PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF JOHN L. STODDARD Glimpses of the World A PORTFOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MARVELOUS WORKS OF GOD AND MAN PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DISTINGUISHED LECTURER AND TRAVELER John L. Stoddard CONTAINING A RARE AND ELABORATE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF THE ENTIRE WORLD OF NATURE AND ART PRESENTING AND DESCRIBING THE CHOICEST TREASURES OF Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW Sold only by Subscription THE WERNER COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK LONDON PARIS BERLIN Copyright 1892 by the R. S. Peai.e Company ....All Rights Reserved.... INTRODUCTION OME VEARS AGO. in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, a gentleman encountered a French priest. Ins locks completely white with age. traveling apparently for pleasure. Astonished at the sight, he ventured t • inquire what had induced him at his time of life to go so far from home. " ' T is very easily explained.’’ replied the priest: “six months ago I was apparently about to die. One night I dreamed that I was already in God's presence and that he spoke to me these words: ‘My child, how did you like the beautiful world I gave you to dwell in ?' I answered nothing: in fact, I was too mortified to answer. For think ol it! I who had preached for titty years continually of a ‘better world.’ had never examined this at all. Awaking from my dream. I made a vow to God. that if He gave me back my health. I would devote some months at least to seeing and admiring His work' So here I am, making a tour of the world! All ol us cannot, it is true, pursue the plan of the French priest in actually traveling around the globe: but. thanks to modern art. even those whom circumstances keep at home may make that tour in imagination. "The world is mine! " cried Monte Cristo on emerging from his dungeon. "The world is mine!" may now exclaim each man. woman and child who holds this volume in his hands in a far truer sense than any ol their ancestors could possibly have used those \\>>rds even tit ty vears ago. Then men could only READ descriptions of the marvels of the world in nature, architecture, painting, sculptures, or imposing ruins, but had no means of looking on their counterparts save in some rare and frequently inaccurate paintings <>r engravings. To-day. how changed the scene! In order to make real advancement. " Hitch your wagon to a star." was the advice of Emerson, m other words, toil) forces with the mighty powers of the universe, and progress is assured. And man has followed the advice of that Philosopher of Concord. Some daring spirits made OUR "Star” (the sun) their willing slave, and. lo! by the assistance of that subtle alchemist the 162485 wonders of the Earth are printed with infallible accuracy, and multiplied so easily that even the remotest village in Australia or America may hold within itself sun-tinted reproductions of rare scenes, to which even language does imperfect justice, just as the little wayside pool may treasure in its shallow depths the glorious reflections of a cloudless sky. Between the covers of this volume is an admirable series ol such solar portraits selected from a multitude which hang within the picture-gallery of the traveler's memory. They cover almost every country on the globe, front the North Cape, which rises like a mighty sentinel to guard the coast of northern Europe from the Arctic storms, to where the ruined shrines of India and Egypt raise their sublime but mutilated forms in silent protest at the ravages of Time and Man, fanned meanwhile by the perfumed breath of tropic vegetation or shaded by the drooping fringes of the palm. Or. if we trace the progress of these pictures as they indicate the East and West, they show to us the strange peculiarities of race and clime, from the unique and fascinating civilization of Japan to the barbaric splendor of the Russian Kremlin or the enchanting beauty of the Bosphorus. Such faithful deliniations of the works of God and Man are not designed to merely please the eye. To those who have not traveled they stimulate their longing for a visit either to the Old World or the New. and possibly lead them to decide to start at once and make their life-dream a reality. To those who have been fortunate enough to see their grand originals these pictures serve as charming souvenirs, recalling pleasing incidents which might have otherwise faded gradually from their recollection. Moreover, to those who are fond of narrating to their friends the beauty of some celebrated view, or the magnificence of some famous building, these pictures deftly supplement their eloquence, and render still more vivid and attractive their descriptions. Nor is this all. Such "Glimpses of the World as lie before us here, impart an added charm to books of travel and of history. To read a printed page of Prescott's graphic story of the Conquest of Mexico gives certainly pleasure in itself: but how that pleasure is increased lor us if we can turn from time to time and see portrayed in bcautv and with perfect accuracy in a book like this the City of the Montezumas. or the imposing form of the sublime volcano. Popocatapetl. which at the coming ol the Spaniards was still, as its old Aztec name denotes. “ The Smoking Mountain." and which the Indians looked upon as the abode ot tortured spirits, whose writhings in their fiery prison-house produced the great convulsions which had marked its history! Even in reference to modern times, to merely READ of Valparaiso and Chilians conveys a very limited idea of either the city or its inhabitants, compared with that acquired by the views of those identical localities. Again, and perhaps most important of all. who can sufficiently praise the influence of faithful illustrations in stimulating study and investigation ? Pictures are keys which unlock for us many libraries. Without their charm our minds too often would not be led on to explore the FACTS of which the illustrations are the SYMBOLS. Thus, pictures of the Courts of the Alhambra inspire one to learn the history of the accomplished, fascinating race, which made that Moori>h citadel a peerless specimen of Arabian art and Oriental splendor. A view of Scott's delightful home at Abbotsford, or of fair "Ellen's Isle" floating like a medallion on the bosom of Loch Katrine, awakens a desire to read the “Lady of the Lake and other works by the same gifted author: while by beholding in reality or on the illumined page the stately Trossachs. or romantic Melrose Abbey hallowed bv Scott 's genius, we realize as never before the debt of grati¬ tude the world still owes to that enchanting "Wizard of the North." To one. therefore, who looks aright through these attractive pages the graceful forms depicted here are eloquent in their suggestiveness. A hundred different works of poetrv. art, historv. and fiction by the best writers ot the world are quickly called to mind by one who sees beneath the surface of these lights and shadows. Is it < n scenes in France or Germany that we are gazing ? What histories of the French Revolution, of Napoleon and of Frederick the Great, do not at once present themselves as pleasurable subjects for a winter's reading ? Are we beholding views of Florence ? Instinctively we wish to read, among the many books associated with that city of the Renaissance, George Eliot s "Romola." and Grimm's "Life of Michael Angelo.” Are we enjoying Roman pictures ? Here truly the amount of ecclesiastical, historical, poetical and classic literature thus suggested is too immense to be enumerated. While hardly can a single portraiture of art or scenery in Italy, Switzerland. Greece, or on the castle-bordered Rhine, be spread before us, without evoking memories of that incomparable volume of the traveler's library. Lord Byron's masterpiece. "Childe Harold." whose thrilling stanzas one by one were left by him like a long line of detached pearls to mark the poet s pilgrimage from land to land. For let us not dece’ve ourselves. The benefit of travel COMES not from the distance TRAVERSED nor FROM THE SCENES REFLECTED ON THE RETINA. BUT FROM THE INTELLECTUAL STIMULUS THUS AWAKENED. AND THE AMOUM OF thought AND READING WHICH RESULT therefrom, just as a man is nourished not by the quantity of food which he may EAT, but by the amount which he assimilates and makes his own. Thus properly followed up and utilized, this volume of selections from the world's great treasure-house may prove more beneficial to the thoughtful reader and observer than actual travel round the globe would be to one who did not wake to the significance of what he saw. " That stick. Sir. has been round the world.” exclaimed a man one day to Sidney Smith, as he held out to him a valued cane. " Dear me!" was the reply, “and yet it is only a stick after all." When Italy, Greece. Egypt. India, and other lands, have become permanent and intelligible possessions of our minds, then we have really in the 1G2485 more fortunate, may see those countries with his own eyes and yet know next to nothing of the part which they have played upon the stage of history. An ancient proverb says that the world is a kind of hook, of which we must read merely the first page, when we have seen only our own country. It is true. Goethe has justly said: " Wem Gott will rechte Kunst eru.isen. Den schickt Er in die Weite Welt t “Him whom the Gods true art would teach, They send out in the mighty world " ). Whether this “sending out " into the world he interpreted literally, or as referring to the mind awakened to activity through the printed and the pictured page, the truth is still the same. Expansion, growth, broader experience, and wider charity, these are the fruits ot that RbAL travel which is of the mind. It may be said that these two hundred and sixty illustrations here are not harmonious, because collected in so many and such differ¬ ent lands. They do present a great variety, it is true, yet the same solar Artist sketched them all, as one by one the globe of which they form a part rolled its successive groups of Nature and Humanity within its brilliant grasp! To represent them all would be impossible. This volume therefore may be likened to some of those mosaic tables which we occasionally see in some ot the grand palaces of Florence, whose polished surface is composed of precious stones, each worthy of minute inspection, vet forming with the rest a combination of artistic excellence all the more pleasing from its wonderful variety. And if you ask what rule the lapidary has followed in his grouping of the greater part of the mosaics represented in this work, he can reply that his chief motive in selecting them has been like that of the Duke of Buckingham, when in the place where Anne of Austria had whispered that she loved him he purposely let fall a precious gem. desiring that by finding it another might be happy where he himself had been. TABLE OF CONTENTS EUROPE FRANCE Paris Panorama ot Paris 15 Place de la Concorde (Instantaneous) 17 Boulevard Madeleine (Instantaneous) 19 Rue de Rivoli (Instantaneous) 21 Eiffel Tower 2i Vendome Column . 