very
+lovely."</p>
+
+<p>"Very well," said Mrs. Winter. "I certainly never
+knew a more appropriate time to recite it than now."</p>
+
+<p>The girls gathered around her in the twilight as
+she sweetly commenced:&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="poetry-container">
+  <div class="poetry">
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">In the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow-lands</div>
+      <div class="verse">Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song,</div>
+      <div class="verse">Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them throng:</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Memories of the Middle Ages, when the emperors, rough and bold,</div>
+      <div class="verse">Had their dwelling in the castle, time defying, centuries old;</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">And thy brave and thrifty burghers boasted, in their uncouth rhyme,</div>
+      <div class="verse">That their great imperial city stretched its hand through every clime.</div>
+    </div>
+
+    <a class="pagenum" name="page_088" title="88"> </a>
+
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">In the courtyard of the castle, bound with many an iron band,</div>
+      <div class="verse">Stands the mighty linden planted by Queen Cunigunde's hand;</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">On the square the oriel window, where in old heroic days</div>
+      <div class="verse">Sat the poet Melchior singing Kaiser Maximilian's praise.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Everywhere I see around me rise the wondrous world of Art&mdash;</div>
+      <div class="verse">Fountains wrought with richest sculpture standing in the common mart;</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">And above cathedral doorways saints and bishops carved in stone,</div>
+      <div class="verse">By a former age commissioned as apostles to our own.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">In the church of sainted Sebald sleeps enshrined his holy dust,</div>
+      <div class="verse">And in bronze the Twelve Apostles guard from age to age their trust;</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">In the church of sainted Lawrence stands a pix of sculpture rare,</div>
+      <div class="verse">Like the foamy sheaf of fountains, rising through the painted air.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Here, when Art was still religion, with a simple, reverent heart,</div>
+      <div class="verse">Lived and labored Albrecht Dürer, the Evangelist of Art;</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Hence in silence and in sorrow, toiling still with busy hand,</div>
+      <div class="verse">Like an emigrant he wandered, seeking for the Better Land;</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse"><i>Emigravit</i> is the inscription on the tombstone where he lies;</div>
+      <div class="verse">Dead he is not, but departed,&mdash;for the artist never dies.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Fairer seems the ancient city, and the sunshine seems more fair,</div>
+      <div class="verse">That he once has trod its pavement, that he once has breathed its air.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Through these streets, so broad and stately, these obscure and dismal lanes,</div>
+      <div class="verse">Walked of yore the Mastersingers, chanting rude poetic strains.</div>
+    </div>
+
+    <a class="pagenum" name="page_089" title="89"> </a>
+
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">From remote and sunless suburbs came they to the friendly guild,</div>
+      <div class="verse">Building nests in Fame's great temple, as in spouts the swallows build.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">As the weaver plied the shuttle, wove he too the mystic rhyme,</div>
+      <div class="verse">And the smith his iron measures hammered to the anvil's chime;</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Thanking God, whose boundless wisdom makes the flowers of poesy bloom</div>
+      <div class="verse">In the forge's dust and cinders, in the tissues of the loom.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Here Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet, laureate of the gentle craft,</div>
+      <div class="verse">Wisest of the Twelve Wise Masters, in huge folios sang and laughed;</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">But his house is now an ale-house, with a nicely sanded floor,</div>
+      <div class="verse">And a garland in the window, and his face above the door;</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Painted by some humble artist, as in Adam Puschman's song,</div>
+      <div class="verse">As the old man, gray and dove-like, with his great beard white and long,</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">And at night the swart mechanic comes to drown his cash and care,</div>
+      <div class="verse">Quaffing ale from pewter tankards, in the master's antique chair.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Vanished is the ancient splendor, and before my dreamy eye</div>
+      <div class="verse">Wave these mingling shapes and figures, like a faded tapestry.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Not thy councils, not thy Kaisers, win for thee the world's regard;</div>
+      <div class="verse">But thy painter, Albrecht Dürer, and Hans Sachs thy cobbler-bard.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Thus, O Nuremberg, a wanderer from a region far away,</div>
+      <div class="verse">As he paced thy streets and courtyards, sang in thought his careless lay;</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="stanza">
+      <div class="verse">Gathering from the pavement's crevice, as a floweret of the soil,</div>
+      <div class="verse">The nobility of labor&mdash;the long pedigree of toil.</div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_090" title="90"> </a>
+"How very beautiful!" said Nellie. "Thank you
+so much, Mrs. Winter, for reciting it to us. I
+shall learn it myself when I get home, trusting I
+may sometime give as much pleasure to another as
+you have given me."</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter said, "Why, Agnes, I never heard
+you recite that poem so well."</p>
+
+<p>"I never did," said his wife; "for I never truly
+felt it before."</p>
+
+<p>"Thank you, mamma dear," said Alice. "Now
+we will go to bed, feeling all the happier for the
+lovely poem which has put our best thoughts into
+words."</p>
+
+
+<div class="pagebreak illustration margtopmedium">
+  <a class="pagenum" name="page_091" title="91"> </a>
+  <img src="images/p091i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL&mdash;SIDE VIEW.</p>
+</div>
+
+
+
+
+<h2 class="nopagebreak margtopsmall">CHAPTER XII.<br />
+
+<span class="small">STRASBOURG.</span></h2>
+
+
+<p>Mrs. Winter was very anxious to travel to
+Paris by the way of Strasbourg, as she had
+always wished to see the cathedral with its wonderful
+clock.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter made inquiries and found that was
+decidedly the best way to go, which was a great
+delight to them all.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_092" title="92"> </a>
+Our party left Nuremberg early in the morning,
+sorry to see the last of the most interesting city
+they had seen thus far on their trip. Nellie, who
+was looking forward to meeting her father and
+mother in Paris, was quite happy to make a move
+in that direction.</p>
+
+<p>The first part of the trip was not very interesting,
+but the latter was delightful, and as they had
+a compartment to themselves the girls could enjoy
+the view from both sides of the train. A change
+of cars was made at a place where there was
+hardly anything but the station and the railroad
+interests. Here they ate a cold lunch from the
+counter, though there were some hot dishes on a
+table; but they did not look very tempting.</p>
+
+<p>The spire of the Strasbourg Cathedral could be
+seen some time before reaching the station, and well
+it might, being four hundred and sixty-six feet high,
+and by some authorities said to be the highest in
+the world.</p>
+
+<p>The fortifications had been so fine at Mayence
+our party was surprised to find others much finer
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_093" title="93"> </a>
+here, many of them being new, having been built
+at the time of the French and German war in
+1870.</p>
+
+<p>The engineering of some of them is particularly
+fine, as they are made to be opened, so that all the
+surrounding country can be flooded if necessary.</p>
+
+<p>The train wound round the city, giving them a
+fine view of the fortifications and the soldiers being
+drilled in many of the enclosures.</p>
+
+<p>Strasbourg was one of the most important cities
+during the last war, and a great portion of it was
+destroyed. One side of the cathedral was badly
+damaged, but is now thoroughly restored.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter took his family to a small hotel on
+the square near the station, having been recommended
+there by the manager of the hotel at Nuremberg.
+He found it very comfortable, and every
+possible attention was shown them.</p>
+
+<p>Arriving about five o'clock, there was plenty of
+time to be driven around the city. Of course they
+started for the cathedral, but on the way the driver
+stopped the carriage to point out one of the highest
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_094" title="94"> </a>
+chimneys on one of the tallest houses, where the
+storks had built a nest.</p>
+
+<p>He also told them how the storks arrive every
+spring and build their nests, and then leave in the
+fall with their young, to return the next spring
+with their families no larger nor smaller than when
+they go away. What becomes of the surplus is a
+great question&mdash;whether they only increase sufficiently
+to fill the vacancies caused by death or old age, or
+that the young ones found colonies in other countries.</p>
+
+<p>The storks are held in great reverence by mankind,
+and are never harmed. Indeed, it is considered
+good fortune to the inmates of a house when a
+nest is built on one of its chimneys.</p>
+
+<p>The driver told a story of one man who gave
+up the use of his room an entire winter, rather
+than destroy a nest which two storks had built
+over the top of his chimney, and thus prevented
+his building a fire.</p>
+
+<p>As they approached the cathedral Alice said,
+"Why, papa, where is the clock? I cannot see it
+at all."</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <a class="pagenum" name="page_095" title="95"> </a>
+  <img src="images/p095i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">
+  STRASBOURG STORKS.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_094">94</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>"I do not know," said Mr. Winter; "but it certainly
+is there somewhere."</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_096" title="96"> </a>
+The driver took them to the front of the building,
+where they were met by a guide, who showed
+them the beauties of the outside architecture and
+the many statues of the apostles and saints. He
+told them that the cathedral was commenced in
+1015 and finished in 1601.</p>
+
+<p>The guide showed them the plateau half-way up
+the height of the steeple, and told them that it
+is used by men who watch for fires all the time.
+The citizens are so proud of the cathedral that they
+have it dusted and washed inside very frequently.</p>
+
+<p>"Where is the clock?" said Mrs. Winter, as soon
+as the guide stopped talking long enough for her
+to speak a word.</p>
+
+<p>The man did not answer, but took them around
+to a side door, where, after receiving his tip, he
+left them and walked away.</p>
+
+<p>At first they did not know what to do, but
+Mrs. Winter said, "I think we had better go inside
+if we can."</p>
+
+<p>In they went, and right by the door was the
+clock. A fine-looking man dressed elegantly met
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_097" title="97/98"> </a>
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_098"> </a>
+them. He proved to be a finely educated Swiss,
+and he explained the various wonders of the clock.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p097i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">
+  STRASBOURG&mdash;CATHEDRAL CLOCK.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_096">96.</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>He told them that the clock was built three
+hundred years ago, and was to run a certain number
+of years. It shows all fête days for all those
+years, tells the changes of the moon, eclipses&mdash;in
+fact, everything that one could imagine.</p>
+
+<p>The apostles do not all come out and walk
+around except at noon, but as it was quarter before
+six our party saw three men move.</p>
+
+<p>The clock stops at six at night and then commences
+again at six in the morning.</p>
+
+<p>Mrs. Winter said the longer she looked at it, the
+more wonderful it seemed to her that any man
+could think of so many things.</p>
+
+<p>The guide also told them that the man who first
+conceived the idea of the clock became totally
+blind when it was nearly completed. Of course he
+could work no more, and it was never thought the
+clock would be finished.</p>
+
+<p>He lived thirty years, and after his death another
+man was found who thought he could complete it.
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_099" title="99"> </a>
+He succeeded, and was paid by the government for
+his time and work.</p>
+
+<p>Mrs. Winter said, "I think it is the most wonderful
+thing I ever saw, and I do not know which
+man I admire the most&mdash;the one who conceived such
+a work, or the man who could carry out such marvellous
+thoughts of a man whom he had never met."</p>
+
+<p>After leaving the cathedral our party was driven
+around the city. The old part they found very quaint
+and picturesque, with its high and sloping roofs. The
+new part, built by the Germans, was very handsome,
+some of the buildings, like the palace, conservatory
+of music, and the post-office, being particularly fine.</p>
+
+<p>The driver told them that one of the great interests
+there was the making of <i>pâté de foie gras</i>.
+It is made from the livers of geese which are fed
+in such a way that the liver grows abnormally large,
+often weighing three pounds.</p>
+
+<p>He also told them that many of the French
+people are still very bitter against the Germans, even
+pulling down their shades to the windows if a regiment
+should march by the house.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_100" title="100"> </a>
+On their return to the hotel, the manager told
+Mr. Winter he would have a very quick and comfortable
+journey to Paris if he took the Orient
+express which runs between Constantinople and Paris.
+It would leave Strasbourg three hours later than the