25 Column July 27 Hotel de Ville (Instantaneous) 29 Tomb of Napoleon *1 The Bourse i Instantaneous) a Trocadero i5 Grand Opera House, Exterior (Instantaneous) 17 Grand Opera House. Interior (Instantaneous) *9 Arch of Triumph 41 Madeleine . 4t Louvre .... 45 Louvre Gallery Venus de Milo. Statuary. Unknown 47 Immaculate Conception. Painting. Murillo 49 Luxembourg Gallery Napoleon III at Solferino. Painting. Meissonier 5t Versailles P * G r Royal Palace . . . . Napoleon's Carriage . .5s Boudoir of Marie Antoinette. Trianon 57 Gallery of Battles . 59 Versailles Gallery Battle of Rivoli. Painting, Philippoteaux . 61 Last Days of Napoleon at St. Helena. Statuary, Vela 6t Fontainebleau Royal Palace ..... 6s Gallery of Henry II. Royal Palace 67 SOUTHERN FRANCE Promenade, Nice ..... 6‘> Casino. Monte Carlo . .71 ENGLAND Windsor Castle . Haddon Hall.75 Kenilworth Castle ..... 77 Shakespeare's House. Stratford-on-Avon . 79 Ann Hathaway's Cottage. Stratford-on-Avon . HI Churchyard of Stoke-Pogis . . 8* Liverpool. Lime Street and Station (Instantaneous \ 85 London Thames Embankment and Obelisk (Instantaneous) 87 9 10 Trafalgar Square (Instantaneous) London Bridge . < Instantaneous) Bank of England < Instantaneous) Houses of Parliament St. Paul's Cathedral . Tower of London . Westminster Abbey Poet's Corner. Westminster Abbey Albert Memorial Old Curiosity Shop Throne Room. Buckingham Palac e IRELAND Muckross Abbey Blarney Castle Dublin Custom House Sackville Street i Instantaneous) SCOTLAND Edinburg t Instantaneous) Abbotsford .... Balmoral Castle Holyrood Palace Melrose Abbey . The Trossachs Ellen's Isle. Loch Katrine Fingal's Cave. Island of Staflfa Burns' Cottage . NORWAY North Cape Group of Lapps Borgund Church Naerodal Pass . SWEDEN Stockholm Panorama of Stockholm Royal Palace CONTENTS. DENMARK Copenhagen Street and Canals . Rosenberg Palace GERMANY Hamburg Harbor Frankfort Gutenberg Monument, Frankfort The Rhine and Cologne Heidelberg Castle Coblentz on the Rhine The Rhine, Gutenfels, and the Pfalz Oberammergau. Passion Play Berlin EmDeror’s Palace . 89 91 9$ 9$ 97 99 101 10* io? 107 109 111 II? < Instantaneous) 11 ? 117 119 121 12 * 12 ? 127 129 1*1 1 ** 1 *? 1*7 1*9 141 14* 14 ? 147 Prince Bismarck's Residence . Brandenburg Gate .... Royal Museum .... Unter den Linden ..... Comedy Theatre, Schiller Platz Mausoleum at Charlottenburg Dresden Gallery The Holy Night. Painting, Correggio . Queen Louisa of Prussia, Painting, Richter Munich Gallery Building the Pyramids. Painting, Richter HOLLAND The Beach. Scheveningen ... Dutch Windmills. Zaandam Rotterdam ...... BELGIUM The Quays of Antwerp .... Brussels The Bourse Royal Palace ..... Boulevard Anspach (Instantaneous) I'AG I 149 1>l Is* lss 1?7 1s9 161 16* 16s 167 169 171 17* 17 ? 177 179 181 18* 18 ? 187 189 191 19* 19 ? 197 199 201 CONTENTS. SWITZERLAND Panorama Lucerne . . . . . 20 * Panorama Geneva ..... 20 ? Tluin and Bernese Alps .... 207 Mer de Glace . .... 209 Mont Blanc . . .211 St. Gotthard Pass and Bridge . 21J AUSTRIA Vienna Maximilian Platz . . (Instantaneous') 21 ? Volksgarten and Theseum . 217 Houses of Parliament .... 219 Hofburg Theatre .... 221 Museums and Statue Maria Theresa . 22* The Graben . . (Instantaneous) 22? ITALY Rome St. Peter's.227 Vatican Library ..... 229 Sistine Chapel. Vatican . . 2*1 Colosseum. Exterior . . .2** Colosseum. Interior . 2*? The Forum .2*7 Appian Way ..... 2*9 Castle San Angelo and River Tiber .241 The Capitol .24* Dying Gaul. Capitol. Statuary. Unknown 24? Vatican Gallery Old Father Nile. Statuary. Unknown . . 247 Transfiguration. Painting. Raphael . . 249 Florence Panorama of Florence . . . 2? I Palazzo Vecchio . . . 2? * Ponte Vecchio . . .2?? Hall of Saturn, Pitti Palace Loggia de Lanzi 2? q Seizure of Polyxena. Loggia de Lanzi. Statuary. Fedi 261 David. Statuary, M. Angelo . 26 * Venice Grand Canal ... >6? The Piazzetta ... . 267 The Rialto 269 St. Mark’s Church 271 Bridge of Sighs .27* Courtyard. Ducal Palace. . .27? Naples Panorama Naples Bay and Mount Vesuvius. . 277 Santa Lucia 279 Pompeii Civil Forum ..... 281 Sorrento . . 28 * Milan Cathedral .... *8? Statue. Leonardo da Vinci . . . 287 Pisa Leaning Tower .... 289 Genoa Statue of Columbus . . . 291 Turin Piazza Carlo Alberto .... 29* Lake Maggiore (sola Bella ...... 29? Sicily Palermo. Monte Pellegrino . . . 297 Island of Capri Marina Grande ... 299 SPAIN Madrid Puerta del Sol .... *01 Granada Alhambra from Generaliffe . . * 0 * Court of Myrtles. Alhambra . *0? 12 Seville Salon of Maria de Padilla. Alcazar View from the Giralda Cordova Court of Oranges and Mosque Gibraltar Fortifications . PORTUGAL Lisbon Panorama Oporto RUSSIA St. Petersburg Winter Palace Moscow Palace of Petrowski Cathedral of St. Basil Kremlin The Great Bell TURKEY Constantinople Panorama from Bosphorus Imperial Palace of Beylerbey Mosque of Achmet GREECE Athens Modern Athens Parthenon . Pira;us. Port of Athens AFRICA EGYPT Cairo View Towards Citadel Citadel Street Scene. The Ezbekiveh . PAG I COM KM S. MCI *07 509 *11 * 1 * W *17 *19 *21 * 2 * *2? *27 *29 **1 *** **N **7 * *9 *41 *4* *4^ Alexandria Harbor Pompey’s Pillar Palace and Harem . Mahmudiveh Canal Ghizeh Pyramids and Sphinx Climbing the Great Pyramid . Thebes Avenue of Sphinxes. Karnak Ruins of Temple Dahabeeahs, or Nile Boats Algeria Group of Moorish Women Morocco Cape Spartel. Tangiers Sahara Desert Camp of a Caravan South Africa Cape Town from Harbor . ASIA SYRIA Damascus . Acropolis Baalbek . PALESTINE Jerusalem Jerusalem from Mount of Olives Garden of Gethsemane Mosque of Omar . Church of Holy Sepulchre Bethlehem Panorama View Rachel’s Tomb Nazareth . *47 *49 *‘Jl K* *>> i>7 *s9 *61 * 6 * * 6 > *67 *69 *71 *7* *7> *77 *79 *81 * 8 * * 8 > *87 *89 Capernaum, Galilee River Jordan Station. Ramleh INDIA Vale of Cashmere ..... Gateway to Lucknow Bridge of Shops. Srinagar .... Himalaya Mountains, from Darjeeling Burning Ghat. Benares The Pearl Mosque. Agra Nassick ..... Delhi Junima Musjid . . . Calcutta Government House Native Village . • Clive Street . . (Instantaneous i CHINA Temple of Five HundredGods. Canton JAPAN Panorama Yokohama and Haihor Great Bronze Buddha. Kamakura . Hectagonal Temple. Kioto Street in Tokio Yezo Men ...... AUSTRALIA Town Hall. Sydney Natives of Queensland NEW ZEALAND Harbor of Auckland SANDWICH ISLANDS Royal Palace and Family. Honolulu SOUTH AMERICA CHILI Valparaiso and Harbor CONTENTS. 1 * *91 National Congress Building. Santiago 441 *9* Upspaliata Pass. Andes Mountains 44* ECUADOR Mount Chimborazo ... 445 *97 BRAZIL *99 Rio De Janeiro •101 Harbor ...... 447 40* Botanical Gardens and Mt. Corcovado 449 405 VENEZUELA 407 La Guaira ...... 451 409 WEST INDIES 411 CUBA Havana . . . . 45 * 41* NORTH AMERICA 415 MEXICO 417 City of Mexico Panorama from Cathedral 455 419 Cathedral .... 457 Panorama Guanajuato .... 459 421 Straw Cottages. Salamanca 461 42* The Aqueduct near Queretaro 46* 425 CANADA 427 Houses of Parliament. Ottawa 465 429 Montreal and Mt. Royal .... 467 Thousand Islands. St. Lawrence River 469 4*1 The Three Sisters. Canmore 471 4** ALASKA Muir Glacier .... 47* 4*5 The Bear. Totem Poles . 475 4*7 UNITED STATES Washington, D. C. The Capitol . . • 477 The White House . 479 4*9 Pennsylvania Avenue . (Instantaneous) 481 14 VIRGINIA Washington's House. Mt. Vernon PENNSYLVANIA Independence Hall, Philadelphia NEW JERSEY The Beach, Atlantic City < Instantaneou NEW YORK Panorama New York City and Brooklyn Bridge Statue of Liberty. New York Harbor Up the Hudson from West Point Niagara Falls MASSACHUSETTS Boston Common Bunker Hill Monument . Longfellow’s House. Cambridge The Washington Elm. Cambridge ILLINOIS Masonic Temple, Chicago • FLORIDA St. Augustine Old City Gate ■ Panorama from Ponce de Leon On Indian River NEW MEXICO Adobe Houses • CONTENTS. r*r»i not 48$ 48? 487 489 491 49$ 49 ? 497 499 ?0t ? 0 $ ? 0 ? ?07 ?09 ?11 ? 1 $ COLORADO Canyon De Las Animas Windy Point. Pike > Peak (Instantaneous) '17 Mountain of the Holy Cross - ■ The Royal Gorge . . >21 ARIZONA Cliff Dwellings. Mancos Canyon, Arizona YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Crater of the Giant Geyser Mammoth Hot Springs ? 2 $ ?2' ' 2 ‘> UTAH Mormon Temple and Park. Sail Lake City IDAHO Shoshone Falls ... OREGON Mount Hood . . >$' CALIFORNIA China Town, San Francisco (Instantaneous) >$7 Cliff House and Seal Rocks. Golden Gate • >W Yosemite Valley View from Artists’ Point . >41 El Capitan . >4$ Glacier Point ... . 54? “ Wawona,” Big Tree . . . . >47 Mission of San Juan .... 549 l'A V )HAM A UP I*A His. Puri* i* the city of llic Present, u Hume i» of the P.mt Olliers may imitate at. tint no metropolis of modern time* can really be coni|iar.d to tin Freucli cnpital for it* elegance of decoration. llie refined gaiety of it* manners, anil the superb arrangement of its streets niitl boulevard*. together with the magnificence of its architectural triumph* If Switxcrland i« •'the piny-grotuul of Europe.’’ Pans is it* favorite pirns- of amusement Hither come yenrly hundred* of thousands of plcnsun seckera from every quarter ..f our globe. Tln-re i* everything in Pnri* to please, instruct nnd clmrin Almost every window ie an exhibition of art. Each prominent street i* frequently the centre of some Curntvol. The river ■*. u,r which divides Paris into two very nearly equal sections shoot* arrow-like beneath twenty eight bridge*, many of which arc eloquent of history Thi* Firnch metro|«di> ha* n popu Intion of nearly tno and a half million*, hut is exceedingly compact on account of the French custom of liiing in apartments rather thnu in separate houses It is a beautifully tin ■» city •pi,,. cari . bestowed upon its thoroughfare* is something which excite* the admiration of all tourist*, nnd i» in painful contrast to the w iy in which the street* of many of our great American cities urc neglected Perhaps this is one out of mnny reasons why ” flood Americana, when they die, go to Paris." Ill I I.A< I'. DI- I.A (ONCORDh, PARIS rhia ia the moat magnificent public aqunre in the world. On one aide the Ruo Royale extend* to the majwtic Church of Lu Madeline. Oppoaito I., that ■* the river Seine. On the right of the aqunre, u» we here behold It. i. the Garden of theTaillcriw, and on the left the fnmoua promenade of the Champ. Kly.ee* In the center ri.c the Egyptian Obeli.k erected .here during the reign of Loui* Philippe. It i. 70 feel high, and wn* brought hither from Luxor. a ...l.urb of ancient, hundred-gated Thebe.,” where it had beer, .landing more than It.000 year. On two aide* of this hUtorir monolith are imposing fountuin*. and around the Square we diarern eight eolo.aal .eated atatiiea reprernting the principal ritiea of Prnnei : Lille. Bordeaux, Xante*, Rouen, Bre.t, Marseilles, Lyons, and Strasbourg. Since the Pranco-Pmaoinn war the »tntne of Strnabourg lin. been emiatamlv draped ... mourning or aurrounded by wreath* of flower*, a touching p.oof of the affection .till felt by the French f. r that city taken from then, by the Goman. The hiMory of thi. Place dc la Concorde i. n. .ombre a* the aquarc itself i. gay, It »«, the favorite place of execution during the Reign of Terror in 170H 4. I pon the .pot which that Egyptian obeliak now darken, with it* alnidow stood then the fatal guillotine which belieided the King Loui* XVI. the Queen Marie Antoinette, the Girondist., Charlotte Corday. Madame Roland, and at la.l Danton, Rol.e.pierre and the original lenders of the Revolution, Chnteauhrinnd well aid, in view of the thoumnda who had perished there, that nil the water in the world would not .ullicc to wn*h uwny the hlnoil which hnd there heen ahed. 17 BOULEVARD DB LA MADELEINE. PARIS. —Beginning nt (he noble church of tin Madeleine, which »o lorritily resembles n Greek Temple, then extends for nearly three mile* to the Place do In Bastille n serin* of bountiful thoroughfare* known ns Title original Paris Boulevard* par excrllim < There are eleven of these -(reels, succeeding one an-ulicr like links iu a goldeu chain. The first is the one outlined in this representation, and is called (from the building at its commencement) the Boulevard do la Madeleine. Then- i- a clinrm alxjut these Boulevard* which no other streets in the world seem to possess. They are a recognized rendezvous for fashionable idlers and pleasure seekers. Throng* of elegant vehicles pa** ami ropaa* here every afternoon in bewildering succession. On their broad sidewalks there ars' not simply thousands of prorocnaders, but hundreds of men and women sentnl at little tables in front of glittering eaf6a, tipping coffee or eau suorve. or eating an ice-cream, as an excuse to have the privilege of occupying, os it were, au orchestra chair or proweniutn box at tliis attractive spectacle of life and gaity, of which the Boulevard itself is the stage. And if this be true of the Boulevards in the ort/r»n»/n. still more brilliant and animates! do these sidewalks become on pleasant erming*. when every catt is rndinnt with lights repeated in innumerable mirrors, and when every jeweler's window» look like the entrance to Aladdin's fabled cavern I Two features uf Parisian Boulevards will bo recalled by every traveler. They are the tall circular structure- called • Kiowjui'some of whn li an- merely i o. red with theulrieal advertisement*, while othcr*.»crvc a* newspaper stands. 01 little bar* for the wile of iinintoxioaungdrink* 13 HUE DE RIVOLI, PARIS Few of tho iiiuiiy beautiful thorough fare# in Puri* are morn interesting or better known to tlio traveler than tin Run tie Rivoli. On one side for a long distance it is bordered by the Harden of the Tuilh-rie*. the former site of the Toil lories itself (destroyed by the Coinmimi«t« in 1*7t >. and tin magnificent Museum of the I.ouvre A little further, on the mime side, rises the hnndsomo Gothic monument called the Tour 8t. Jacques. The northern portion of the Ruedc Rivoli is scarcely le*s interesting. There nre tho fumoua Pnlnis Rural nod the Theatre Francois, us well as the meat Mngnsin du Louvre, and aueh well-known hotels as the Continental, the Meuriee ami the Windsor, The great |iecullarity of this strerl is the line of arcade* rvtcnding for a Ionic distance on its northern side These are formed by a projection of the second story of each building over the sidewalk, thus furmdiing a promeimdu completely sheltered from tho sun nnd ruin. Here nre innumerable shops of jewelry, photographs and fancy nrtirlcs, and foreigners nrr continually gathering around the attractive windows, like moths about a brilliant flame In these arcades one often hears more English spoken than French. This street has been the scene of many thrilling episodes in history. Some of its arches have helicld the tumbrils rolling on to the red posted (iuillotine during ibe Reign of Terror. Robespierre himself, like the hundreds who had preceded him, was led along this thornuglifnrc to the gory knife. It also saw the humiliating return of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette after their attempted escape-, nml la-odes having witnessed many of the dazzling reception* given to Napoleon, its name commemorate* one of his most brilliant victories over the Austrian* in Italy, the famous hsttlcof INrotu iPiilll tjilllfliii i'lHhiMti mm an ■ ill iifimnu 11 ! 11 ! ililiilllili HOTEL I)K VILLE, PARIS Thin magnificent atracturc has jjniml proportion*, Imt nlso from tho splendor of it* decoration# n tlic roof ai v also lavishly n built to replace the old Hotel do Ville burned by the Communist* in 1871. It* eaterior i« Imposing not only from its Rome*, tower*, windows ami even chimney* nrc all adorned with stotuary or elaborate earring Upon the wall* there la ten colossal gilded llgure* representing heralds, nummoning, a* it were, the people of Pnris to this, their City Hall, corated with painting* and statue*. One con not look upon this modem structure without recalling the old Hotel do Thither the destroyers of the Bastille were led in triumph. Then* the ill-fated Loin* and from it* Hep* in 1818 Loui* Blanc pmrlnimed lib'le that Frenchmen could hnve been found capable of destroying tliat historic «tni. ture But on the 20ih of .May. 1871, the ComiminUL nlneud bnrrclaol gunpowdor tad petroleum in its noble "hen rom,riM b, the •"»!» <•"*«• ■>» ‘"“-“T lor .lrotroctlon. Huy .(II,. u, bo»,v,r. p.rl.h.d i» tb, mrofUgrotl.i, whl.b ..itied, «r do.,, bj lh, loliin.t.d -oldlcry. Thu.IIhi. P„'- ttMBrol p.1.0,,.I ..h..a her bright,., .od Ml. lb, grim .1 rom. M* Tl<«* f ‘■i.tory, Y„. .11. tom • «*"» ** or humon .tnigglo .n,i od„n,„r,..bl.h m> hro.d ... ood uohut.ri, oily ,»r pmm. Th, dUT.roo,. I- oklo <° «m ■ y««"5 “* weapon* never used nave on parade, and some old warrior of a hundred battle*, whose body bear* the scar* of conflict and on whose blunted rentable population of illui Tlic court* and council-chamber* of tlii* cdilii Ville which wn*iU predecessor. It played a mo»t important port in thr great Revolution of I* XVI assumed the tri-colored cockade before the maddened populace Within its wall*, after hi* arrest, Robespierre attempted the establishment of the French Republic. run huMi tiles Behind her that charm e stains of b THK HOI USE (OH KXCIIANOE), PARIS.— A handsome structure is this edifice where fortune* nr* to cosily made and loot. Surrounded by eixty-«ix Corinlblau columns this building is not unlike the model of n Temple in the Homi.n Forum When the traveler lins seen the»tock exchange of New York or the Board of Trtule in Chicago, there is nothing especially new or strange in the transactions of this I’nris Bonne. Nevertheless the tumult nnd incessant uproar which wake the echoes of these wall* from twelve o'clock to three are well north noting, a* nn indication of the feverish excitement of the "Bulls and Bears," whose characteristics do not differ materially, whether the arena where their combats take place be in Wall Street or by lake Michigan, in the vicinity of the Thames or here in Paris. To stund in tha gallery of this Bourse anil watch the paodcmoniuin below or merely, as one lingers on these stop*, to scrutinise the faces of successful or unfortunate speculators ns they leave the building, afford* nn admirable chance to study interesting phases of human experience. This square, or "Place do la Bourse," isu great point of arrival nnd departure of the Parisian omnibuses, the demand for which is usually greater than the supply. But no such crowding i* possible here as in our public vehicles in America. Kaoh passenger is entitled to a seat, which he secures by applying for a “number,” nt the office in the square. The rule of "first come, first served, is rigidly enforced, anil when the seats in the coach urc filled, it rolls away, displaying over its door the word “Coinplct" (full). Who docs not recollect the story of the disappointed tourist who exclaimed that the only place in Paris he did not go to wasonc called " Coin pie t " "Whenever I see nn omnibus going there," he cried, " it will never stop for mo!" as THE TROCAOERO, PARIS Every public building in Pans i, not on (or the great Paris Exhibition ..f 1878. The place which it OCCiipiCH wi like no many other points in ami about the city, it wax transformed Trocadcro iuclf, with its extensive wing* <>r galleries, occupies a space flunked on each side by u graceful tower 2fl0 feet high. In front of the adorned not merely with flower-beds, summer-house* and grottos, but v is at night by electricity, forms an enchanting spectacle. The Troendi world. Here are also several museums of great value, among them one French cathedrals, the staircases of the French chateaux and the sculpt one of the fort* of Cadix. Spain, captured by the French in 1823. Iv beautifully situated, hut beautiful in itself. This is emphatically true of the Troeadero Palace, an edifice erected ' long known as one of the most unsightly .pot, near Paris, having twee the site of several .tone quarnc But into a beautiful locality bv order of Napoleon III to whom, with all hi. faults, Paris much indebted The „n the ton of a hill 1300 feet long. it is nu Immense circular structure crowned by a colossal 'tatim of t umc and whole building is an arcade forming from end to end an unbroken promenade Below this » a lovely garden, Jith fountains, of which the finest is a grand cascade 100 feet in diameter, which, when illuminated. •ro contains a grand concert hall callable of seating seven thousand people, and it. organ portraying different styles of architecture in France, and representing by plaster ured ornaments of the various Hotel* de Vllle in French —’ r, “' nt ’’ of the largest in the the beautiful portal* of the old The name of this handsome edifice i* derived from GRAND OPERA HOI SE, PAIRS —Thl» u not merely one of tlio most magnificent structure* of the French metropolis, but i* the largest theatre in the world ; not strictly so in regard to it* seating capa< ity. which accommodates uliout 2,200 people, but in the nren of three acre* which it occupies in the very heart of the city. Tho first view of it n* one approaches it along the Boulevards can never he forgotten. Broad marble steps lend up to u facade adorned with group* of statuary representing Lyric Poetry, Idyllic Poetry, Music, Declamation, Song and Dance. Above these lire medallions of four great composer*, and over these extends along the full width of the structure a Loggia or gnllcry embellished with beautiful Corinthian monolithic columns nnd a marble parapet. Above the windows of this Loggia the eye beholds with pleasure medallion busts, in gilded bronre, of Mozart, Beethoven. Aubcr. Houini, Meyerbeer and Hslcvy, whose noble works are heard ho frequently within the Temple of Music which they thus adorn. To right and left upon the roof colossal groups in gilded bronze stand radiantly forth against the sky, portraying the divinities of Poetry and Music with the muses in their train. While to complete the charm of this extraordinary building, there rises in the center a majestic dome above the crown of which wo sets, triumphant over all, the statue of Apollo bolding aloft a golden lyre, which still reflects the splendor of the setting sun long after evening has begun to spread its shadows over the adjacent streets, which soon will burst forth from that temporary twilight into a blaze of artificial brilliancy almost as light as day, which makes the place of the Grand Opera seem like the dinmond-clup in that long belt of gaiety, display and fuahion known us the Parisian Boulevards. 