+ordinary train, and would arrive in Paris some hours
+before it.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter engaged a compartment at once, and
+the next day had a very enjoyable trip, though it
+was a very long one. The first part of the route,
+over mountains and through ravines, was very delightful;
+but after getting into France it was flat
+and uninteresting.</p>
+
+<p>They passed through Epérgny, which was interesting
+for its vines, which covered the fields for many
+miles. From these grapes champagne is made.</p>
+
+<p>Paris was reached at six o'clock, and their hotel,
+which had been recommended by friends, was found
+to be very homelike.</p>
+
+<p>The Fords were there waiting for them, and
+were as glad to see Nellie as she was glad to be
+with them again.</p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a class="pagenum" name="page_101" title="101"> </a>
+CHAPTER XIII.<br />
+
+<span class="small">HOMEWARD BOUND.</span></h2>
+
+
+<p>That evening after Nellie had told her mamma
+some of her pleasant experiences, Mr. Winter
+said, "Now we have just five days to spend in Paris,
+and you must decide what you would most like to
+do. Mr. Ford and I are entirely at your disposal."</p>
+
+<p>Guidebooks were brought out and studied, and
+after many discussions their plans were settled for
+each day.</p>
+
+<p>On Thursday morning they went to the Louvre,
+feeling there would be so many pictures to see they
+had better visit it first.</p>
+
+<p>How tired they did get sliding around on those
+slippery floors, trying to see the nine miles of pictures,
+many of which were quite uninteresting to
+them all.</p>
+
+<p>In the afternoon Mr. Winter took his wife and
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_102" title="102"> </a>
+the girls in a carriage, and started for the Bois de
+Boulogne. When the Place de la Concorde was
+reached, with its monolithic obelisk of Luxor, and
+fountains and statues, with the gardens of the
+Tuileries one side, and the Champs Élysées on the
+other, the girls both exclaimed, "How beautiful!"
+but Nellie added, "When I think of all the horrors
+that have taken place here it loses some of its loveliness
+to me."</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p102i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">PLACE DE LA CONCORDE.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_103" title="103"> </a>
+The drive through the Champs Élysées they
+thought very beautiful, and when they reached the
+Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, the most beautiful in
+the world, their admiration knew no bounds.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter said, "Alice, what do you know about
+this?"</p>
+
+<p>Alice answered that "It was commenced by
+Napoleon&nbsp;I. in 1806 and finished by Louis Philippe,
+and cost over two millions of dollars. It is about
+one hundred and fifty feet high, and the same in
+breadth, and the central arch is ninety feet high."</p>
+
+<p>"Very good, my dear; you know that lesson very
+well," said her papa.</p>
+
+<p>From there to the Bois everything was full of
+interest to them, and the drive around the Cascade
+Alice thought particularly lovely.</p>
+
+<p>Nellie said, "It is not kept up as nicely as I like
+to see a park. They had better make Central Park a
+visit, and see its nicely cut lawns and trimmed bushes."</p>
+
+<p>On their way home they were driven through the
+Place Vendôme, with its magnificent column in the
+centre.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_104" title="104"> </a>
+Nellie said, "I can tell you a little about that,
+Mr. Winter, if you would like me to."</p>
+
+<p>"Of course I should," said Mr. Winter.</p>
+
+<p>"It is one hundred and forty feet high, and was
+also built by Napoleon&nbsp;I. It was pulled down by
+the Communists in 1871, but has since been restored."</p>
+
+<p>The girls felt quite at home historically in Paris,
+as all these interesting things were very fresh in
+their minds.</p>
+
+<p>In the evening, being very near the Palais Royale,
+which was built for Cardinal Richelieu, they thought
+it would be a pleasant way to pass their evening
+to go and walk around and gaze into the shop
+windows. The ladies were too tired, so the gentlemen
+took the girls, and they had a delightful time.
+Alice told her mamma on her return that she enjoyed
+it, but did not care to go again; she had seen
+so much jewelry, all alike, that it was actually
+tiresome.</p>
+
+<p>Friday morning they drove to the Palais du Luxembourg,
+which has been prison, palace, senate-house,
+and is now noted for its sculptures and paintings.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_105" title="105"> </a>
+Our party enjoyed it much more than the Louvre,
+as the paintings were so many of them modern and
+very familiar to them.</p>
+
+<p>At the back of the garden they saw the statue
+of Marshal Ney, on the very spot where he was
+shot.</p>
+
+<p>Being on that side of the river, they visited the
+Church of the Hôtel des Invalides to see the tomb
+of Napoleon&nbsp;I. It was directly under the dome,
+and the softened lights all around made it very
+beautiful.</p>
+
+<p>After being driven home and having lunch, they
+walked to the Madeleine, the most magnificent of
+modern churches.</p>
+
+<p>Mrs. Winter said, "This is very beautiful, but I
+do like the solemnity of some of the older churches
+I have seen very much better."</p>
+
+<p>Leaving there, they walked through some of those
+wide and interesting boulevards, watching the people
+and carriages and gazing into the fascinating
+shop-windows.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ford said, "I thought I had seen in New
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_106" title="106"> </a>
+York some florists' windows that could not be improved,
+but I find I was mistaken. Never have I
+seen such windows as these."</p>
+
+<p>When too tired to walk any farther, carriages
+were called, and they were driven to the Cathedral
+of Notre Dame, built on an island in the Seine;
+from there to the Panthéon, which Alice said "looked
+like a barn, and was cold and inhospitable."</p>
+
+<p>The most interesting thing about it was, that such
+celebrated men as Victor Hugo, Marat, Voltaire,
+Mirabeau, and Rousseau had been buried there.
+The Hôtel de Ville, recently restored, they passed
+on their way home.</p>
+
+<p>The evening was given to the Hippodrome, which
+is quite the thing to do in Paris, and is wonderfully
+fine.</p>
+
+<p>The drive there was like a picture of fairyland,
+with the bright lights and trees and glimpses of
+the river.</p>
+
+<p>Saturday was devoted to shopping, a great deal
+of it being done at the Magasin de Louvre and the
+Bon Marché. The buildings are immense, and there
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_107" title="107"> </a>
+is everything to be found in them that one could
+possibly desire.</p>
+
+<p>That evening it was decided to go to the opera
+at the Grand Opera House, the most beautiful one
+in the world. The girls were so excited they could
+not eat any dinner, for it was their first appearance.</p>
+
+<p>Faust was the opera given, and a wonderful ballet
+followed it. Between the opera and ballet they all
+went outside and looked down at the men on horseback,
+stationed like sentinels outside the building.</p>
+
+<p>Before them was the whole length of the Rue de
+l'Opera a blaze of light. Alice said, "Nothing yet
+has been as delightful as this evening."</p>
+
+<p>Sunday was bright and clear, much to the delight
+of our sight-seers, as they were going to Versailles.
+They decided on Sunday, as the fountains were advertised
+to play, and all were very anxious to see
+them.</p>
+
+<p>They drove there and enjoyed every moment, especially
+when passing St. Cloud. They saw all it was
+possible to see in one day, but felt as if it was
+very little, after all.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_108" title="108"> </a>
+They went through the palace as fast as they
+could, but any one knows who has been there that
+with those glossy floors it took time.</p>
+
+<p>The room devoted to war pictures they did not
+care for, but were much interested in Marie Antoinette's
+private rooms, which were so very small, and
+also in the place where the Swiss Guards were
+killed in defending her.</p>
+
+<p>The state apartments were very elegant, especially
+the Galerie de Glace, where the German emperor
+was proclaimed emperor in the late war.</p>
+
+<p>Of course the girls were eager to get to the
+Great and Little Trianon. They were disappointed
+in the size and simplicity of their furnishings. The
+rooms, however, were so full of historical interest
+that their disappointment was forgotten, and they
+thought they could have spent all their time in the
+two houses.</p>
+
+<p>In the coach-house were seen some very curious
+old state coaches used by Charles&nbsp;X. and Napoleon&nbsp;I.
+and many other sovereigns.</p>
+
+<p>The man in charge was almost as much of a
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_109" title="109"> </a>
+curiosity as the coaches, he told his stories in such
+an interesting manner, laughing heartily at his own
+jokes.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p109i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">
+  PETIT TRIANON.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_108">108</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>The drive home was delightful, but they were all
+too tired to say very much. After a good dinner,
+the two girls talked as fast as magpies over the
+delights of the day. Being like most girls, Marie
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_110" title="110"> </a>
+Antoinette was one of the most interesting characters
+in French history, and they talked of her and
+her sad life, feeling almost as if they had lived a
+portion of it with her, in the quiet retreat and
+lovely gardens of Versailles.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Winter said to his wife, "I have really finished
+my business this side of the water, and unless
+you would like to remain in London three or four
+more days for the 'Etruria,' we can catch the 'Teutonic'
+next Wednesday."</p>
+
+<p>Mrs. Winter said she would like to go home on
+the "Teutonic" very much, but did not like to
+leave Mr. and Mrs. Ford, as they had made all
+their arrangements to go home together.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ford said, "We are delighted to shorten the
+trip, as I ought to be at home now; but we did
+not like to break up the party."</p>
+
+<p>"Very well," said Mr. Winter. "We will go out
+and telegraph to Liverpool for state-rooms."</p>
+
+<p>Alice said to her mamma, "I wonder if we can
+like the 'Teutonic' as well as we did the 'Etruria'
+that brought us over the seas so safely."</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="page_111" title="111"> </a>
+Monday was devoted to visiting the Salon, where
+they saw so many pictures that they came away
+with a very vague idea of what they had seen,
+but all agreed they preferred the English pictures
+of the present day to those of the French.</p>
+
+<p>Tuesday night saw our party again in London,
+but at the Savoy Hotel, where they had delightful
+rooms overlooking the river.</p>
+
+<p>Wednesday at eleven o'clock our happy party took
+the special train which connects with the fast
+steamers, and at four o'clock were on the "Teutonic"
+and starting for home.</p>
+
+<p>A lovely night down to Queenstown, where the
+steamer stops for the mails. While waiting the next
+morning, Mr. Winter and Mr. Ford took Alice and
+Nellie on shore in the tug, and gave them a nice
+drive in a jaunting car.</p>
+
+<p>The girls did not enjoy the drive very much, but
+were glad of the experience.</p>
+
+<p>The ladies were very much interested in the boats
+which came out to the "Teutonic" with women who
+had laces and small articles to sell. The things
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_112" title="112"> </a>
+were sent up to the deck in baskets, on ropes,
+which were tossed up for the passengers to catch.
+Some of the Irish girls were very bright, and made
+very good sales.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img src="images/p112i.jpg" alt="" />
+  <p class="caption">
+  THAMES EMBANKMENT.&mdash;<i>Page</i> <a href="#page_111">111</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>At last the tug with the mails arrived, and was
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_113" title="113"> </a>
+attached to the steamer at once. Both went down
+the harbor until the passengers, among them our
+party, and the mails had been transferred. The girls
+were uneasy until they were with their mothers.</p>
+
+<p>At two o'clock the tug left them, and then, indeed,
+it seemed as if they had started for home.</p>
+
+<p>One bad stormy day, some foggy and some delightful
+ones, fell to their share. No one of their
+party was sick, and they thought the steamer delightful.
+Much as they had liked the "Etruria," it
+was decided by all that the "Teutonic" would be
+their steamer in the future.</p>
+
+<p>New York was reached on Wednesday afternoon, and
+at night the entire party was at the Fifth Avenue
+Hotel, feeling very glad to get safely across the
+ocean again. They had become such good friends it
+was very hard to separate.</p>
+
+<p>However, a promise was made by the Fords to
+visit Mr. and Mrs. Winter before the summer was
+over.</p>
+
+<p>Thursday night the Winters could have been found
+in their own home, all very happy, and feeling that
+<a class="pagenum" name="page_114" title="114"> </a>
+the following years would be fuller of interest in
+every way for the experiences, most of them pleasant,
+of their charming trip to Nuremberg and
+back.</p>
+
+<div class="illustration">
+  <img class="plain" src="images/p114i.jpg" alt="" />
+</div>
+
+
+
+
+<div class="pagebreak tnote">
+<p class="front margtopsmall">Transcriber's Notes</p>
+
+<p class="noindent">The following modifications have been made,</p>
+
+<p class="noindent">Page <a href="#page_018">18</a>:<br />
+"fairy-land" changed to "fairyland"<br />
+(it was like a glimpse of fairyland)</p>
+
+<p class="noindent">Page <a href="#page_074">74</a>:<br />
+"bergomasters" changed to "burgomasters"<br />
+(the old burgomasters meeting there for their nightly mugs)</p>
+
+<p class="noindent">Page <a href="#page_076">76</a>:<br />
+"Runigunde" changed to "Kunigunde"<br />
+(planted by Empress Kunigunde eight hundred years ago)</p>
+
+<p class="noindent">Page <a href="#page_078">78</a>:<br />
+"Firth" changed to "Fürth"<br />
+(the first railroad was opened to Fürth)</p>
+
+<p class="noindent">Page <a href="#page_113">113</a>:<br />
+"Mr. and Mr." changed to "Mr. and Mrs."<br />
+(to visit Mr. and Mrs. Winter)</p>
+</div>
+
+<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 45983 ***</div>
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-The Project Gutenberg EBook of To Nuremberg and Back, by Amy Neally