37 ARC H OF TRIUMPH. 1*AKIS.-Ooe ha* to .leal with .upcrlatlves in Faria. To *»y that this it the (Inert triumphal arch in the world it .tronp .tatrmeut, hut It ■•literally true. It wn> begun by Nripoleon I to ..unite hit marvelous victories in 1803 nnd 1H0C. limit after the rtyleof the old Homan «cheaof triumph, it ocvcrUwIraa ,ur,«.«. them both ,o .u .•niuil .limeutioiu .. in the uuuruidoonl effect which it produce*. Something of thi. i* duo to iu unrivaled lituntion. It "bind* upon a., elevation from which nidiulc. in perfect symmetry. twelve of the Uncut avenue* in existence. The gnndoat of thr.c it the world-renowned Champ* Klyseev Numcrou. marble relief. u|*m (hit arch commemorate the achievement, of the French Around the turamit an- marhlo medallion* in the form of shield* bearing the name* of varum, brilliant victories Within the arch are the name, of n .ti ffvoemli. of th. Republic nnd Kuipire. On each of iu four immense pilaster. i» a colowal group of atutunry in relief, of which the one. presented in tin. illustration portray Nap..le..n crowned by \ irtorv. and Fmtiee auramoning her children to Uke up »nn» in her defen*.- One can form some idea of the grandeur of till* structure when hr reflect, that tt 1* 1«0 feet in height and 140 in breadth. THE MADELEINE. PARIS. —Tliis noble building transport,. Greece to Pari.. It is a splendid reproduction of a Greek Temple. Hu. decoration. of which are "evert idea, decidedly Christian in their character. It i. iu reality the - Chureli of Mary Magdalene," begun by Uni, XV in 17IM. and in the tympanum «f the facade, in an Immense relief portraying the Lust Judgment, Marv Magdalene i. represented as interceding with Christ for the condemned. A, thi. building was still unfinished at the time of the Prvneh Revolution Napoleon changed its design’ nnd tmn.fomicd it into a "Temple of Glory." where lie intended that eulogies should he pronounced over the heroes of the Nation and many of the grand deeds of the first Empire should be appropriately celebrated Hut after the Man of Destiny hsd paa.e.l away from the stage of France, the original ides of this edifice was again adopted, and the magnificent structure is nowa Christian church I. i, a most impo.ing building. ,.o less than 334 feet in length and 100 feet in height. Stately C onoth.an oo timn..with elaborate capitals entirely surround it like a faithful body guard; eighteen of them on either side, while sixteen constitute the lofty portico which fronts.upon »»>c_H'.e Hoyale and commencement of the Boulcvurds. There arc no windows in this church, which is constructed exclusively of stone and receives its light through skylights u a building should have cost more than two and a half millionsof dollar.' n the roof. What wonder that so vast and beautiful TUB LOUVRE. PARIS -Thia aplendid rdiflc, from every point; it* history is also full of intci louvre it of great anthpiity. dating from the year 1200. Here was aolemnir.ed in 1373 the marriage between Hen ilie signal win. here given for the massacre of tin- llugui two Napoleons greatly enlarged perns, statuary and paintings, are of incalculable of which gives to Paris a transcendent imp. priceless contents. dinp in the very heart of Pan*, appeal, to u. in at least three ways. Us architecture is of the highest excellence and satufie. the eye ,.l finally as a noble Treasure-house of Art. it become, one of the .mat important building* in the world The foundation of the ]t «m U'od a* a royal re.idcnce down to the time of Louis XIV. who removed the Court to the munificent Palace of \ ermiHea. enrv IV ihe gallant llenrv of Navarre,” snd the fair Margaret of Valois, and five day* later, on the night of the 34th of August, of "St. Bartholomew ” The window is shown where Charles IX find that night on the crowd of furtive. The d emUlli.lu-d the Uuvro. and formed the two long arm. which finally united it with the palace of the Tuilh rie. The Lo.ivre eollcct.on. of antupnUea, re.purcd merely to briefly catalogue the treasures lu re contained, the possession Incredible as it would seem, in INTI the communists tried lo destroy this entire building with iu me* was thus destroyed, but happily the government troops arrived in tim on the and fo e. yet arc opened freely to the public. Volumes ...,.. . all students and lovi a piece of vandalism which disgraces the nineteenth century. The imperial Library of 00. t further h» 41 If!, iliNiii f -jUil ; n.mi I I a -s 4 I T lh> U li m i ; *= it i Ilf-iri * e iS,i I " - 2 = - 5 liisij'fijiii MHii pjiii gl'llsll S| |l !d Adriatic." For Venice ami a part of Lombnrdy ■till loft to Auttrln. Ncorlholon. »hon Xopol. no 111 o,t «. tin. pointing t. pmoou l.lm .ntrovioit lh. olototj tt Solltnno. ItU ;,v,.- ■porotl tho .1.00.0 of Mo.ioo, tho l.otriblc l.on.ili.lioo of Stolon, ood tho mohtnoholy tkoth io «lle ot Cl.Ihttfot. lint do.ii.i; ■•" . triumph Tho oiiflouts ooro right tfltoo th.j nil thot O„o of moo'. gtontoot tni.fortuno. U thot ho don not koo. tho fight tin.t fof h.to to lo.ro 31 PALACE OP VERSAILLES, FRANCK — Thin wonderful building mth it* citrnsivc pork mu tho home »f Lotti* XIV. who caused ii t» Im- enr.ir,| Imp nt i p«i nl two hundred million* of dollar*. The »lorir» of the nnnihcr of inrn mid horse* employed in it* r-malriictlon border on tho fabulous. Voltaire called it ' Thr AI os* . lot >li» .«r >. .. a form of -m.ll-pov Tlrni fora few yean it formed the abode of the ill-fated Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, imd here at the outbreak of the French Revolution otcirml tome fearful »•.. violence. Witliiu the great courtyard iu the foreground gathered the mob of starving men and women who fin,illy burnt into the pnluro, attempted lo kill the Queen, ami flnally f-r.cd the myal fnmily to BO I,nek with them to Pori*, under the name* of "The Bakrr. the Baker's wile mid the Raker'* boy.” Since that period it bn* remameri practically uninlmhiteri. It i« now really a National Mu-rum. . ootaining many interr.ting hi.toric rrlie. nnd superb galleries of painting* At the lime of the siege of Par * by the German* in the Franco-Prussian w„r. this palace was the headquarter* of the Prussian King, nnd lu re, on the 18th of January. 1871. hr *01 saluted ns Emperor of Germany. S3 NAPOLKOX’S CARRIAGE, VERSAILLES.- Among the relic* of royalty and of th.- empire displayed at Veraalllea is this magnificent vehicle, the wooslwork ■ which u one maw of gilding,' while the interior decoration* arc the moat elegant dcacription Thla i» said to be the carriage in which the Emperor Nnpolcon I went with the Empress Mario Loui»e to solemnise their marriage in the Cathedral of Notre Daine. All Pari, was in the greatest excitement, and Nnpolcon > future acemcd then brilliant beyond all precedent in modem hi.tory. Yet in reality these gilded wheels were swiftly bearing him to what Nnpolcon himself subsequently called, ‘'an abyss covered with flowers And such indeed proved be this fntal marriage following hi. divorce from Josephine. No douht Napoleon', pride was gratified, as in this gorgeous vehicle he sat beside his Austrian bride, but it was certainly impossible for him to ever love her a* he had once loved Josephine. The latter, slightly older than himself, had been his life-long confidant and friend. Stic had at find contributed much t.. his success. Her intuitions made her a most useful counsellor. But what was Marie Louise! A simple, inexperienced girl, with whom the Emperor always wore a mask, lest his designs should through her reach the court of Austria! The one possessed a character ns weak and vacillating ns her face would indicate. The other proved herself a heroine by sacrificing to the interests of France not only the most coviable throne in Europe, but also the most famous of earth’s sovereigns, and the mau she loved "It will not bring him fortune,"said the common people when the divorce had been proclaimed, and they were right. UOUUOlIt OK MAIUli A Mol N KT'l’E. Till A N < > N. YKKSA1LLK&. At on.- extremity of the Park Ycrsiulh* .» the lovely little pi.lm. of Trianon, the fuv..ritc .. m.I. . ,.i poor Marie Antoinette. Her tn.tef.illy decorated boudoir is lien- given just ... when occupied by her This |wlucc was originally given by Louis XV to Madame do Ham, and llo royal villais still visible. Uui the special charm of Trianon lies in the garden around this royal villa abounding in ahtulcd walks, beautiful trees .... artificial lake, mol. above all, In the modest structure* u«ed by Marie Antoinette and the ladies of her Court when they eame lo re to pluy the role of peasant* Weary of frivolity, the Queen would often turn gladly t.. the oppo.it.' extreme. Dressed in while muslin and a plain .traw hat she would stroll along the pall... feeding . I.o km., chasing built rtln . w joining in games of blind man'* hull and fox and «■•> « In one little building here, railed her •* Dairy,” she and her friends would make butter on marble tables mol laugh with glee at their moderate sucees* Another structure lor> is called the •• Mill." where she insisted that berhusband. Louis XVI. should ploy the part of miller, while she and her Court-ladies assumed the character and the die** of ahcphcrdea.c* or simple DCasuot girl* It is pathetic to wander through these deserted though carefully kept grounds, and to thluk of the tragic fate of Marie Antoinette, who prohal.ly had no idea that King, and Queens wore created for any other object than to live in luxjrv Hut in 1T8D the clouds wore rapidly gathering, and the storm was to burst upon "Little Trianon" with fearful violence When the young Queen left this Park, and at the demand of the famished populace returned tn Pari., she wa. destine.I to never ... it again It was her first step towards the guillotine OAILFIIV «»F BATTI.FH VKUSAII.I.KS -One of the moat itnpoiiog and interesting of all the .plendid apartment. in the pnhre of Ycnollleei* what •* railed the "•Llb-ft • Battle* " ll hwn length of about four hundred I.-. I. and i» lintel from .1,, roof, which .. mode of iron. It i*. ... the n..mr .loot, v o gallery .1. ... .hr gh.riii. .lion of .he Cod ■•( War A round the wnlinurv eighty marble btuUcon.mcmon.ting fniuou. general. of Franco, and above thee ..re .. of the fin... printing* of battle-c m • that Art haa vet produced \ itumllv the. ..II portray the glorio. of the ar.nio.nf France in early m.d in recent times from Charlemagne ... Napoleon. The Napoleonic pi.inl.up- ..re i«rtuulnrlj fm., ami reprem-nt in •turtlinc force and vividncM inch Victoria a* Aiwterlitx, Jena, Priedlnnd. Rivoli and W.igram. Thi. and the many other picture galierie* ,.t Wr-o.lle* air therefore not mere exhibition* of art. they ..re illumined tablet* of bi.torv, calculated to awaken patriotism and .timulatc the youth of France to acquire » knowledge of their country - h.atory and to emulate the heroic deed* immortalir.ed here .. the glowing nova. Like all the other National ... of Frame, tin* Pnlnceof \cr*.»»e* .* fieri? «o«l -an be ..moved and utllifc.lby the humbled pea*a..t It i» greatly to the credit of the Ocrnmua. when they occup.e.l tin* palace during the *>. ge of I an. ... IKTt. that thm .arcfully cwred then jminting* m.d preserved them from injury, although many of then, ropraaented humiliating defeat, which thr.r father, ■uffered under the iron hand »f the firm ..Icon HlTl'ir OF HIVOI.I GALLKHY OK BATTLES, VERSAILLES - One of the finest paintings in this Martini gallery is that entitled the Battle of Rivoli. It is the work of the •leb.ulcd artist I'nilllpotcnux It rcpiesents the young Nnpoleon nt one of the proudest moment, in hia eventful life, n» lie conducted tlml memorable .truggle amid the Alps m 1707. when lie ho signally defeated the Austrians The Portrait »f Bonaparte i. adminihle He seems inspiring. Genius Is visible in every line of that thin, pale fate In fact nowhere wa* his stupendous military genius more discernible tlmn on the plains of Lombardy and in the gorge, of the Italian Alp., where the " Little (with but a handful of illfe.l, ragged imnp* ii-ain and iignin defeated the proudest nnnlca of Austria and her most experienced general. - Do .jywWrawJ generals oppose met" cried the young commander ' So much the belter! I will soon make them burn their books on tactic* and know not what to do." In fact In. wonderful rapidity and pow. r of instantaneous decision gave linn the speed and spring of .1 lion •The French do not »,««*.” exclaimed .111 Austrian officer, -they fty!" The story of Bonaparte's victories in Italy, of which this of Kivoli was on-of the most brilliant, reads like romance It was never equaled even by himself, save possibly in 1813 when the Kmpcror, ruined by the Rusainn campaign, was atruggbng single handed ugunst united Europe But in Italy in 1707 Fortune was with him. In France in 1813 he had tempted the fickle goddess too far. and hi* star wa* waning, to sink at last behind the wave-washed rock of St Helena. PALACE OP FONTAINEBLEAU. PRANCE Tin* Uone of the moat internting well ae the mo»l elegantly decorated of all Ihr chateau* of Fnmtt miuui. .I "bout forty mil.* from l'nru. it wn* the fuvonU residence of F.nnci* 1 (died I.'>47), of Henry IV (died 1010), mol particularly of Hie flmt Napoleon. Ilrn- fur montli* he Kept Pop* l*«u» VII In* prliODor lien after the l..n U anil dcndlv duel between Prance ami Kuro|w hr »igncd hi* abdication m lull, and our may are thr room in which in hi. .Impair hr attempted ihin to commit nuicidc bv inking poison prepared for him .luring the Himian campaign. The pnlace courtyonl lias saeociated "i«l» iU.ll ...me mo.t pathetic •ouvri,,... It i* <*>lrd '*» < Of thr Adieu*." Ik-.uiim- it «>. her.- that Napoleon on the 'JO ill of April. I HI 4. after hi. nl..licnti..n, raid farewell to In. Ol.l (iuar.l It «*• at thr hour .1 ... that • •"I'l.ry •" '• at the heml of the main a.nircmic and dcscomled it* .tep. to meet hi. faithful grenadier*. It wn» the figure of Napoleon about to depart iulo exile. hnd.racing one ... two of the offlwira. and nreuiiig the •• Engle" of France repenlcdlj to hi* lip-, he uttered to hi* Old Guard thoo- impn-oaivc word, of farewell with which every reader of French history .. familiar. Th.n amid the nobs of hi* old aoldier*. win. were faithful to him in ndvcr.ity .uin prosperity, unlike »o many whom the Emperor had enriched with honor., title, and e.tate* Napoleon (oner more uppareutly their " Little Corporal "| entered u carriage and wo* driven away from thi. palace where ho had been so recently the most powerful .overeign in the world. GALLERY OF HENRY II. PALACE OF FONTAINERLKAF, FRANCE —The interior of (lie palace of Fontainebleau is of greet magnificence, and the gallery of Henry Second, outlined in this illustration, isone of the richest of nil it* historic halls It was begun by Francis I. embellished by Henry II. and restored by Louis Philippe. This was the great reception room of Fontainebleau, and at interval* in the decorations of the wall* and ceiling* we *ce the letters II. and I)., the initials of Henry II ami the beautiful Diana of Poitiers. The chimney-piece in thi» apartment is one of the mml elegant in Europe. In connection with the exterior of this palace allusion hus been made to *omo of it* Napoleonic souvenirs, but many other associations give to it historical importance. Here in 1083 Louis XIV signed the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, by which nearly a century before Henry IV had granted toleration to the Protestant*. Here the beautiful and ill-fated Mario Antoinette at times resided. Here, while a guest at the French Court in 1037, Queen Christiana of Sweden caused her former favorite. Count Monnldeschi. to be put to death. Here alto Louis XV was married, and the subsequent Napoleon HI wot baptised, and one may sir the room within tin* palace where the sentence of divorce was pronounced against the Empress Josephine in 1800. From thp windows of this splendid apartment one looks out over a pretty park towards the famous Forest of Fontainebleau, threaded with charming walks and drives, and covering an arm nliout fifty miles in circumference. 07 PROMENADE, NICE, FRANCK.—Nice i* the Winter Paradise for invalids and a lovely pleasure-resort for the rohuHt, With n full exposure to the south, and with an amphitheatre of mountains behind to shelter it from the northern wind*, we can ea»ily understand the mildness of its climate. In fuel its delightful situation led tJrvck colonists more tlmn 2.000 years ago to choose this for n residenco; and from the victory gained here by them over Its barbarian defender*. the place was called Xikaia, from which i» derived the modern name. Xie* Here many fine hotels, charming villas, and a great number of " Pensions, ' which iu the summer time arc dark ami utterly deserted, become in winter radiant with gas and crowded with humanity. Before the promenade gay |wirtic* of excursionists arc constantly sailing out in pleasure hoots upon the mirror-like expanse. It i* perhaps from the number and the beauty of these fair mariners that this Oulf of Nice is called the " Buy of Angels!” Here also the gay world of fashion displays its brilliant panorama, each winter more bewildering than the last, for while northern elirnes arc shivering in snow and ice, Nice forms a favorite rendezvous not merely for :he delicate who come here to beg of Death the respite of a few more months, but also for pleasure-seekers from all portions of the world, especially for subjects of the Czar, who, when they can, are glad to escape the rigor of their northern winters. Ouc of the quays of Nice is named after Napoleon’s muious marshal. Massena, who was born here Here also the immortal patriot, Haritmldi, llrst saw the light; here the world-renowned violinist, Pugaini, breathed his last, and now upon n sunny hillside just above the town is the grave of the illustrious French leader, liumbetta. 00 CASINO MONTE CARLO. ITALY.—Ono of the loveliest place# on the curving abort’ of the Mediterranean l* the famous gambling resort of Monte Carlo. I* 1» l«l* out in cultivated terrace, which overhang the pretty trnv. where multitude of pleasure boat* are always moored. So far a* outward attractive.,,-, .a omnixl. **"«''" and Art haw here <«aUMd to uZ I ii."X veriUbt bi, ol paradise. Ilefore it Is the bound....aiooth as ... many colored as a ..while in ,hr rear arc lovely 0-.co.orcd ■.. whuh .t sunset invariably fold about their dimpled shoulder, mantel, of royal purple Around this Casino oh.es and orange tree, are growing in Inxunanee. and here and there ,, tufted pdno«’ .. , f ", . »t the cloudless «kv Monte Curio owes much of its attractiveness to the late M Blone. who founded here this handsome gaming house. At present the see z -..—i..„... ..jaw *.- r there arc well-furnished reading-rooms and nrichly decorated theatre where one canoftcnheardelightf.il music, Kuwians are said to squander the n.o.t ..ry here, but France furnishes the greatest number of player.. ttennans also are quite numerous, but usually play with caution England and America too are represented here, but chiefly by spec atom pulicr than participants in the alluring game. From twelve to fifteen suicides occur here nearly every month. 71 WINDSOR CASTLH ENGLAND._An hour"* ride by mil from London i« thl* mngnillcent ohmic of royalty, th« hi.tory of which dm. • fn-.u the time of William the Conquowi. nine . .-J 1, III, ,, „, ... In. ..III!, r. 1.1 ...V... i-.-ti- I..V ..III..I •..II,.thin/ I.. It* If. I.. . I. n I" 'I 'I'll "...M i,i*l" fl'ilm nectod wlth g t Ueir rei-M,*. .Such are the (i,towny of Henry VIII. the Toworof Henry III. nmi Si. < iconic'. Chapel. Im.lt b> Kdw.,.d IN It •• m tin. Chapel thi.l lake, place „t interval* the i...tallution* of the Knight. ..f the Oarlcr. tlm. or ler which include, among it. meml.er. .o ...any Km«v Emperor*. Print.ml dLltugui.I.nl leader. ..I the .. The n.o*t coiupiemm. feature ..f ol.l W.udv.r m.tlo .. it, itumeu.c - It mud To*or."the view from which i. I.eauhfi.l ami remarkably rvi. n-m* TI... to., t .» «*,. I. .. than M». feet e.reumfertnee Tn I ' to feet hie), Whenever the flag Unit* ov.r ... the public know, that the Queen in the Ca»llc. i* frequently the cave L.k. .. mednrvnl .tronghold*. tin. ray.d abode .. ha.m'ti .l bv «o.ne Bloomy .m„r„« P iptivc.have often la,igui.l.ed hero in mi.ery. In the Hound Tower, for cm, rnple. the Prime who afterward. '••>">»■ Jamt-t I of Scotland n„. tZZi L Si. U* . La Vault, n, WiuUior«. tori,., ... ft*--.. ™, .. hi. y,,,,u. UJf top-*. «- Churl... I, .Uri .to Prlucauu Chur.. ... chil.lu, K,d 2 OconK IV,. »l.o.ul.,„.n,l ... «..,k o, 73 HADDON II Al.l.. KNOLANI). — Almost in the centor uf England stands thin ideal specimen of nn old baronial manaloo, known n» lladdon Hall. In the twelfth century it came into the poitoiou of the Vernon family, who occupied it for 400 jcnr». Then when the beautiful yuuug heroine ol thia castle, Dorothy Vernon, eloped with the *ou of the Earl of Holland. the Estate pruned into the lmnd* of the Ilutlands, who (till own It. although it is now uninhabited nave by ita custodian*. It well repay, a vi.it, >1 only for the revelation, it nlford. of the style uml deennition of these ancient princely home, of England. The Drawing