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-Title: To Nuremberg and Back

-       A Girl's Holiday

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-Author: Amy Neally

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-[Illustration: FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, NEW YORK.--_Page 18._]

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-

-

-  TO

-  NUREMBERG AND BACK

-

-  A Girl's Holiday

-

-  BY

-  AMY NEALLY

-

-  _ILLUSTRATED_

-

-  NEW YORK

-  E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

-  31 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET

-  1892

-

-  Copyright, 1892

-  BY E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY

-

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-

-

-CONTENTS.

-

-

-  CHAPTER                              PAGE

-

-  I.    AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE           11

-

-  II.   NEW YORK FOR THE FIRST TIME      19

-

-  III.  LIFE ON A STEAMER                25

-

-  IV.   A FIRST GLIMPSE OF ENGLAND       32

-

-  V.    A WEEK IN LONDON                 36

-

-  VI.   OFF FOR THE CONTINENT            44

-

-  VII.  UP THE RHINE                     50

-

-  VIII. THE LEGEND OF THE LORELY         58

-

-  IX.   MAYENCE TO NUREMBERG             66

-

-  X.    NUREMBERG                        70

-

-  XI.   NUREMBERG.--_Continued_          82

-

-  XII.  STRASBOURG                       91

-

-  XIII. HOMEWARD BOUND                  101

-

-

-

-

-LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

-

-

-                                                 PAGE

-

-  FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, NEW YORK         _Frontispiece_

-

-  THE GREAT STEAMER BACKED OUT INTO THE RIVER      22

-

-  HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT                             29

-

-  NELSON COLUMN                                    36

-

-  TOWER OF LONDON                                  41

-

-  HAMPTON COURT                                    42

-

-  BRUSSELS BOURSE                                  47

-

-  COLOGNE CATHEDRAL                                51

-

-  LAHNECK CASTLE                                   55

-

-  MOUSE TOWER                                      62

-

-  MAYENCE--GENERAL VIEW                            67

-

-  NUREMBERG WALLS                                  71

-

-  ALBRECHT DÜRER'S HOUSE                           73

-

-  NUREMBERG CASTLE                                 75

-

-  NUREMBERG                                        82

-

-  STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL--SIDE VIEW                  91

-

-  STRASBOURG STORKS                                95

-

-  STRASBOURG-CATHEDRAL CLOCK                       97

-

-  PLACE DE LA CONCORDE                            102

-

-  PETIT TRIANON                                   109

-

-  THAMES EMBANKMENT                               112

-

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-

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-TO NUREMBERG AND BACK.

-

-A GIRL'S HOLIDAY.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER I.

-

-AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE.

-

-

-One day in the early spring, Alice Winter came home from school,

-and, after the usual question at the door, "Is mamma at home?" rushed

-upstairs, and found to her great surprise that her papa was at home,

-talking very earnestly to Mrs. Winter.

-

-When Alice came into the room, Mr. Winter stopped talking, and she

-wondered very much what they could have been talking about so earnestly,

-as all she heard was her papa asking, "Do you think we had better take

-her with us?"

-

-"Why, papa! What is the matter? Are you going away? Are you sick?

-What made you come home so early?" were the questions which Alice gave

-rapidly, without waiting for an answer.

-

-Mr. Winter said, "Yes, dear, I am obliged to go to Nuremberg, Germany,

-on business immediately, and mamma is trying to make up her mind whether

-it is best for her to go with me. She does not like to leave you for so

-long a time, and we do not think it wise to take you with us, when you

-are getting on at school so nicely."

-

-"O papa, please take me with you. I shall learn just as much on such

-a lovely trip as at school, and you know I can take care of mamma, and

-keep her from being lonely when you are busy. O papa, please ask mamma

-to let me go. I should be so unhappy to stay without you, even with dear

-Aunt Edith, and I know there is where you would send me."

-

-"Alice, dear, go to your room and get ready for dinner, and leave us to

-talk it over," said Mr. Winter. "My dear little daughter knows that no

-matter which way we decide, it will be as we think is best for all of

-us. You know it is as hard for us to leave you as it will be for you to

-let us go."

-

-Alice left the room without another word, with her heart beating very

-fast from the excitement of it all.

-

-The thought of going to Europe across the great ocean was a very happy

-one to a bright girl of fifteen who was studying all the time about the

-places she would visit and the objects of interest she would see, if her

-papa would only decide to take her.

-

-Alice sat down by the window of her pretty room, and looked out on the

-village street, far away in the northern part of the State of New York.

-She wondered how the ocean looked, as she had never seen any larger body

-of water than that of Lake Erie, when she went with her mother to make a

-visit in Cleveland.

-

-She also wondered if her state-room on the steamer would be as large as

-the room she was in; also, would she be sick, and how would all those

-wonderful cities look; if they could be as beautiful as the pictures she

-had seen of them.

-

-Then she remembered that only last week she had been studying about the

-quaint old city of Nuremberg, and wishing she could go there and see all

-its curiosities.

-

-Alice was startled by the dinner-bell, and could not even wait to brush

-her hair, she was so anxious to know what her papa had decided.

-

-As Alice went into the dining-room with a very wistful look in her

-deep-brown eyes, Mr. Winter said, "Well, dear, we have decided to take

-you with us, and as it is now Wednesday, and we sail Saturday from New

-York on the 'Etruria,' you will be very busy getting ready, and you must

-help your mamma all you can."

-

-Alice threw her arms around Mr. Winter's neck, crying with joy, saying

-at the same time, "Oh, you dear, darling papa, how kind and good you

-are, and how I do love you!"

-

-After kissing him again and again, she went to her mamma and nearly

-smothered her with kisses.

-

-Mr. Winter had never been abroad, though he had large business interests

-there, which had been attended to by a clerk in whom he had the utmost

-confidence. This clerk had been taken very suddenly and dangerously ill,

-Mr. Winter had no one else he could send, and found he must go himself

-and at once.

-

-He telegraphed to the Cunard office for state-rooms, and went home

-to tell his wife, hardly thinking she would go with him at such short

-notice, or leave Alice.

-

-Mrs. Winter was not willing he should go without her, and soon decided

-not only to go, but to take Alice with them.

-

-Alice could hardly eat any dinner, she was so happy and full of

-excitement.

-

-The next morning Alice went to school to get her books and tell the

-wonderful news to her teacher and school-mates.

-

-They were nearly as interested as she, for it was quite an event for any

-one to go to Europe from that quiet village.

-

-It was decided then and there that all would be at the station to see

-her off on Friday.

-

-When Alice went to her room she found there a new steamer-trunk marked

-"A. W." in large letters, and then she was busy indeed getting it packed

-and deciding what to take with her.

-

-Mrs. Winter came in while Alice was almost in despair and said, "This

-is to be such a hurried trip you will need only a couple of dresses, but

-you must take all your warm wraps."

-

-Alice laughed and said, "I do not think I shall need them in the

-spring;" but mamma said, "It is always cold at sea, and you will need

-your winter clothes."

-

-Friday afternoon our little party started for New York, with the best

-wishes of their friends, who came to the station for the very last

-"good-byes." Alice even shed a few tears, but they were soon wiped away,

-and a happy face looked from the car window, which fortunately was on

-the side overlooking the Hudson River.

-

-Alice had never seen that lovely river before, and naturally was

-delighted.

-

-When they passed the Catskill Mountains it was so clear she could see

-the famous old Mountain House, and, beyond, the immense Kauterskill

-Hotel, which seemed almost in the clouds, it looked so high.

-

-West Point was the next object of interest, and Alice did hope she could

-go there sometime and see the cadets do some of their drills.

-

-When they were opposite the Palisades, which stood up in their grandeur,

-with the softened tints of the setting sun settling upon them, Alice

-said, "I know I shall see nothing in Europe any finer than that."

-

-Very soon the tall spires and smoke in the distance showed that they

-were drawing near New York, and after leaving the Hudson they followed

-the pretty Harlem River, which makes an island of New York City.

-

-Alice was much interested in the bridges, there seemed to be so many

-of them, and papa told her that the one then in sight was the new

-Washington bridge, just completed. The next was High bridge, which

-carries the water over the river into the city. When it was finished it

-was said to be the finest engineering in the country.

-

-The next bridge was the continuation of the elevated railroad, and then

-came Macomb's Dam bridge, the oldest of them all, and used simply for

-driving and walking across, and looked, Alice thought, quite unsafe.

-

-The pretty Madison Avenue bridge was the last they saw as they crossed

-their own bridge, and were soon in a tunnel which Alice thought would

-never end.

-

-When they came out of the tunnel the train was nearly at the station,

-where the noise and bustle were very confusing, and they were glad to

-get into a carriage to be driven to the Fifth Avenue Hotel.

-

-As it was quite dark, Alice thought it was like a glimpse of fairyland

-when they reached Madison Square, with its electric lights shining on

-the trees, and all the bright lights around the hotel.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER II.

-

-NEW YORK FOR THE FIRST TIME.

-

-

-Mr. Winter having telegraphed for rooms, found them ready for him; and

-on going down to dinner they were delighted to see the corridors and

-dining-room crowded with people, many of them public characters whom he

-could point out to Alice, who was so excited she felt the entire evening

-as if she were in a dream.

-

-Of all the prominent men there Alice was the most interested in General

-Sherman, with his kind, rugged face.

-

-The "Etruria" sailed at noon on Saturday, and Mrs. Winter and Alice

-spent the morning buying a few last things, such as a hat and hood and

-comfortable steamer-chairs.

-

-At eleven o'clock a Fifth Avenue Hotel stage was at the door, and

-several people beside themselves went in it to the steamer. The ladies

-had flowers and baskets of fruit, and seemed so bright and happy that

-Alice for the first time felt a little lonely and homesick.

-

-On reaching the dock there were so many people going on and coming off

-the steamer, and pushing each other, it was almost impossible to cross

-the gang-plank and reach their own state-rooms.

-

-Finally they found them, and, instead of nice large rooms, they were so

-very small that Alice felt she never could live in them for a week or

-ten days, and the berths were so narrow she said, "O papa, you can never

-get into one of those in the world."

-

-"Oh, yes, I can," said Mr. Winter, "and perhaps before we reach

-Liverpool I shall wish they were narrower yet."'

-

-Mrs. Winter and Alice had one room, and Mr. Winter was across the

-passage with another gentleman.

-

-After settling their valises and rugs they went up on deck to see the

-people, and also the last of the city itself. Large baskets of fruits

-and flowers in every shape were constantly being brought on board, and

-much to Alice's delight there was a large bunch of violets from her

-school friends at home.

-

-She had been looking at the other people a little enviously, especially

-at a girl of her own age who had many friends to see her, and her arms

-full of flowers.

-

-Very soon the gong sounded, and Alice, who had never heard one, put her

-hands to her ears to shut out the noise. As soon as the man had passed

-by Alice said,--

-

-"What is that?"

-

-"That is a gong, dear," said her papa, "and is now being used to notify

-the people who are not sailing on the steamer that it is time to go

-ashore."

-

-The people who left kissed their friends hurriedly, and went down the

-gang-plank as if afraid they might be carried away, after all.

-

-After the people were on the dock and the mailbags had been put on the

-steamer, very slowly but surely the great steamer backed out into the

-river. Tugs turned her around, and carefully she steamed toward the

-ocean, trying to avoid the many boats moving about the river in all

-directions.

-

-[Illustration: THE GREAT STEAMER BACKED OUT INTO THE RIVER.--_Page 21._]

-

-Alice was rather frightened, and thought they certainly would run into

-some of them.

-

-Many of the passengers were still waving to their friends, who were also

-waving to them from the dock as long as they could distinguish it at

-all.

-

-Very soon they could see the famous statue of the Goddess of Liberty,

-that holds its light so high in the air; then lovely Staten Island, with

-its green hills and fine houses.

-

-The two forts, Hamilton and Wordsworth, which guard the entrance to

-the harbor, were soon left behind, and on the left could be seen Coney

-Island, with its large hotels and elephant and high elevator.

-

-Suddenly, as they were looking at the largest hotel of all, the one at

-Rockaway Beach, the steamer stopped. Alice, rather startled, said,--

-

-"Oh, dear! what is the matter?"

-

-"They are going to drop the pilot," said her papa.

-

-"Where?" said Alice. "In the water?"

-

-"Oh, no," said Mr. Winter; "do you see that small boat rowing towards

-us?"

-

-"Yes, papa. Will he drop into that? He never can; he will surely fall

-into the water."

-

-Mr. Winter smiled and told her to go and watch from the rail, which she

-did, and soon saw the pilot go down the side of the steamer by a rope

-and drop into the little row-boat, where two men were waiting to row him

-to the pretty pilot-boat No. 4, which was quite a distance away.

-

-The steamer started immediately, and in five minutes the row-boat was

-only a speck on the water.