Room, for instance, now contain, no furniture, yet i. u grand memorial of am ient aplcndor. The entire floor i» of solid onk, made from a single tree which grew in the neighboring park. The walls and ceiling are of the aauie material, their numerous panels beautifully carved with knightly cre.t. and coats of arm. While the huge lire place with it* antique andiron, seems waiting to be filled again with hinting logs. In such a place we half expect to see some of the former occupant, of lladdon Hull, arrived In velvet, .ilk ami jewels discussing iu exciting tones the loss of Armnda or the escape of Mary Queen of Scot. One al.o view, with interest here the staircaso down which on her sister’s wedding-night fair Mistress Dorothy ran with slippered feet to meet her suitor, ami the place where mounting the horse* waiting for them the lover, rode away through the summer night and next morning In Leicestershire were pronounced man anil wife. KKNII.WORTH < ASTI.K, ENGLAND —Few ruin* iu all England arc more interesting than those ol this grand old baronial castle. originally founded by Geoffrey do Cllnion about 1180. Queen Elizabeth Anally gave it to her favorite, the Karl of 1/ Iccster, and he spent enormous »uma of money in enlarging and improving it. Sir Walter Scott's novel, ■■ Kenilworth," give* us an idea of the mneniAernt style in which Leiccater entertained the Queen here in 157.V Unfortunately in the time of Cromwell this, like so many other noblo itniclurrs in England, suffered much mutilation. The clinging ivy. however, makes portions of these ruined walls more beautiful than they could hove hccneveo when perfect and entire. The material of thiscastlc i» old red mud stone, and hence when illumined by the sunset light iu wails and towers glow like shafts of jasper or porphyry, or the volcanic cliff* on the Island of Capri. It must have once heon o most splendid residence, well worthy of thonbodcof him who even dared to hope for the A. t i* pointed out ua the oue in which the Hurd of Stratford limt *uiv the light. The walla ure literally covered with inscription*, written or carved in every tongue, and indicating thus on endless throng of pilgrimaof nil rank*, from prime to peasant El-rwhere those nnmea would he »n outrage; but here, in memory of this univeraid genius, they seem n proof of the spontaneous, world¬ wide homage of mankind. Among them are the name* of Byron, Sir Walter Scott. Thackeray. Dickena, Tom Moore, Washington Irving nnd the Duke of Wellington. In other rooms are exhibited many interesting relic* of Shakespeare, inc'uding his portraits, his school desk, several early editions of his works, and his signet-ring Not far from this house is the lovely church in which all that was mortal of this auhlimo genius was laid away to rest beneath that weird and well-known epitaph; •• Good Friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear—To dig the dust enclosed here. Blest lie the man who spares these stones And curat be he who moves my hone*!'' ,v. ,, irii » w \ vs roTT \(«K 8THATK0KD ON AVON. ENGLAND. Thin charming little cottage still stands in substantially the «ma condition as when Shakespeare came he I,'.i'„„.Hon on tho river Metre, i. tnottnUceol. Moreover, II. too... Doebo n.....i,.l the odmlrot.on of e„„ lire -ore ... form of no ..Greek temple two feel long ore! 1™ feet oi.le. ..lon.e.l «ilh Corinth,.. entire... .. „l|...,., v Aronnd tilt. nl.o ,,r. erpo-mot, .o| Oueeo Victori. tl.e Prii.ee Contort ond the E..rl of Beneon.llel.l. Some llletor, nomeintion. nl«> ...oke Liverpool intvre.ting to lnlell.ge.it toufl.lv It ..the binl.pl.rr .. nod .1.0 Wore in .bleb in l«W be .ret re. tb. ll.b. « IW.n, .tree,,.II vi.lt.le Here too «— — «— Mre. Hern.,,., .bile Amrtirnn. .hool.l not forget tb.t in Liver.. Iron. IMS I" t«M tb. United Sl.te.Goo.ol ore their gifted novel,.., N..l,.n,el llo.tboioe M THAMES EMBANKMENT AND OBELISK, LONDON.—One of the greatest recent improvement* in the World’* Metropolis i< iU embankment along the Thame*. The wall next the river is of granite and is backed with solid maaonry eight foot thick and forty feet high. This make* a handsome driveway 100 feet in width, lighted by gas, planted with tree*, and having several landing-pier* for the river steamer*. On.' of the most remarkable relics of antiquity which the world posse *««•» stands now u|m>u this river-thoroughfare. It i* tlx Egyp¬ tian Obelisk, popularly known a* "Cleopatra's Needle," which was, however, hewn from the primitive volcanic granite 1,500 years before that " Siren of the Nile" ever ensnared by her beauty Cn.-sar and Mare Antony. To convey this from Alexandria to England, as was done in 1*77, proved a very expensive and dillieult uudertuking. Even after it had been tuccrat- fully embarked at Alexandria, the little iron vessel which had been specially prepared for It was shipwrecked and temporarily abandoned in the Hny --f Biscay. A passing steamer rescued it and towed it into the harbor of Fcrrol on the Spanish roast. Thence it win conveyed to the Thames, and finally was erected here where it now stands in triumph. Vet one can hardly look upon this symbol of the sun's bright rays, hero in this eity of fogs and smoke, without regarding this ancient monolith as un exile from a land where through the entire year the sky is rarely darkened by a cloud. Nevertheless, like many illustrious exile*, its sojourn on the Thames embankment will no doubt be of use to those who gnic upon it* stately form, by reminding them of the power and glory of Ancient Egypt, bcaidc whose awful ruins LondoD seems the crcntion of yesterday 87 TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON. -This handsome square is so centrally located tlmt it may be raid to form the nucleus or heart of London. Around it :%r»- the National Gallery of Paintings. the celebrated St Martin's Church, mid such hotel* nn •• MorleyVnnd the •• Mctropole." while in the center rises n majestic column known is the Nelson monument, surmounted at n height of 154 feet, by a statue of the immortal hero who died victorious at Trafalgar in ISO.I Upon the pedcalnl arc inscribed Nelson's well-known words, “ Knglauu expects that every man will do his duty." Flnuking this granite monument arc tho four colossal lions of Sir Kdwin Landseer, which arc not only magnificent apecimens of art, but arc thoroughly in keeping with the majestic severity of the shaft which they adorn n. well ns with the leonine character of tho great admiral beneath whose statue they thus crouch submissively. This London Square lias little of the charm and beauty of the Place do la Concorde in Paris, yet it is thoroughly characteristic of the city in which it stands. The qualities which attract us in London are quite different from those which (dense us on the other side of the channel; but when one lins ut lust become accustomed to its smoky atmosphere, its melancholy fogs and sombre architecture, there la so much in London to appeal to the students of history, art, nrcha-ulogy, science anil human nature (to any nothing of the interest awakened in us by associa¬ tions with the English novelists ami poet*, who have often made this gn at metropolis their theme), that one can agree with Dr, Johnson when he said, "The happiness of I^ndon cannot be conceived except by those who have beheld It.” LONDON BRIDGE. LONDON —Of all the bridge* which ero«* *ho Thame* within the city limits nono Is so famous an this which characteristically bears the numr of ••London." It wo* opened to trnlllc by King William IV in 1831. It i* of granite and its cost was about eight millions of dollurv The lamp-posts on its tides are vmt to have been cust from cannon captured from the French during the Spanish war. It him the distinction of being the Inst bridge on the Thames or the one nearest to the sea. which is about sixty miles assay. The restless till, of human life ebbing uod flowing across this granite thoroughfare is a suggestive sight. Dickens was food of studying hereby day and night those widely differing phases of humanity, which can be seen in this world-mctropoli* hotter than anywhere else on earth. This bridge is never deserted, uud during twenty-four hours it is estimated that 20,000 vehicles and 120.001* p.-destrians cross here from one side of Londou to the other. The roadway* are so arruuged that those who desire to drive rapidly follow one course, and those whose wishes or whose horse* are more moderate must tnke the other. Standing on this connecting link between the two great sections of the World's Metropolis, one realise* the immensity of London. Nenrly./l'r* million « of people live within its mighty circuit Twenty-live hundred are born and about two thousand die here every week. One hundred million gnllonsof water are used here every day, in spite of the multitude of tliv "Great unwashed. 1 ' If the people of London were placed in single file, eighteen inches apart, they would extend 1,200 miles, or further than from Boston to Chicago. There arc in London more Roman Catholics than in Rome, more Scotchmen than in Edinburgh, more Irishmen than in Dublin. The poverty and wretchedness in certain quarter* of the city are os extreme in our direction as the nuigalllcent display and wealth of the West End are in the other Vet no great city in the world is better paved or better governed. 91 Tii j.- BANK OF ENGLAND, LONDON.—In the very heart of the city of London aland* a low-browed, massive structure, streaked with toot and without even a window in it. outer wall*. It is the Rank of Kritfliind ThU absence of window* i. .opposed to (jive greater security to its valuable content., the li«ht within living revived from interior courts ami skylights. The •trurtun look* therefore liko a gigantic strongbox, covering four acre* of territory! This establishment, though a national in.titution. is itself a private corporation. It-capital U about seventy, live million dollars, nn.l it*bullion alone i. supposed tobc at least one hundred uud twenty-five million dollars in value. It. affair, are managed by a governor, i. deputy governor, twenty- four director, mid nine hundred clerk*. Below the surface of the ground there are more room.in thin structure than on the ground floor. One look* with almrut a feeling of awe upon this l.nildiDg Architecturally it bn. nothing to nttruct us, hut we feci that it stands as n representative of the wealthiest and most influential empire on our globe. It bus a lifeblood of if own which regulate, the puNeof the financial world. Whatever is done within thore massive walls will be felt in the Antipode. One ran hardly estimate the shock which the entire world would experience If public confidence in this inslltutlon were shaken Almost the same thing can lie sai.l of it that was once affirmed of the Roman Colosseum. •• While Hands the Bank of England. England stands; When fall* the Bank of England, England fall.; When England falls the world.” 