-

-"There is another hotel, papa. What is it?" said Alice.

-

-"That is the Long Beach Hotel, and you will not see another until you

-reach Liverpool," said her papa.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER III.

-

-LIFE ON A STEAMER.

-

-

-"Come, Alice," said Mrs. Winter, "we will go down to our state-room and

-unpack our trunks while we are in smooth water, for to-morrow morning it

-may be so rough we cannot get out of our berths at all."

-

-Alice went with her mamma and helped put everything in order, but there

-were so few hooks and no bureau she did not know at first where to put

-anything.

-

-Mrs. Winter decided to sleep in the lower berth and have Alice on

-the sofa, which gave them the top berth for a bureau, and they found

-themselves very comfortable.

-

-Alice wanted to put some little things around to look pretty, but her

-mamma said, "No, dear, for if the ship rolls they will be all over the

-floor."

-

-Alice laughed and said, "I guess the 'Etruria' never rolls enough for

-that; she is too big."

-

-"Wait and see," quietly said her mamma.

-

-Mrs. Winter said, "Now we will put on our warm wraps and go on deck."

-

-Mr. Winter had found their chairs and put them in a nice place. Just as

-they were being settled in them, the gong was sounded again. "That is

-for lunch this time," said Mr. Winter, "and I for one am glad, for I am

-very hungry."

-

-On going to the saloon they were delighted to find that their seats

-were at the captain's table, and any one who has crossed the ocean with

-Captain Hains knows what a treat they had before them, if it should be a

-nice passage and he could be in his seat at the head of the table.

-

-In the afternoon the ship rolled, and when dinner was announced Mrs.

-Winter thought she would take hers on deck. She was not sick, but was

-afraid if she left the air she might be. Mr. Winter and Alice went to

-the table, and Alice was surprised to see the vacant seats around the

-room. The racks were on the table, so the dishes were held in place, but

-Alice found it rather uncomfortable keeping her chair.

-

-In the morning Mrs. Winter was too ill to leave her berth, but Alice

-never felt better in her life. The captain was so pleased to have her at

-the table to breakfast he put her in her mamma's seat next to him, and

-when she told him it was her birthday he said, "You shall have a nice

-cake for your dinner."

-

-After breakfast Alice went up on deck with Mr. Winter, who put her in a

-comfortable place and covered her up nice and warm. He went down to see

-his wife.

-

-The sea was a deep, bright blue, with lovely white caps, and when the

-sun shone on them Alice could see a rainbow on every wave.

-

-Alice became tired of sitting in her chair, and went to the rail to

-look over the side and see how pretty the water looked as the ship cut

-through it. Soon the young girl whom she had seen the day before came up

-to her and said, "Have you ever crossed before?"

-

-Alice said, "No, have you?"

-

-"Oh, yes, several times; and I do enjoy every minute, for I am never

-sick."

-

-Alice asked her name, and she answered, "Nellie Ford. What is yours and

-where are you going?"

-

-Alice told her name and that she was going to Nuremberg.

-

-Nellie said, "I have never been there. We are going to Brussels, and it

-is such a beautiful city."

-

-They talked on until the gong sounded, and agreed to meet again after

-lunch.

-

-At dinner that night Alice found the cake which the captain had promised

-her on the table. After thanking him, she asked if she might send a

-piece of it to her new friend.

-

-"Of course, my dear," said the captain. "It is yours to do with just as

-you please."

-

-The second day was very much like the first, only Mrs. Winter was able

-to be on deck, and Nellie Ford introduced her to Mr. and Mrs. Ford, and

-they soon settled to a little party of six, as passengers on a steamer

-are very apt to do.

-

-The two girls were together all the time, and joined in a game of ring

-toss with some more of the young people.

-

-[Illustration: HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.--_Page 37._]

-

-The days passed away, one very much like another--some pleasant, some

-stormy and rough, some foggy, with the whistles being blown every two

-minutes. Alice felt that she should be glad when she saw land again.

-

-One night they met a steamer, and it did look very pretty all lighted

-up. The "Etruria" set off Roman candles, which were answered by the

-steamer, and Alice thought that was the most interesting evening of all,

-even more so than the night of the concert.

-

-The "Etruria" made a very quick trip, and reached Queenstown Friday

-afternoon. Alice was writing letters in the saloon to send home, when

-suddenly the steamer stopped.

-

-"Oh, dear, what is the matter?" she cried, jumping to her feet. A

-gentleman sitting near her said, "It is a fog, and as we are very near

-Fastnet Rock they do not dare to go on."

-

-Soon a gun was heard in answer to the steamer's whistle, and the

-gentleman said, "We must be right there now."

-

-Alice went up on deck rather frightened, but as suddenly as the fog had

-settled upon them it lifted, and directly ahead of them was the straight

-rock rising out of the water like a sentinel.

-

-The "Etruria" ran up her signal flags and then started on, and in three

-hours was off Queenstown Harbor, where the tug was waiting for their

-mails and the few passengers who wished to be landed.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER IV.

-

-A FIRST GLIMPSE OF ENGLAND.

-

-

-Queenstown was soon a thing of the past, and when they went to their

-rooms the packing was finished, so that the next morning all the time

-could be spent upon the deck until they landed.

-

-It was a clear, bright morning, but very cold and windy, when the

-steamer was left to take the tug. On leaving the tug, Alice and Nellie

-were very careful to each put her left foot first on the dock, as they

-had been told it would bring them good luck.

-

-There was not much to interest our party in Liverpool except the docks,

-which of course Alice had been told were the finest in the world. After

-leaving the Custom House they were driven to the North Western Hotel,

-and the ladies and two girls waited in the parlor in front of an

-enormous soft-coal fire, while Mr. Ford and Mr. Winter went into the

-station, which joins the hotel, and engaged a compartment for London.

-

-Opposite the hotel they could see St. George's Hall, with its two

-statues in front, one of Queen Victoria and the other of her husband,

-Prince Albert, when they were young.

-

-Suddenly a noise of horses being rapidly driven was heard, and the girls

-ran to the window just in time to see the high sheriff's carriage of

-state being driven to the hotel to take him away to open court. It was

-very elegant, with its satin linings and the four beautiful horses.

-

-The footmen stood up at the back of the carriage, holding themselves on

-by leather straps. Four men in uniform stood in the street and blew on

-trumpets until the sheriff was out of sight.

-

-The girls thought it very interesting, but Mrs. Winter said, "A

-sheriff's position in England must be very different from that in

-America, where they usually go about in the quietest manner possible."

-

-Mr. Winter and Mr. Ford came in and told them it was time to get some

-lunch. A very nice one they had, and Alice was particularly interested

-in the table on wheels, with the joints of meat on it, which was pushed

-about to each person to select the cut of meat he liked.

-

-Mr. Ford advised their going to the Hotel Victoria in London, as he had

-tried many others and liked that one the best; so they had telegraphed

-for rooms before starting on the two o'clock train. All the party were

-in good spirits, and glad to be on dry land.

-

-Mrs. Winter and Alice did not like the carriage, as it is called in

-England, as well as the drawing-room car at home, but enjoyed every

-moment of the journey.

-

-England is like a large garden, every portion being under cultivation;

-the fields are so green and full of large, beautiful sheep grazing

-everywhere.

-

-"O mamma, how much more lovely the hedges are than our fences and walls

-at home!" said Alice.

-

-"Yes, indeed," said Mrs. Winter. "I have always heard they were lovely,

-but I did not think they would add so much to the beauties of the

-landscape."

-

-Harrow, with its school on the hill, was passed, and caused some

-interest to the girls. London was reached before they realized it, and

-they were driven to the Hotel Victoria in two four-wheeled cabs called

-"growlers"--why, they did not know, unless people "growl" at their

-lack of comfort in every way; no springs, narrow, high seats, generally

-dirty, and a worn-out old horse, whipped the most of the time by a very

-poor driver.

-

-Their rooms were ready for them, and glad enough they were to get their

-dinner and go to bed to get rested for the following days, to which the

-Winters were looking forward with great interest.

-

-

-[Illustration: NELSON COLUMN.]

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER V.

-

-A WEEK IN LONDON.

-

-

-Sunday our party rested, but on Monday morning they started for

-Westminster Abbey, hardly looking at anything on the way, though they

-went by Trafalgar Square, with the high column erected to Nelson, which

-stands there so proudly, with its beautiful lions made by Landseer lying

-so quietly at its base.

-

-A pleasant morning was passed at the Abbey, and the Poets' Corner proved

-to be their greatest attraction, as it is with most Americans. The chair

-in which Queen Victoria sat when she was crowned was shown to them, but

-Alice said she thought it was a common-looking chair, and wondered why

-the Queen did not have one that was more imposing.

-

-On leaving the Abbey they naturally turned towards the Houses of

-Parliament, and wishing to get even a better view, they walked part

-way over Westminster bridge, where they also saw St. Thomas's Hospital,

-situated on the Surrey side of the Thames.

-

-The walk back to the hotel by way of the Embankment was very pleasant,

-with its large buildings one side, and the river with its boats moving

-up and down on the other, and the rumble of the underground railroad

-beneath their feet. On reaching home they were so tired it was decided

-to rest in the afternoon and visit Madame Tussaud's wax-works in the

-evening.

-

-After dinner Mr. Ford said, "How would you like to go to the wax-works

-by the underground railway? It is not very far, if you think you won't

-mind the smoke and confined air. The station is very near, and we shall

-be left at the next building to the wax-works. I have been driven there

-and it only took about twenty minutes, so I think we can go by train in

-ten."

-

-"All right," said Mr. Winter; "it will be a good opportunity to see how

-we shall like it."

-

-Off they all started to the Charing Cross station. The girls did not

-like going down underground so far, but Alice said to Nellie, "I think I

-will not say much about it unless mamma does."

-

-After passing three stations, Mr. Winter said, "This air is stifling, do

-you not think we are nearly there?"

-

-"Oh, yes," said Mr. Ford, "I think it must be the next station."

-

-When they reached it, it was not theirs, and Mr. Ford called out to the

-guard, "How many more stations before we reach Baker Street?"

-

-The man looked at him rather queerly, and said, "Fourteen. Where did you

-get on the train?"

-

-"At Charing Cross," said Mr. Ford.

-

-"Oh," said the guard, "you have taken a train for the outer circle and

-come the longer way; some one should have told you."

-

-The train moved on, and our party had nothing to do but sit patiently

-and try not to think how close and stifling the air was getting.

-

-When they were once more in the fresh air Mr. Ford said, "Driving in

-cabs suits me pretty well, and that is the way I am going home, if I go

-alone."

-

-There was not a dissenting voice, and after a very pleasant evening

-they had a lovely drive home in three hansom cabs, and it only took them

-sixteen minutes.

-

-Tuesday morning was spent in visiting the Bank of England and St. Paul's

-Cathedral, where the young people and the gentlemen went upstairs to the

-Whispering Gallery.

-

-They all went down to the Crypt, where are many tombs, among them those

-of Nelson and Wellington.

-

-The great object of interest to them was the immense funeral car which

-was made to carry the body of the Duke of Wellington through the streets

-of London to his last resting-place.

-

-The wheels were made from pieces of cannon picked from the field of

-Waterloo.

-

-Mr. Ford took them to a quaint, old-fashioned place noted for its soups,

-for lunch.

-

-In the afternoon the Tower of London was visited, and of course was of

-more interest to the Winters than to the Fords.

-

-To Alice it was very realistic, it was so full of English history.

-She could tell her mamma much more than could the man, in his strange

-costume, who showed them around.

-

-That night the ladies and the two girls were too tired to go out again,

-so Mr. Ford took Mr. Winter and they did a little sight-seeing on their

-own account.

-

-Wednesday was given up to visiting the Buckingham Palace stables,

-where they saw the Queen's famous ponies that are only used on state

-occasions; and the South Kensington Museum, which they found very

-interesting.

-

-[Illustration: TOWER OF LONDON.--_Page 40._]

-

-In the evening they went to the theatre, and Alice thought it very

-strange to go downstairs to their seats. The audience looked so much

-better than in America, as the ladies were in evening dress and the

-gentlemen in dress suits.

-

-Thursday was a lovely day, and was spent at Hampton Court. They went on

-the outside of a coach, and what a lovely drive it was through Richmond

-and Bushy Park, with its wonderful horse-chestnut trees all in bloom!

-

-[Illustration: HAMPTON COURT.]

-

-The coach stopped at a little inn beside the river, where they lunched

-before visiting the famous court, once the home of Henry the Eighth,

-and presented to him by Cardinal Wolsey. It is now the home of certain

-ladies of small income who are alone in the world. They are selected by

-the Queen, and of course have only one portion of the palace.

-

-The remainder is occupied as state apartments and a famous

-picture-gallery, beside a gun-room only second in interest to that of

-the Tower.

-

-Friday was given to Windsor Castle and the Crystal Palace.

-

-Saturday they shopped and visited the Royal Academy, where they saw a

-beautiful collection of paintings, and only wished there was more time

-to spend looking at them.

-

-Mr. and Mrs. Ford decided to go with the Winters as far as Brussels, and

-as they were to start on Monday it was thought best to keep very quiet

-on Sunday.

-

-Mrs. Winter said to her husband she wished they could stay longer

-in London, where every minute had been a delight; but he said it was

-impossible.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER VI.

-

-OFF FOR THE CONTINENT.

-

-

-Monday morning was bright and clear, and Mr. Ford said, "This looks like

-a pleasant crossing of the Channel."

-

-The ride in the cars to Dover was very interesting, and the view of

-Canterbury Cathedral was quite fine.

-

-Quite a large boat was waiting for the train, and the water looked so

-smooth Alice said,--

-

-"I guess the people who are sick crossing this Channel do not know much

-of ocean discomfort."

-

-Like a good many travellers who see the Channel for the first time, she

-thought it must always be quiet.

-

-It proved to be a very smooth trip, and only a little over an hour was

-spent in crossing.

-

-The train left Calais fifteen minutes after the arrival of the boat,

-and the gentlemen bought nice luncheons which were put up in

-baskets,--chicken, bread and butter, and a bottle of wine.

-

-They found a good compartment, and away they went, eating their lunch

-and enjoying the views from the windows at the same time.

-

-Belgium is called the garden of Europe, as vegetables are raised there

-for all the principal cities.

-

-The country is flat and rather uninteresting to look at, but when one

-realizes that the willows which surround the farms are used by the

-women and children to make baskets which are sent all over the world it

-becomes very interesting.

-

-The land is divided by water wide enough for flat-bottomed boats to be

-rowed about, that the farmers may till their land and bring home the

-products in them.

-

-It seemed very strange to see women at work in the fields, but Mr. Ford

-said they would get used to that before they reached Nuremberg.

-

-It was dark when the train drew in at the station at Brussels, and they

-took a stage marked "Grand Hotel," and were driven through the principal

-street of the city. The shops were all lighted, and the streets and

-sidewalks full of people.

-

-Outside the restaurants little tables were set on the sidewalks, and men

-and women were eating and drinking.

-

-It was a sight the Winters had never seen, and it looked very strange to

-them.

-

-"It is just like Paris on a small scale," said Mr. Ford.

-

-Excellent rooms were ready for them at the hotel, as they had been

-telegraphed for by Mr. Ford, who was in the habit of going there every

-year.

-

-They had a delicious supper, and Mr. Winter said,--

-

-"That is the best meal I have seen since leaving America."

-

-The ladies had found the cars very hard to travel in, and were glad to

-go to their rooms.

-

-The next day Mrs. Winter was so thoroughly used up that Mr. Winter

-decided to stay in Brussels a few days for her to get rested.

-

-The girls were delighted, as they had become very fond of each other and

-were dreading the separation.

-

-[Illustration: BRUSSELS BOURSE.]

-

-Mr. Ford had to go out on business, and Mrs. Ford said she would

-entertain Mrs. Winter if Mr. Winter would take the girls sight-seeing.

-They started on their walk in high spirits, and found such wide, clean

-streets, interesting shops, and large, handsome buildings.

-

-The new Exchange just completed, and the Palace of Justice, are two of

-the most magnificent civic buildings in Europe.

-

-They were much interested in a lace manufactory. On the lower floor were

-women at work on the finest patterns. They were all ages, from twenty to

-seventy, and never looked up while their work was being examined.

-

-When the girls were leaving the room, Alice laughed at some remark of

-Nellie's, and then every head was lifted and a sad smile came on each

-face for a second.

-

-Mr. Winter bought two lace handkerchiefs for the girls to take as

-presents to their mothers.

-

-Through the remainder of their stay in Brussels they had lovely drives

-in the beautiful park, visited the Palace of Justice, situated at the

-end of a long street, on a hill where there was a glorious view of the

-surrounding country for miles.

-

-They also found that the picture gallery had a very fine

-collection--indeed, said to be the best in Belgium, and the pictures

-were beautifully arranged in schools and periods.

-

-One day was given to the field of Waterloo, which they all enjoyed very

-much.

-

-Alice felt so unhappy to be parted from Nellie that Mr. Winter finally

-persuaded Mr. and Mrs. Ford to let Nellie go with them to Nuremberg, as

-it would give her a delightful trip, and she was equally miserable to be

-left in Brussels without Alice.

-

-It was decided to meet in Paris, have an enjoyable week together, and

-sail for home on the "Etruria" near the middle of July.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER VII.

-

-UP THE RHINE.

-

-

-On Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Winter and the girls said "good-bye" to Mr. and

-Mrs. Ford and started for Cologne in the gayest of spirits.

-

-The trip was found very interesting, as they followed the Meuse River

-a great deal of the way. Between Liège and Verviers the country was

-wonderfully picturesque, with the pretty winding river, which they

-continually crossed, and little villages with the mountains in the

-distance.

-

-The Meuse has been called the miniature Rhine.

-

-Verviers is the last Belgian station, and Aix-la-Chapelle is the first

-town of much interest in Germany.

-

-From the train there was an excellent view of the city, which has seen

-many changes since it was the favorite home of Charlemagne.

-

-[Illustration: COLOGNE CATHEDRAL.]

-

-For more than three centuries the German emperors were crowned there.

-

-It was growing dark as Cologne was reached, but the girls, knowing

-the cathedral was near the station, hurried outside to see it, and how

-wonderfully high and beautiful the noble great spires looked in the

-twilight no one can imagine who has never seen them.

-

-Tuesday morning was spent in visiting the Church of St. Ursula (which

-is reputed to hold the bones of eleven thousand virgins martyred by the

-Huns) and the cathedral.

-

-An excellent guide showed our party around, and pointed out the

-beautiful windows which King Ludwig presented, costing eighteen thousand

-pounds, English money.

-

-The late King Frederick gave one elegant window, at the end opposite the

-entrance.

-

-On one side of the building were windows made by Albert Dürer,

-considered Germany's greatest artist.

-

-A large gold cross, presented by Marie de Medici, and costing an

-enormous sum of money, Alice thought was more beautiful than the

-windows.

-

-On the way back to the hotel they met a company of soldiers who were

-singing as they marched along. It seemed very inspiring.

-

-Wednesday morning this happy party took the train for Mayence up the

-Rhine, as the boats, they found, were not yet running.

-

-Alice and Nellie had been reading up the legends of the Rhine, and could

-hardly wait to see its beauties and wonders.

-

-The Rhine was not reached until after leaving Bonn. The scenery was so

-pretty they did not miss the river views.

-

-In full view of the train was the famous avenue of horse-chestnuts,

-three-quarters of a mile in length. There is a large university at

-Bonn, and many other schools. As many of the students in their different

-costumes came to the station and walked up and down the platform to show

-themselves, the girls were very much amused.

-

-The city is also noted as being the birthplace of Beethoven.

-

-As soon as Bonn was out of sight, the river was beside them. At first

-the entire party were disappointed, the river seemed so quiet, narrow,

-and sluggish, compared to the rivers at home.

-

-However, that was soon forgotten as its beauties grew upon them.

-

-They soon saw the Seven Mountains coming into view, and wished they

-could stay over one night to see the sun rise from the top.

-

-Mr. Winter felt he must hurry on, as they had spent so much time in

-Brussels, and see all they could from the train.

-

-At Oberwinter, where there is the finest view down the Rhine, all the

-party looked back to see it.

-

-Coblence was the next large town, and the situation is beautiful, as

-it is at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle, with the strong

-fortifications opposite, the Castle of Ehrenbreitstein, often called the

-Gibraltar of the Rhine.

-

-Just after leaving Coblence they saw two castles, one the royal castle

-of Stolzenfels on its "proud rock," more than four hundred feet above

-the river. It was destroyed by the French in the seventeenth century,

-but is now completely restored.

-

-The other castle is directly opposite, above the mouth of the Lahn

-river, is called the Castle of Lahneck, and has been lately restored.

-Alice knew the legend of this castle, and told it to the rest of the

-party.

-

-"It was here, in the beginning of the fourteenth century, that the

-order of Knights Templars, which had been founded for religious purposes

-chiefly, was severely persecuted by Philippe le Beau of France and Pope

-Clement V.

-

-[Illustration: LAHNECK CASTLE.--_Page 54._]

-

-"After many vicissitudes there was a long and desperate siege, in which

-all the knights fell except one man. He held the commander at bay,

-who was so overpowered by the knight's bravery he offered him life and

-liberty if he would stop fighting and beg for mercy.

-

-"The templar's only answer was to throw his spear among the soldiers,

-and then was killed by throwing himself on their lances."

-

-Boppart was the next town of any interest, it being a walled town of

-Roman origin.

-

-The wall had crumbled away in many places, and houses had been built on

-the ruins.

-

-On the opposite side of the river was Bornhoffen, with its twin castles

-of Sternberg and Liebenstein, or "The Brothers."

-

-Mr. Winter told this legend, which runs that once a rich knight, with

-his two sons and one daughter, lived there, and were very rich in gold

-and lands, which the old knight had gained through wrong and robbery.

-All his neighbors felt sure that such ill-gotten wealth would bring him

-anything but blessings.

-

-The brothers inherited the avarice of the father; but the sister was

-lovely and gentle, like her mother. When the father died the brothers

-gave their sister much less than a third of the property. She gave hers

-to the cause of religion and went into a convent.

-

-The brothers, disappointed, disputed over their share, and at last fell

-in love with the same maiden, who did not hesitate to flirt with both

-and increase their jealousy. They finally fought and killed each other.

-

-Just as Mr. Winter finished his story, the guard of the train put his

-head into the car window, to say that the Lorely rock was nearly in

-sight.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER VIII.

-

-THE LEGEND OF THE LORELY.

-

-

-Both girls jumped to their feet, for of course they were interested to

-see that famous rock where the water-nymph Lore was said to have lived.

-She would appear on the top of the rock, clothed in wonderful garments,

-and a veil of the color of the sea-green water reaching to her feet, to

-lure wicked people to destruction by her singing.

-

-The people who came to the foot of the rock were swallowed in the waves,

-while those who tried to climb to the top were either thrown back into

-the water or led through the dense woods, only to be days finding their

-way out of them.

-

-Lore was very kind to good people, having the fairy power of

-distinguishing good from evil.

-

-At last a young count, much to his father's unhappiness, saw and fell

-in love with her. He constantly went to gaze upon her, for she was very

-beautiful.

-

-He used to carry his zither and play and sing to her, until she finally

-caused the waves to rise so high that his boat was upset and broken. The

-count sank into the waves, and his attendants returned home to tell the

-father the sad news.

-

-The old count swore revenge, and was going to seize Lore and have her

-burnt. The next night he took some friends and surrounded the rock.

-

-When Lore appeared the old count said, "Where is my son?"

-

-Lore pointed to the waves, at the same time continuing to sing very

-sweetly.

-

-As soon as Lore had finished her song, she threw a stone into the river,

-which caused a wave to rise. She mounted it and sank from view with

-it, never to be seen again, though her singing was often heard by men

-passing by.

-

-The rock was formerly called Lorely, but is now Lurlei, and has a lovely

-echo said to be the gift of Lore.

-

-The girls were disappointed to see the water around the rock so very

-quiet--no whirlpool at all.

-

-When they saw that a cut had been made through the rock for railroad

-trains, all the romance was gone for them.

-

-Alice said, "O papa, how could anybody spoil that pretty story by

-running trains through the rock? If that is the way my romances are

-going to end I will not read any more."

-

-However, she soon saw a house built in the river, and wanted to know

-what it was and why it was there.

-

-"I know," said Nellie. "I was reading about it the other day."

-

-It is called the Pfalz, and was built by Louis of Bavaria in the

-thirteenth century, in order to exact tribute from passing vessels.

-

-Opposite is the town of Bacharach, the Ara Bacchi of the Romans, and has

-long been famous for its wines. In Longfellow's "Golden Legend" is the

-old rhyme,--

-

-  "At Bacharach on the Rhine,

-  At Hochheim on the Main,

-  And at Würzburg on the Stein,

-  Grow the three best kinds of wine."