03 HOl'SES OP PARLIAMENT. LONDON. Thcao noble building* are worthy of their fame The finest view of them is obtained thus from the river, along the embankment <>f which they extend for 040 feet. Built iu elaborate (tollin' style. their ornamentations including graceful tower*. pinnacles. fluted column*, interesting statue*. nml n bewildering nmnunt of fine •tone carving relieve the enormous structure of monotony. Thii edifice cover* an urea of eight acres The room* which it contain* nro numbered by hundred*, and it* corridor* can be reckoned by mile*. The grand" Victoria Tower ’* at tho »»uthern end of the building roaclie* the imposing height of 3411 feet, and in more thnu seventy feet square. Through tin* the Queen enters when ahe opens Parliament, on which occasion the flag of England is always displayed above the Tower. The clock Tower at the northern end of these Imperial legislative hall* is only twenty feet lower than it* rival. Each of it* four great dial* measure* ninety-two feet in circumference. The minute hand i* abar of »tccl more than twelve feet in length! It ■» *nid that five hour* are required to wind it up. Every one who ha* spent a night iu London mu»l have heard the great hell of thi* Tower proclaim the flight of time in deep and solemn tones, which urc to those of other bells like the voice of an organ to thesound of a piano. T-his bell, which weighs no leas than thirteen ton*, is known ns “ Big Ben." and for year* had no rival. But now it is surpassed by the new monster recently placed in St. Paul's Cathedral. Still they are far enough upart to make no interference with each other. The kingdom of " Big Ben " ha* simply been curtailed. Over thiapait of gignntic London he still reigns supreme. 03 ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, LONDON. The crowning feature of London is tho Domo of St. Paul'. Cathedral. It i» sublime and noble in appearance, although *o black with «oot that a Frenchman auggcated that it mint have been built by chimney-sweep* ! In fact, chimneys innumerable have offered up to this for year* their grimy incense. till now it ha*a Booty grandeur tvhich lomo think give* it added dignity. Hawthorne, for instance, mid that it is much better so than staring white, and that it would not be one-half »o grand without it* drapery of black. The whole coat of St. Paul's was defrayed by a tax on every ton of coal brought to the port of London; *>■ thnt after all, no building in the world ha* a belter claim than this to have a sooty exterior. At nil events the mighty Dome is like a temple in the air, 305 feet above the street and ISO feet in diameter ! It i* so lofty that, unlike most other structures, it seems quite unaffected by its environment. It is perhnps the more iinpraasivo from standing here in the grent throbbing heart of London. Despite the roar and tumult of the waves of life surging around it* base, nothing disturbs its grand repo«r It »onr» above it all, as Mount Blanc ri»c* above Chamounix Within the wall* of this Cathedral lie the remains of the Duke of Wellington, Admiral Nelson, and the architect of tho ediflee. Sir Christopher Wren, who«o funeral inscription is brief but eloquent. If you seek his monu¬ ment, look around you!" 07 THE TOWER OF LONDON. — No building in this greatest city of the world is historically so impressive as old "bmtion Tmttr. It« gloomy battlement* watch grimly o'er the Thames as they have done for centuries. Some of it* deep foundation* arc (aid to be as old a* the time of Julia* Cmsnr. At present, its most conspicuous feature is the tnanive structure in the foreground, with four pinnacles called the White Tower, built early in the reign of Willinm the Conqueror, about the year 1079. The White Tower' A strange name truly for any portion of tins butldiug! For uot only are it* wall* must dark and gloomy in appearance, but behind them hnre transpired some of the blackest deeds of English history! How many noble inen and women have been imprisoned here whose names not only stand trnnstigured on the page* of history, but have been carved in tear* upon their dungeon wall*. Among them brave Sir Walter Itnieigh, who languished here for thirteen year*, part of the time In a small room but ton feet loug and eight feet wide' Here all the distinguished prisoners of the Scottish wars were held lu close captivity, and hence the noble Wallace was led forth to brutnl death nud mutilation' Here ills., was beheaded the noble and innocent Lady Jaoe Gray . here Anne Itolojn walked calmly to the block, praying w ith her lust breath for her brutal husband; till ns the fatal axe cleft through her fair white neck, the report of a gun rung out from yonder walls so that lecherous Henry VIII might lie informed that he was rid of her. But enough! These and it score of similar memories »ickcn us. and make the very air within the Tower’s precincts taste of blood! Thunk (Jod that though the tower stands, such deeds are now impossible! For the sovereign of England is no longer the tyrant, hut the administrator; yea, the intelligent servant of the people! WESTMINSTER ABBEY. LONDON -If only one object in London could l.c selected for inspection by American tourist*, it would doubtless be Westminster Abbey. Tlic original church was erected here about the year 010, but this and two successors were pulled down and rebuilt, till finally this present Abbey was constructed in the reign of Henry III It is m the form Of a Latin cross four hundred feet in length. Although impressive and in places beautiful, its Gothic exterior will not account for the fascination which this building exert* upon the visitor. That is unquestionably due to tho fart that for so many centuries it has been the English Pantheon, the burinl place of kings and queens, ltntcsmen. general*, explorer*, orators, philosophers and literary geniuses Thirteen English Kings nod fourteen Queens are here entombed. Here also is preserved, us every visitor may sec, the ancient chair in which all English sovereigns have been crowned (and most of them in thi* Cathedral) since Edward I Here are the tombs of Queen Elisabeth und her fair rival and victim, Mary Queen of Scots, now lying'noath the same Cathedral roof. The one apparently completely triumphed and saw the body of her hated cousin entombed within an unpretending sepulchreBut posterity has been more just The murdered Mary's son ascended England's throne, and Mary’s tomb was placed beside Elizabeth's in England's noblest shrine; und not a day goes by. or A.m gone by for centuries, but pilgrim* to Westminster Wand beside their graves and sigh in pity for the one, and blame the conduct of the other! 101 THE POETS COKNEIt. WESTMINSTER ABBEY. LONDON Beautiful os Westminster Abbey i» as » specimen of architecture, its distinctive glory i» not fouml in (iothlc arches, dim religious light, (luted column* *ir even works <>f nrt. But tlmt which thrill* u* ns we tread the pavement of this ancient Shrine i* the assemblage here of the illustnoii* dead of many centuries. Its old gmy walls arc lined with tablet*, busts and monuments commemomting names which are like household words. But the most interesting part of this historic Pantheon j, w | m( j, callod •' The Port'* Corner. " Here every English-speaking visitor nt least stuuds with uncovered head and bnlcd breath, feeling himself surrounded by the Muster-spirits of his race Here, for example, he secs n marble bust beneath which are the word* "O rare Ben Jonson. " Close by it i* that of the poet Milton, aud beneath this is the medallion portrait of tlrny, whose masterpiece, the •• Elegy in it Country Churchyard, " is oDeof the most exquisite rluasics of our tongue Space fnils to enumernte the names of those who»c •• storied urn or animated bust** here •' invokes the passing tribute of a sigh.” But Spencer, Dry den, Southey, Campbell, Thompson, Macaulay, Thackeray. Garrick, Grotc. Sheridan and (but but not least) the dearly-loved Charles Dickens, all these nnd many more firm here it galaxy of genius which make* the pilgrim front America forget all minor national distinctions, and glory iu the fact that lie too spenka the language of tho men whose dust makes old Westminster haunted, holy ground 103 THE ALBERT MEMORIAL, LONDON. -One of the most magnificent monument* in the world is the structure outUnrd in this illustration It i» the Albert Memorial, " erected to the memory of the Prince Contort (husband of Queen Victoria), partly by the Government and partly l»y voluntary contribution* at a cost of $(100,000. The very foundation of tltia mouu mont alone ropnyt an hour 1 * close examination. Broad granite step* lead tip on every aide to a tpucioui platform, at the four corners of which are fine colossal group* of atatnary, repre- tenting the four great division* of our globe, Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The pedestal iUclf i» nothing less than wonderful in it* elaborate display of marble statuee in relief encircling the entire monument. There are 100 of these figure*, representing the world's greatest nrtist* *inre the dawn of history, including Pointer*, Musicians, PoeU, Architect*. Sculptor*. Heroes and Reformers. In one place, foresample, Homer, the Father of Poetry, i» portrayed, holding the lyre, while near to him in attitudes of reverent attention are Virgil. Dante, Sbnkcspcare, Cervantes Milton and Boccaceio. In another section are grouped Michael Angelo, Donatellc, John of Bologna, Benvenuto Cellini, and other sculptors of the Renais¬ sance At last nlicivo all this rises to the height of 175 feet a gorgeously decorated Gothic canopy, beueath which i* seated a colossal statue of the Prince Consort, fifteen feet in height and made of gilded bronze. The excessive amount of ornamentation in mosaic and gilding on this canopy may be criticized, but there is no doubt of the grand and imposing effect pro- duccd by the lower portion of this superb memorial. The question naturally arises, however, whether it i» un appropriate structure to commemorate Prince Albert. He was unques¬ tionably u worthy man, a patron of art, an upright Prince, and the husband of the Queen; but when a nmu is honored thus by one of the finest structures on the globe, we look for other qualities than these. Such a memorial as this, beneath which stand a* ministers the master-spirits of the world, and to whom four great continents do reverence, is worthy of being an offering of the whole Auglo-Saxon race to Shakespeare, or, better Still, a universal tribute to the Leader* of Humanity in its slow upward march toward light and truth. 103 OLD CURIOSITY 8I10P, LONDON.