-

-The Bacchus-Altar is to be found in this lovely country. It stands just

-below the town, but the water has to be very low to read the inscription

-(which is nearly illegible), as it is situated between the bank of the

-river and an islet.

-

-The Altar is supposed to have been erected by the Romans to their god of

-wine.

-

-Many other castles, some restored, but the most of them in ruins, were

-passed, before Assmanshausen, famous for its red wines, was reached.

-

-Mr. Winter said, "Now this ends what is called 'the great gorge of

-the Rhine,' and the river will broaden, and the open country, not very

-interesting, is before you."

-

-Just before reaching Bingen they saw the ruins of Ehrenfels, and in the

-middle of the river the Mausthurm, or "Mouse Tower."

-

-"O papa, I know the story of that tower," said Alice. "Can I tell it?"

-

-"We are only too glad to hear it," said her mamma.

-

-"Hatto was Bishop of Fulda, and wishing to be made Archbishop of

-Mayence, used every means in his power to accomplish his purpose. He

-succeeded, and became very ambitious, proud, and cruel. He taxed the

-poor to build for himself fine dwellings.

-

-[Illustration: MOUSE TOWER.--_Page 61._]

-

-"At last he built the tower in the river where it was very narrow, to

-compel all ships to pay him toll.

-

-"A famine set in, and he, having plenty of money, bought up everything

-and filled his granaries. He sold his stores at such high prices that

-only the rich could buy.

-

-"He paid no heed to the supplications of the famishing people, as he

-intended building a superb palace with his money.

-

-"One day when Hatto was entertaining friends at dinner, the starving

-people forced their way into the dining-hall and begged for food. He

-told them to go to a large barn where corn should be given them. When

-they were all inside, Hatto ordered the doors to be closed and fastened

-on the outside and the barn to be set on fire.

-

-"When their shrieks reached the dining-hall, Hatto turned to his guests

-and said, 'Hear how the corn-mice squeal: I do the same to rebels as I

-do to them.'

-

-"The wrath of Heaven was turned against him, for out of the ashes at the

-barn thousands of mice took their way to the palace, filling the rooms

-and attacking Hatto. Thousands were killed, but they steadily increased,

-and he was finally obliged to flee in terror of his life to a boat,

-still pursued by legions.

-

-"Hatto was ferried over the Rhine to the tower, but the mice perforated

-the walls, and fell on him by the thousands, and ate him up. They then

-disappeared, and the tower has been called the 'Mouse Tower' ever since.

-

-"It has never been used in any way, but stands as a warning to despotic

-people."

-

-Mr. Winter said, "Alice, you told that very well; but he was not such a

-very wicked man as the legend makes him. He was imperious and caused his

-people much suffering, but was the Emperor's confidant and was called

-the Heart of the King."

-

-Bingen is not a very interesting town, but has many walks and drives

-that are full of interest in every way.

-

-Directly opposite, on the heights of Niederwald, is the beautiful

-monument built to commemorate the restitution of the German Empire in

-1870-1871.

-

-Alice and Nellie did wish they could stop long enough to go up and see

-it, it looked so grand and mighty outlined against the sky. Mr. Winter

-said, "No, we must get to Mayence to-night."

-

-There was not much of interest after leaving Bingen, as the train left

-the river and the Rhine was not seen again until just before entering

-Mayence, where the Main flows most peacefully into it, making a very

-beautiful picture.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER IX.

-

-MAYENCE TO NUREMBERG.

-

-

-Mr. Winter as usual had telegraphed to Mayence for rooms, and found very

-comfortable, large rooms ready for them in a new, pleasant hotel near

-the station.

-

-After resting a little while Mr. Winter said, "Who wants to go with me

-and take a drive around the city?"

-

-The entire party, even Mrs. Winter, who had thought she was too tired to

-go out again, said they would like to go.

-

-What a delightful drive they had, at the close of a warm, lovely day,

-around that interesting old city, with its wonderful fortifications! The

-view of the rivers at the base of the hill they thought as pretty as any

-they had seen all day.

-

-Mr. Winter told them what a very old city it was, a Roman camp having

-been laid there thirty-eight years before Christ.

-

-[Illustration: MAYENCE--GENERAL VIEW.--_Page 65._]

-

-The foundations may be said to date from fourteen years B.C., when

-Drusus built his extensive fortifications. There is a Roman monument

-forty-five feet high erected in honor of Drusus. There are also remains

-of a Roman aqueduct to be found outside the city.

-

-The cathedral was founded in 798. It has been burnt and restored six

-times, and is one of the grandest in Germany.

-

-Just outside the cathedral they saw a fine statue of Gutenberg, who is

-regarded by the Germans as the inventor of movable types for printing.

-

-Our party drove back to the hotel, had a nice supper, which was waiting

-for them, and went to bed feeling they had enjoyed that day more than

-any since leaving home.

-

-The next morning all were rested and eager to get to Nuremberg, the end

-of the trip. Mr. Winter, by some mistake, did not get the fast train,

-and as the one they took stopped very often, and the scenery was not

-very interesting, our party arrived in Nuremberg so tired they ate their

-supper and went directly to bed.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER X.

-

-NUREMBERG.

-

-

-In the morning Mr. Winter said, "I will give one day to you for

-sight-seeing, and then I must attend to business. You will have to spend

-the rest of your time going around with a guide or by yourselves."

-

-Alice was delighted with the old moat which was opposite her window, and

-wanted to look in it at once.

-

-Nellie felt the castle was of more importance, and could hardly wait

-to get there. The moat surrounds the old city, and now is rented to

-gardeners, who live in the old towers and cultivate the land in the

-moat.

-

-Our party started out to walk until they were tired, and kept on the

-sidewalk side of the moat, and thought it did look so pretty with

-everything so fresh and green. The cherry-trees were all white with

-their lovely blossoms, which grew even with the sidewalk.

-

-[Illustration: NUREMBERG WALLS.]

-

-Finally they went through an old gateway, which was said to be the one

-where a rope was kept in the olden time, to use on the bakers. If they

-did not give full weight, the bakers were tied to the end of a pole and

-dipped into the water several times. If poison was found in the bread,

-they were immediately drowned.

-

-As the ladies were getting tired, Mr. Winter called a carriage to drive

-them to the castle. As he could speak German, the driver told him many

-interesting things, and pointed out various objects of interest. He

-showed them one house that had been occupied by the same family for four

-hundred and fifty years.

-

-The churches of St. Sebald and St. Lawrence they admired very much on

-the outside, leaving the beauties of the interiors for another day. They

-passed one fountain called the Goose Man, and another, the Beautiful

-Fountain, built in 1385. Also, a fine statue of Hans Sachs, erected in

-1874, who was known through Germany as the cobbler-poet. It was from his

-life Wagner wrote the opera of the "Meistersinger."

-

-Soon the driver drew up his horses at a corner where a small house

-stood under a hill, called the Sausage Shop, for its wonderfully cooked

-sausages. It has been made famous by such men as Albert Dürer, the great

-artist, Hans Sachs, and the old burgomasters meeting there for their

-nightly mugs of beer and a sausage.

-

-[Illustration: ALBRECHT DÜRER'S HOUSE.--_Page 74._]

-

-The statue of Albert Dürer, erected in 1840, is between the Sausage Shop

-and his old home. All the houses, with their deep, slanting roofs, were

-objects of interest, but most of all was that of Albert Dürer, which is

-the only house in Nuremberg that has not undergone some alteration.

-

-The house is now filled with many curiosities, some of them having

-belonged to Albert Dürer, and is open every day to visitors. The girls

-wanted to stop and go in at once, but Mr. Winter said, "No, we cannot

-stop now; we must get to the castle, and leave the house until we have

-more time."

-

-The castle stands very high, and they were obliged to drive up through

-very narrow and steep streets; but the horses were used to it, and Mrs.

-Winter finally overcame her nervousness.

-

-When the top of the hill was reached, there was a plateau where a

-beautiful view of the city was to be seen. They left the carriage here,

-and after looking at the scenery they walked on up to the castle.

-

-[Illustration: NUREMBERG CASTLE.]

-

-On the way they saw a small shed, and, on looking in, found it held the

-famous well. A young girl was there, who, in a parrot sort of way, told

-them that the well was built in the eleventh century, under Conrad II.,

-by convicts, and that it took thirty years to finish it. She told Mrs.

-Winter to hold a mirror in her hand while she lowered a candle, to show

-by the reflection in the mirror the depth of the well. It took just six

-seconds for water which she poured out of a glass to reach the water

-in the well. She told them it was four hundred and fifty feet deep, and

-they all believed her.

-

-In the courtyard of the castle they saw an old linden tree growing,

-which is said to have been planted by Empress Kunigunde eight hundred

-years ago.

-

-The castle they found quite interesting without being very elegant. A

-lady in charge of it told them many things of interest about the castle

-and the city.

-

-She told them that the first records of Nuremberg date from 1050. In

-1105 the town was besieged, conquered, and destroyed by Henry V., again

-besieged in 1127 by Emperor Lothar, from which time imperial officials

-appeared who took the title of Burggrafer.

-

-Frederick I. (Barbarossa), under whom the burg was enlarged, frequently

-lived here from 1156 to 1188. Rudolph von Hapsburg held his first diet

-here in 1274, and often visited the town.

-

-Under Emperor Karl IV. the first stone bridge was built, and the streets

-were paved.

-

-The first fundamental law of the empire was formed by him, and is known

-as the "Golden Bull." It was framed in Nuremberg in 1356, and is still

-kept in Frankfort.

-

-According to this law, every German emperor was obliged to spend his

-first day of government in Nuremberg.

-

-His government was very favorable to Nuremberg in every way.

-

-The four large towers were built 1555 to 1568, after a plan designed by

-Albert Dürer. The town reached its highest artistic development in

-the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, under such men as Albert Dürer,

-A. Krafft, Herman Fischer, and many others.

-

-Goblets and many such objects of art were made here at that time. In

-1649 Nuremberg displayed its last splendor. Commerce had been ruined by

-different wars. In 1806 it was made a matter of rejoicing when it came

-under the crown of Bavaria. King Ludwig first revived art, and trade

-made a start.

-

-In 1835 the first railroad was opened to Fürth. In 1855 King Max II.

-with his family lived here, and the Imperial Burg was offered to him as

-a present by the town.

-

-The lady also told them that the five-cornered tower, which is the

-oldest building in Nuremberg and connected with the castle, contained a

-collection of instruments of torture. Among them is the iron virgin, a

-figure of a woman, which opens and is full of spikes. The poor victim

-would be shut up in its clutches.

-

-None of our party felt like visiting that horrible place, so they

-thanked the woman, and took some last looks at the beautiful views to

-be seen from the windows. To their surprise they found it was noon-time,

-and as everything in Nuremberg is closed for an hour and a half

-at mid-day, they were driven back to the Wurtemberger Hof, their

-comfortable hotel, where everything possible was done for their

-pleasure.

-

-After a good dinner and a rest, Mr. Winter said he thought, as his time

-was so limited, he would like to visit the Town Hall and St. John's

-Cemetery. A guide was found, and they started out with more enthusiasm

-than ever.

-

-The guide told them that the Town Hall was built in the years from 1616

-to 1619, in Italian style. He pointed out to them a fine picture by

-Paul Ritter, painted in 1882, to represent the act of the arrival of

-the German Emperor's Insignia in Nuremberg. The guide also showed them

-several pictures of Dürer's representing the triumphal procession of

-Emperor Maximilian. His pictures are, many of them, very indistinct.

-

-They were taken into a room where the wedding couples go to sign their

-marriage contracts.

-

-Mr. Winter was more interested than the girls, and Mrs. Winter was so

-tired they were glad enough to get in the carriage and be driven to the

-famous old cemetery.

-

-For some blocks before reaching the entrance are paintings of Christ,

-representing the last days of his life.

-

-At the gateway are the three statues of Christ and the two thieves

-nailed to the cross.

-

-The guide showed them the graves of Dürer and Sachs, and one of a man

-who had been killed, while asleep, by his wife hammering a nail in

-his head. There was a bronze skull, with the nail in it just where she

-killed him.

-

-Another interesting bronze was the figure of a woman with a lizard on a

-perch, which, when touched, turns towards the woman's figure and shows

-where she was bitten in the neck by the lizard that killed her.

-

-The girls thought that very quaint and more interesting than any they

-saw, though there were many very beautifully carved, and, being of

-bronze, were of great value.

-

-While our party was wandering through the cemetery a funeral was taking

-place, and as the entire service was intoned, it was very impressive.

-

-Mr. Winter said as they entered the carriage, "You have had enough

-sight-seeing for to-day, and we will drive home and talk over all the

-wonderful and interesting things we have seen and heard to-day."

-

-

-[Illustration: NUREMBERG.]

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER XI.

-

-NUREMBERG.--_Continued._

-

-

-The following morning Mr. Winter left the ladies, who walked aimlessly,

-not caring much where they went, it was all so full of interest to them.

-

-Accidentally they visited quite an interesting place called the Preller

-House. It was built three hundred years ago by a Venetian nobleman, and

-is now used as a furniture warehouse. There is a chapel in it, and some

-of the old furniture still remains.

-

-The ceilings are very fine, and in two of the rooms were only discovered

-when the present occupants were having gas-pipes put in the house.

-

-Mr. Winter did not come home to dinner, and in the afternoon Mrs. Winter

-and the girls went to the Museum, where they found more to interest

-them than anywhere they had been. It had a very large and interesting

-collection of paintings and antiquities, but the girls enjoyed seeing

-the old cloister--the first they had ever seen.

-

-That evening when Mr. Winter came home, he told his wife that he

-should only be obliged to remain one more day, and they must entertain

-themselves again without him.

-

-The next morning Mrs. Winter took a guide with them, as she wished to

-visit some of the shops where they could collect some curiosities.

-

-They also went to the Market square, where the poor people can buy

-everything they need at very reasonable prices.

-

-Mrs. Winter then said, "Now, girls, we will visit those churches of

-which we have only seen the outside."

-

-The guide took them first to St. Lawrence's Church.

-

-This church, he told them, was mentioned as early as 1006, and had

-the handsomest artistic decoration of any of the celebrated churches

-throughout Germany. The finest portion is the choir, with a vaulted roof

-supported by slender pillars from which the arches are formed like palm

-branches.

-

-The guide wished them particularly to look at the Gothic bronze

-chandelier, which weighs four hundred and eighty-two pounds, and was

-cast by Peter Vischer in 1489.

-

-The girls were charmed by the seven windows of the choir, which are

-considered the best examples of Nuremberg glass-painting from 1450

-to 1490. The last window, called the Emperor's, was presented by the

-citizens of Nuremberg in memory of the restitution of the German Empire.

-It was put in the 22d of March, 1881. Mrs. Winter was much interested in

-some beautiful tapestries representing the lives of St. Lawrence and St.

-Catharine, and are over four hundred years old.

-

-There were many more paintings of much interest, some of them Albert

-Dürer's. As they were leaving, the girls saw some richly carved chairs

-by the doors, and asked the guide why they were there.

-

-He told them that they formerly belonged to the guilds, and the masters

-sat in them, in turn, to receive alms.

-

-From this church our party was driven to St. Sebaldus's, which was

-finished in the tenth century. One of the most interesting things they

-saw was the font, which was remarkable not only as the first product

-of Nuremberg's foundries, but as having been used to christen King

-Wenceslas of Bohemia, in 1361.

-

-There were more paintings of Dürer's to be seen here, but the finest

-work was the sepulchre of St. Sebaldus in the centre of the choir. It

-is the most extensive work German art has ever produced, and was cast by

-Peter Vischer and his five sons.

-

-"It was commenced in 1508 and completed in 1519. It rests on twelve

-snails, having four dolphins at its corners, the whole forming a pagan

-temple adorned with the Twelve Apostles. It is surmounted by twelve

-smaller figures, and finally by an infant Christ holding a globus in

-his hand, the latter being a key of the whole monument, when it is to

-be rent asunder. There is also a fine portrait of Peter Vischer in this

-church."

-

-Of course there were many more objects of interest to be seen, but Mrs.

-Winter thought they had seen enough; so they were driven home to dinner.

-

-In the afternoon they took a drive out of the city to a beer-garden

-situated at the side of a pretty lake. They had some tea, and walked on

-the borders of the lake quite a distance. Mrs. Winter said, "I wish

-we had such a quiet, pretty place near home where we could spend an

-afternoon as delightfully as we have here."

-

-That evening Nellie said, "Dear Mrs. Winter, how can I ever thank you

-and your husband for this trip? Mamma could not have come, and never

-shall I forget what I have enjoyed through your kindness."

-

-Mrs. Winter told her that the pleasure she had given them was more than

-hers, as it had added so much to Alice's happiness.

-

-Alice said, "Now, mamma, will you not add to our pleasures by repeating

-Longfellow's beautiful poem on Nuremberg before we go to bed?"

-

-"Dear Mrs. Winter, please do," said Nellie. "I have never heard of it,

-but I know it must be very lovely."

-

-"Very well," said Mrs. Winter. "I certainly never knew a more

-appropriate time to recite it than now."

-

-The girls gathered around her in the twilight as she sweetly

-commenced:--

-

-  In the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow-lands

-  Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands.

-

-  Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song,

-  Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them

-          throng:

-

-  Memories of the Middle Ages, when the emperors, rough and bold,

-  Had their dwelling in the castle, time defying, centuries old;

-

-  And thy brave and thrifty burghers boasted, in their uncouth rhyme,

-  That their great imperial city stretched its hand through every clime.

-

-  In the courtyard of the castle, bound with many an iron band,

-  Stands the mighty linden planted by Queen Cunigunde's hand;

-

-  On the square the oriel window, where in old heroic days

-  Sat the poet Melchior singing Kaiser Maximilian's praise.

-

-  Everywhere I see around me rise the wondrous world of Art--

-  Fountains wrought with richest sculpture standing in the common mart;

-

-  And above cathedral doorways saints and bishops carved in stone,

-  By a former age commissioned as apostles to our own.

-

-  In the church of sainted Sebald sleeps enshrined his holy dust,

-  And in bronze the Twelve Apostles guard from age to age their trust;

-

-  In the church of sainted Lawrence stands a pix of sculpture rare,

-  Like the foamy sheaf of fountains, rising through the painted air.

-

-  Here, when Art was still religion, with a simple, reverent heart,

-  Lived and labored Albrecht Dürer, the Evangelist of Art;

-

-  Hence in silence and in sorrow, toiling still with busy hand,

-  Like an emigrant he wandered, seeking for the Better Land;

-

-  _Emigravit_ is the inscription on the tombstone where he lies;

-  Dead he is not, but departed,--for the artist never dies.

-

-  Fairer seems the ancient city, and the sunshine seems more fair,

-  That he once has trod its pavement, that he once has breathed its air.

-

-  Through these streets, so broad and stately, these obscure and

-          dismal lanes,

-  Walked of yore the Mastersingers, chanting rude poetic strains.

-

-  From remote and sunless suburbs came they to the friendly guild,

-  Building nests in Fame's great temple, as in spouts the swallows

-          build.

-

-  As the weaver plied the shuttle, wove he too the mystic rhyme,

-  And the smith his iron measures hammered to the anvil's chime;

-

-  Thanking God, whose boundless wisdom makes the flowers of poesy bloom

-  In the forge's dust and cinders, in the tissues of the loom.

-

-  Here Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet, laureate of the gentle craft,

-  Wisest of the Twelve Wise Masters, in huge folios sang and laughed;

-

-  But his house is now an ale-house, with a nicely sanded floor,

-  And a garland in the window, and his face above the door;

-

-  Painted by some humble artist, as in Adam Puschman's song,

-  As the old man, gray and dove-like, with his great beard white and

-          long,

-

-  And at night the swart mechanic comes to drown his cash and care,

-  Quaffing ale from pewter tankards, in the master's antique chair.

-

-  Vanished is the ancient splendor, and before my dreamy eye

-  Wave these mingling shapes and figures, like a faded tapestry.

-

-  Not thy councils, not thy Kaisers, win for thee the world's regard;

-  But thy painter, Albrecht Dürer, and Hans Sachs thy cobbler-bard.

-

-  Thus, O Nuremberg, a wanderer from a region far away,

-  As he paced thy streets and courtyards, sang in thought his careless

-          lay;

-

-  Gathering from the pavement's crevice, as a floweret of the soil,

-  The nobility of labor--the long pedigree of toil.

-

-"How very beautiful!" said Nellie. "Thank you so much, Mrs. Winter, for

-reciting it to us. I shall learn it myself when I get home, trusting I

-may sometime give as much pleasure to another as you have given me."

-

-Mr. Winter said, "Why, Agnes, I never heard you recite that poem so

-well."

-

-"I never did," said his wife; "for I never truly felt it before."

-

-"Thank you, mamma dear," said Alice. "Now we will go to bed, feeling

-all the happier for the lovely poem which has put our best thoughts into

-words."

-

-

-[Illustration: STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL--SIDE VIEW.]

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER XII.

-

-STRASBOURG.

-

-

-Mrs. Winter was very anxious to travel to Paris by the way of

-Strasbourg, as she had always wished to see the cathedral with its

-wonderful clock.

-

-Mr. Winter made inquiries and found that was decidedly the best way to

-go, which was a great delight to them all.

-

-Our party left Nuremberg early in the morning, sorry to see the last of

-the most interesting city they had seen thus far on their trip. Nellie,

-who was looking forward to meeting her father and mother in Paris, was

-quite happy to make a move in that direction.

-

-The first part of the trip was not very interesting, but the latter was

-delightful, and as they had a compartment to themselves the girls could

-enjoy the view from both sides of the train. A change of cars was made

-at a place where there was hardly anything but the station and the

-railroad interests. Here they ate a cold lunch from the counter, though

-there were some hot dishes on a table; but they did not look very

-tempting.

-

-The spire of the Strasbourg Cathedral could be seen some time before

-reaching the station, and well it might, being four hundred and

-sixty-six feet high, and by some authorities said to be the highest in

-the world.

-

-The fortifications had been so fine at Mayence our party was surprised

-to find others much finer here, many of them being new, having been

-built at the time of the French and German war in 1870.

-

-The engineering of some of them is particularly fine, as they are made

-to be opened, so that all the surrounding country can be flooded if

-necessary.

-

-The train wound round the city, giving them a fine view of the

-fortifications and the soldiers being drilled in many of the enclosures.

-

-Strasbourg was one of the most important cities during the last war, and

-a great portion of it was destroyed. One side of the cathedral was badly

-damaged, but is now thoroughly restored.

-

-Mr. Winter took his family to a small hotel on the square near the

-station, having been recommended there by the manager of the hotel at

-Nuremberg. He found it very comfortable, and every possible attention

-was shown them.

-

-Arriving about five o'clock, there was plenty of time to be driven

-around the city. Of course they started for the cathedral, but on the

-way the driver stopped the carriage to point out one of the highest

-chimneys on one of the tallest houses, where the storks had built a

-nest.

-

-He also told them how the storks arrive every spring and build their

-nests, and then leave in the fall with their young, to return the next

-spring with their families no larger nor smaller than when they go

-away. What becomes of the surplus is a great question--whether they only

-increase sufficiently to fill the vacancies caused by death or old age,

-or that the young ones found colonies in other countries.

-

-The storks are held in great reverence by mankind, and are never harmed.

-Indeed, it is considered good fortune to the inmates of a house when a

-nest is built on one of its chimneys.

-

-The driver told a story of one man who gave up the use of his room an

-entire winter, rather than destroy a nest which two storks had built

-over the top of his chimney, and thus prevented his building a fire.

-

-As they approached the cathedral Alice said, "Why, papa, where is the

-clock? I cannot see it at all."

-

-[Illustration: STRASBOURG STORKS.--_Page 94._]

-

-"I do not know," said Mr. Winter; "but it certainly is there somewhere."

-

-The driver took them to the front of the building, where they were met

-by a guide, who showed them the beauties of the outside architecture

-and the many statues of the apostles and saints. He told them that the

-cathedral was commenced in 1015 and finished in 1601.

-

-The guide showed them the plateau half-way up the height of the steeple,

-and told them that it is used by men who watch for fires all the time.

-The citizens are so proud of the cathedral that they have it dusted and

-washed inside very frequently.

-

-"Where is the clock?" said Mrs. Winter, as soon as the guide stopped

-talking long enough for her to speak a word.

-

-The man did not answer, but took them around to a side door, where,

-after receiving his tip, he left them and walked away.

-

-At first they did not know what to do, but Mrs. Winter said, "I think we

-had better go inside if we can."

-

-In they went, and right by the door was the clock. A fine-looking man

-dressed elegantly met them. He proved to be a finely educated Swiss, and

-he explained the various wonders of the clock.

-

-[Illustration: STRASBOURG--CATHEDRAL CLOCK.--_Page 96._]

-

-He told them that the clock was built three hundred years ago, and was

-to run a certain number of years. It shows all fête days for all those

-years, tells the changes of the moon, eclipses--in fact, everything that

-one could imagine.

-

-The apostles do not all come out and walk around except at noon, but as

-it was quarter before six our party saw three men move.

-

-The clock stops at six at night and then commences again at six in the

-morning.

-

-Mrs. Winter said the longer she looked at it, the more wonderful it

-seemed to her that any man could think of so many things.

-

-The guide also told them that the man who first conceived the idea of

-the clock became totally blind when it was nearly completed. Of course

-he could work no more, and it was never thought the clock would be

-finished.

-

-He lived thirty years, and after his death another man was found

-who thought he could complete it. He succeeded, and was paid by the

-government for his time and work.

-

-Mrs. Winter said, "I think it is the most wonderful thing I ever saw,

-and I do not know which man I admire the most--the one who conceived

-such a work, or the man who could carry out such marvellous thoughts of

-a man whom he had never met."

-

-After leaving the cathedral our party was driven around the city. The

-old part they found very quaint and picturesque, with its high and

-sloping roofs. The new part, built by the Germans, was very handsome,

-some of the buildings, like the palace, conservatory of music, and the

-post-office, being particularly fine.

-

-The driver told them that one of the great interests there was the

-making of _pâté de foie gras_. It is made from the livers of geese

-which are fed in such a way that the liver grows abnormally large, often

-weighing three pounds.

-

-He also told them that many of the French people are still very bitter

-against the Germans, even pulling down their shades to the windows if a

-regiment should march by the house.

-

-On their return to the hotel, the manager told Mr. Winter he would have

-a very quick and comfortable journey to Paris if he took the Orient

-express which runs between Constantinople and Paris. It would leave

-Strasbourg three hours later than the ordinary train, and would arrive

-in Paris some hours before it.

-

-Mr. Winter engaged a compartment at once, and the next day had a very

-enjoyable trip, though it was a very long one. The first part of the

-route, over mountains and through ravines, was very delightful; but

-after getting into France it was flat and uninteresting.

-

-They passed through Epérgny, which was interesting for its vines, which

-covered the fields for many miles. From these grapes champagne is made.

-

-Paris was reached at six o'clock, and their hotel, which had been

-recommended by friends, was found to be very homelike.

-

-The Fords were there waiting for them, and were as glad to see Nellie as

-she was glad to be with them again.

-

-

-

-

-CHAPTER XIII.

-

-HOMEWARD BOUND.

-

-

-That evening after Nellie had told her mamma some of her pleasant

-experiences, Mr. Winter said, "Now we have just five days to spend in

-Paris, and you must decide what you would most like to do. Mr. Ford and

-I are entirely at your disposal."

-

-Guidebooks were brought out and studied, and after many discussions

-their plans were settled for each day.

-

-On Thursday morning they went to the Louvre, feeling there would be so

-many pictures to see they had better visit it first.

-

-How tired they did get sliding around on those slippery floors,

-trying to see the nine miles of pictures, many of which were quite

-uninteresting to them all.

-

-In the afternoon Mr. Winter took his wife and the girls in a carriage,

-and started for the Bois de Boulogne. When the Place de la Concorde

-was reached, with its monolithic obelisk of Luxor, and fountains and

-statues, with the gardens of the Tuileries one side, and the Champs

-Élysées on the other, the girls both exclaimed, "How beautiful!" but

-Nellie added, "When I think of all the horrors that have taken place

-here it loses some of its loveliness to me."

-

-[Illustration: PLACE DE LA CONCORDE.]

-

-The drive through the Champs Élysées they thought very beautiful, and

-when they reached the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, the most beautiful in

-the world, their admiration knew no bounds.

-

-Mr. Winter said, "Alice, what do you know about this?"

-

-Alice answered that "It was commenced by Napoleon I. in 1806 and

-finished by Louis Philippe, and cost over two millions of dollars. It is

-about one hundred and fifty feet high, and the same in breadth, and the

-central arch is ninety feet high."

-

-"Very good, my dear; you know that lesson very well," said her papa.

-

-From there to the Bois everything was full of interest to them, and the

-drive around the Cascade Alice thought particularly lovely.

-

-Nellie said, "It is not kept up as nicely as I like to see a park. They

-had better make Central Park a visit, and see its nicely cut lawns and

-trimmed bushes."

-

-On their way home they were driven through the Place Vendôme, with its

-magnificent column in the centre.

-

-Nellie said, "I can tell you a little about that, Mr. Winter, if you

-would like me to."

-

-"Of course I should," said Mr. Winter.

-

-"It is one hundred and forty feet high, and was also built by

-Napoleon I. It was pulled down by the Communists in 1871, but has since

-been restored."

-

-The girls felt quite at home historically in Paris, as all these

-interesting things were very fresh in their minds.

-

-In the evening, being very near the Palais Royale, which was built for

-Cardinal Richelieu, they thought it would be a pleasant way to pass

-their evening to go and walk around and gaze into the shop windows. The

-ladies were too tired, so the gentlemen took the girls, and they had a

-delightful time. Alice told her mamma on her return that she enjoyed it,

-but did not care to go again; she had seen so much jewelry, all alike,

-that it was actually tiresome.

-

-Friday morning they drove to the Palais du Luxembourg, which has been

-prison, palace, senate-house, and is now noted for its sculptures and

-paintings.

-

-Our party enjoyed it much more than the Louvre, as the paintings were so

-many of them modern and very familiar to them.

-

-At the back of the garden they saw the statue of Marshal Ney, on the

-very spot where he was shot.

-

-Being on that side of the river, they visited the Church of the Hôtel

-des Invalides to see the tomb of Napoleon I. It was directly under the

-dome, and the softened lights all around made it very beautiful.

-

-After being driven home and having lunch, they walked to the Madeleine,

-the most magnificent of modern churches.

-

-Mrs. Winter said, "This is very beautiful, but I do like the solemnity

-of some of the older churches I have seen very much better."

-

-Leaving there, they walked through some of those wide and interesting

-boulevards, watching the people and carriages and gazing into the

-fascinating shop-windows.

-

-Mr. Ford said, "I thought I had seen in New York some florists' windows

-that could not be improved, but I find I was mistaken. Never have I seen

-such windows as these."

-

-When too tired to walk any farther, carriages were called, and they were

-driven to the Cathedral of Notre Dame, built on an island in the Seine;

-from there to the Panthéon, which Alice said "looked like a barn, and

-was cold and inhospitable."

-

-The most interesting thing about it was, that such celebrated men as

-Victor Hugo, Marat, Voltaire, Mirabeau, and Rousseau had been buried

-there. The Hôtel de Ville, recently restored, they passed on their way

-home.

-

-The evening was given to the Hippodrome, which is quite the thing to do

-in Paris, and is wonderfully fine.

-

-The drive there was like a picture of fairyland, with the bright lights

-and trees and glimpses of the river.

-

-Saturday was devoted to shopping, a great deal of it being done at the

-Magasin de Louvre and the Bon Marché. The buildings are immense, and

-there is everything to be found in them that one could possibly desire.

-

-That evening it was decided to go to the opera at the Grand Opera House,

-the most beautiful one in the world. The girls were so excited they

-could not eat any dinner, for it was their first appearance.

-

-Faust was the opera given, and a wonderful ballet followed it. Between

-the opera and ballet they all went outside and looked down at the men on

-horseback, stationed like sentinels outside the building.

-

-Before them was the whole length of the Rue de l'Opera a blaze of light.

-Alice said, "Nothing yet has been as delightful as this evening."

-

-Sunday was bright and clear, much to the delight of our sight-seers, as

-they were going to Versailles. They decided on Sunday, as the fountains

-were advertised to play, and all were very anxious to see them.

-

-They drove there and enjoyed every moment, especially when passing St.

-Cloud. They saw all it was possible to see in one day, but felt as if it

-was very little, after all.

-

-They went through the palace as fast as they could, but any one knows

-who has been there that with those glossy floors it took time.

-

-The room devoted to war pictures they did not care for, but were much

-interested in Marie Antoinette's private rooms, which were so very

-small, and also in the place where the Swiss Guards were killed in

-defending her.

-

-The state apartments were very elegant, especially the Galerie de Glace,

-where the German emperor was proclaimed emperor in the late war.

-

-Of course the girls were eager to get to the Great and Little Trianon.

-They were disappointed in the size and simplicity of their furnishings.

-The rooms, however, were so full of historical interest that their

-disappointment was forgotten, and they thought they could have spent all

-their time in the two houses.

-

-In the coach-house were seen some very curious old state coaches used by

-Charles X. and Napoleon I. and many other sovereigns.

-

-The man in charge was almost as much of a curiosity as the coaches, he

-told his stories in such an interesting manner, laughing heartily at his

-own jokes.

-

-[Illustration: PETIT TRIANON.--_Page 108._]

-

-The drive home was delightful, but they were all too tired to say very

-much. After a good dinner, the two girls talked as fast as magpies over

-the delights of the day. Being like most girls, Marie Antoinette was one

-of the most interesting characters in French history, and they talked of

-her and her sad life, feeling almost as if they had lived a portion of

-it with her, in the quiet retreat and lovely gardens of Versailles.

-

-Mr. Winter said to his wife, "I have really finished my business this

-side of the water, and unless you would like to remain in London three

-or four more days for the 'Etruria,' we can catch the 'Teutonic' next

-Wednesday."

-

-Mrs. Winter said she would like to go home on the "Teutonic" very much,

-but did not like to leave Mr. and Mrs. Ford, as they had made all their

-arrangements to go home together.

-

-Mr. Ford said, "We are delighted to shorten the trip, as I ought to be

-at home now; but we did not like to break up the party."

-

-"Very well," said Mr. Winter. "We will go out and telegraph to Liverpool

-for state-rooms."

-

-Alice said to her mamma, "I wonder if we can like the 'Teutonic' as well

-as we did the 'Etruria' that brought us over the seas so safely."

-

-Monday was devoted to visiting the Salon, where they saw so many

-pictures that they came away with a very vague idea of what they had

-seen, but all agreed they preferred the English pictures of the present

-day to those of the French.

-

-Tuesday night saw our party again in London, but at the Savoy Hotel,

-where they had delightful rooms overlooking the river.

-

-Wednesday at eleven o'clock our happy party took the special train

-which connects with the fast steamers, and at four o'clock were on the

-"Teutonic" and starting for home.

-

-A lovely night down to Queenstown, where the steamer stops for the

-mails. While waiting the next morning, Mr. Winter and Mr. Ford took

-Alice and Nellie on shore in the tug, and gave them a nice drive in a

-jaunting car.

-

-The girls did not enjoy the drive very much, but were glad of the

-experience.

-

-The ladies were very much interested in the boats which came out to

-the "Teutonic" with women who had laces and small articles to sell. The

-things were sent up to the deck in baskets, on ropes, which were tossed

-up for the passengers to catch. Some of the Irish girls were very

-bright, and made very good sales.

-

-[Illustration: THAMES EMBANKMENT.--_Page 111._]

-

-At last the tug with the mails arrived, and was attached to the steamer

-at once. Both went down the harbor until the passengers, among them our

-party, and the mails had been transferred. The girls were uneasy until

-they were with their mothers.

-

-At two o'clock the tug left them, and then, indeed, it seemed as if they

-had started for home.

-

-One bad stormy day, some foggy and some delightful ones, fell to their

-share. No one of their party was sick, and they thought the steamer

-delightful. Much as they had liked the "Etruria," it was decided by all

-that the "Teutonic" would be their steamer in the future.

-

-New York was reached on Wednesday afternoon, and at night the entire

-party was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, feeling very glad to get safely

-across the ocean again. They had become such good friends it was very

-hard to separate.

-

-However, a promise was made by the Fords to visit Mr. and Mrs. Winter

-before the summer was over.

-

-Thursday night the Winters could have been found in their own home,

-all very happy, and feeling that the following years would be fuller

-of interest in every way for the experiences, most of them pleasant, of

-their charming trip to Nuremberg and back.

-

-[Illustration]

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-[Transcriber's Notes

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-All words printed in small capitals have been converted to uppercase

-characters.

-

-The following modifications have been made,

-

-  Page 18:

-  "fairy-land" changed to "fairyland"

-  (it was like a glimpse of fairyland)

-

-  Page 74:

-  "bergomasters" changed to "burgomasters"

-  (the old burgomasters meeting there for their nightly mugs)

-

-  Page 76:

-  "Runigunde" changed to "Kunigunde"

-  (planted by Empress Kunigunde eight hundred years ago)

-

-  Page 78:

-  "Firth" changed to "Fürth"

-  (the first railroad was opened to Fürth)

-

-  Page 113:

-  "Mr. and Mr." changed to "Mr. and Mrs."

-  (to visit Mr. and Mrs. Winter)]

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