—Charles Dickens, in the realm of Action, hu given to the Eogliab-roadiog world a ho.t of voritablo/ruaV*. The heroes of roost other novelist* a|nu , c i„,tr U ct or entertain us, but quickly fade into oblivion, like ebaneo acquaintances. put to the genuine lover of Ihtl.n, hi. characters are not fictitious—they nre r..,l We I *u«». with them, we cry with them, we love their virtue*, we forgive their frailties till they nre scnlcd to u* os life-long frlcud*. Nor i* thin all; for Diekcn*' ehi.mrin, nre usually linked to certain /.law which he selected with great cure, and sketched with wonderful fidelity It is in fact this vivid picturing of phe* an,//*r*m that make, it it coulinuol pleasure to tract hi. works iu that great World s Metropolis, of which he was so fond. Thu.. ..f late years. Iiooks have been writteu for this special purpose, and I.) the aid of these ». may spend dsj. in London itself, to say nothing of rural England, noting all sort, of odd localities, stieets. house*, inn* and churches .ur Udy Dedlo. k • 'Charles Dickon. London, " therefore, and •• Through England with DickeDs " should never he omitted from the library of any European tourist who love, the creator of " David Copperfield," " Llttlo Dorrit, ’’ and the Immortal “ Pickwick. " THRONE-ROOM. BUCKINGHAM PALACE. LONDON.—"A throne," said Napoleon, "is only wealth, rank and power, that one approaches it with at least roapectful interest. The Throne- household, i> n niugnillccnt apartment. It* length ia xixtj « is, however, by no mean* the oul illectionof boards covered with velvet." Nevertheless, it aymbohie* a n of Buckingham Palace, the usual London residence of Queen Victori four feet. It* walls ure covered with crimson satin. The royal chair itself .lands or. a slightly elevated^ phtfor room within this palace which repays the traveler"* in*pcction. The Bull Room, the Bumpirt Hall, n i much of ia and her n beneath r Gallery, the various Reception Room, and above all the splendid staircase of the palace, which together with iU elegant Corinthian column. .» of “dToiDioc"'itTthlT e^tcm.We might expect it. this abode of English Royalty. The interior of Buckingham Palace is. however, much more attractive than tt. exterior, although adjorning » •* the pahtce-ga!den which contain, sixty acre, and is very beautifully kept, and pove.se. a prefy summer house, frescoed by such distinguish'd artist, u. Macl.se and Land villa has been used by Her Majesty when she lm* been obliged to spend any of the summer season in the city. Near this palace . carriages and the home# of the Queen. i the Royal stables, where « This little b kept the state 1011 MUCKR098 ABBEY. LAKES OF KILLAItNEY. IRELAND. —Tho Lakes of Killnrnoy are exquisitely beautiful feature* of Ireland, about 50 miles north of Cork a..d 180 mile* south of 1) iblin. Each summer u multitude ol American travelers visit them iu one of their first experience* in the European tour which they begin by landing at Queenstown. Alter nn ocean voyage almost nnv cultivated laud appears attractive. How much more, then, a conspicuously lovely region like that of southern Ireland! Nor arc the Killarney lake* merely beautiful. They have the charm which the Old World imparts to almost every portion of its natural scenery, namely, that of historic association They an studded with finely wooded islands on which arc the rulnsof castles, convents and abbey*, around which cluster souvenirs of many centuries. On one island, for example. i» !(<■“ t n«tlc. an old form > of the O'Dunoghuc*. another bn. the pictures.,uc r.iin» of the "Sweet Inuisfnllcn" of Tom Moore; while nut fur from this is Murkro** Abbey, built by the Franciscan, in l U0. Other abbeys then are in Scot¬ land and England and on the Continent mote beautiful than thi*. hut by on American, who has just landed here and to w hom this is the lir-t ruin he has seen, it w ill never hr forgotten. The subtle sense of antiquity, which is lacking in liis own country, steals insensibly over him, and the accumulated influence* of year* of reading and anticipation at once assert them selves, and thrill him w ith the joyful realisation that this is but a foretaste of all that now uwnit* him. outlined before him m a long nod beautiful perspective. Yet no matter how much more lie may enjoy, the memory of the sentiments awakened in the ivy-mantled walls of Muckross Abbey will abide with him forever as an Inspiration. Ill HLAHN'EY CASTLE, IRELAND.—The "Emerald I»lc’ , nboutid» in lovely biu of scenery, of which some ivy-mantled abbey 01 renowned of these Old Irish ruin* i» Blarney Castle. not fur from Cork. On tin- highest point of the northeast angle of tlio tow by two iron hurt. In 1823 Sir Walter Scott, while on n tour through Ireland, kissed this " Blarney Stone," as thousands of toui eloquence of anyone who thus salutes it is thus told in verse: •‘There is a stone there To n lady'• chamber To be left alone. That whoever kisses Or become a member Don't hope to hinder him. Oh! he never misses Of Parliament. Or to bewilder him; spooler Sure'*, he'* a pilgrim Imloru castle funu* a charming feature One of the most •r is a stone bearing the date of 1703, and held in petition ists do every year The effect which this act has upon the To groi 'Tis be mi clamber lie'll s An mil i the Blarney CUSTOM HOl'SK. DUBLIN. IltKLAXD Dublin Jins several noble edifices, among which i» It* Custom House. opened in ltOI, and «*'ted "« “ o.«i of bIkhii two million dollar. Standing ou the north side of tbo river LifT. y, which flows directly through the < itj. in* - «n on tl.r.. ddc. to admirable advantage Fr..m the << ..!. r rise. « dome l.*% feet high and surmounted by n nt.Uuo •ymbollnl of an invariable cliumeterintic of the Iriah, HOPE Notwithstanding this Irnn.lv,.,nr structure. Dublin hw not ... much lm.im « activity a. «. .honl.t expect to fliul in vo Inrgc’nnd important a city, and Ilelfast i. Mid to tn,n«ct larger general trade. The dock, in the river have been Improved, the river itself hr,, been .Ire,,e„c,l. and new wharves lmvr been constructed, but the "custom due* have for many yenrs mni,ined almost •tationury Dublin produce* little f„r exportation non uv.- »bi»kj .,n.l |-rt.r 111,,, now but few mnniifnetiirea nnd these arc of trilling value. The public building* of Dublin which rival this Custom Honae in elegance of architectnre are tl„- Bank of IreUml (formerly the House of Parliament), St Patrick’s Cathedral, and above all. Trinity College, which i. an honor not only to Ireland, but to Orvat Britain But in striking contrast to these and other evidences of wealth in Dublin, there i» a vast amount of poverty in the city, and street after street of wretched tenements produce a painful impr. - " happy buoyant disposition of the Irish is visible despite rags and tatters. o» an April sun shine, through the clouds and rain, nnd sadness is not Emerald Isle. ... 115 Still the x characteristic of the rapital of the , Mu Here nisi been often stated thnt nl*le of ui exhibit ol I.ifley nexr its entrance into Dublin Buy is beautiful, n Europe. In the center, and dividing It into upper d to commemorate the hero of Trafalgar. The cost of the monument the Union Jin k is displayed from the topof the column ButtheNol- for example, is the General Post Ofllce, pnwentiugo long and handsome facade adorned with statuary. Till stutucs of distinguished Irish patriots, and many of the Hnc.t business block, and hotel, of the eit, Moreover, this.. the great pro euu there be seeu more beautiful women than one may meet here on n pleasant afternoon. For if n ** real old Irish gentlem .uulntnnco. and one of the truest and warmest of friends, so Irish Indies are not only charming in ft high breeding aud dignity together with a quick sympathy and warm-honrted impulsiveness, which 117 I.LF. STREET. DUBLIN -The Irish are exceedingly proud of their capital, and well they may be. Its situation on the , its public buildings command the traveler's admiration Iks orinctpal thoroughfare, Svkvillc Street, has few super r Sackvillc Street, i. a (luted Doric column 134 feet in height, crowned by the statue ..f Nclso l $33,000, which was raised by popular subscription. Du every anniversary of Nelson's greatest muon I in only one of the many striking features of Saekvillc S ile of Dublin, and it ho* s one of the most agree- and feature, but remarkably attractive from the rare combination they coveringof conventionality can ever quite conceal. EDINBURGH \ND SCOTT'S MONUMENT Not mintliiT capital in Europe save Athens, which it lomewhat resemble*. compare* with Edinburgh in situation, an.I the Scotch have made the place' well worthy of .t, tine podtion. On one side is Carlton II.II. rising threehnn.lrr.l feet above the town, and opposite this about a mile away ., the old historic Castle Between them calends the beautiful avenue called Princes' Street, bordered by hondson.n buildings, parks and monuments. Among the many attractive sights in tins old Sottish city, mid rising in the center of this picture, is the elegant memorial of Sir Walter Scott, who was born in Edinburgh on the 15th day of August. 1771. The statue, in its various niche* represent character, taken from his works, sucl. ... M. g Mcrrlliea. die Last Minstrel, and tl.r Lu.ly of the Lake. In the center, open on nil side, to inspection, i.ucolu.sal tnn.hle ..aim o( S.r Walter and at the feet of one.o fond of dogs is appropriately placed the figure of his favorite hound. Bcvis. This monument is certainly one of the finest ever reared t.. n man of genius Its graceful arches recall in miniature the groined roofs of Melrose Abbey. All parts of it are beautifully carved. A stairway of about 2*0 step. I. ads to the top The cost of th.» great work was about $80,000. and its design was furnished by » young architect of Edinburgh, who did not live to sec the monument completed. It is a touching proof of the lose which Scotland felt for Sir Walter, that subscriptions for this grand memorial poured in from all classes and condition* of his countrymen It was the gift of n Nation; and while on the subscription list may be seen •• 100 Pounds from her Majesty the Queen." we may likewise read. “Three |wuml*. seven shillings from the pool people of the Cow Gate." 110 ADBOTSFOHI). SCOTLAND -This home of tho great novelist end poet. Sir Walter Scott. Isan intensely interesting object tovi.it. It 1»» own creation II. of the noble tree, in ii. adjoining Park Il» very ground urn* dear to him, for it had fonncrly belonged to the Abbots of Melrose. aud «a> n™r Metros. Abbe;, « Siott to write niic of Ins most beautiful stnnnt*. Yet this was not merely n poef. home. It wa.n veritable battle-field, where one id tb« nnl.lc-t «,n. -d <•' *'•«** '• • of trouble, which would Imre paralysed n bmver heart than his. The failure of the publishing house with which he was connected threatened him with i loved estate vet pay to the utmost even creditor, became the one great object of hi. life Payment was deemed impossible. But Scott knew no h »or.l, and actually n entire debt of about $0(10 000, ...king only for time. In four years be had realiwd for hia creditors nearl; $100,000. working ten. twelve ami often fourteen hour, out of the l«. ntyfour. Never before or since, una.uchu aum thus earned. It was Sir Walter , custom to do n vast amount of literary work earl; in the morning before his numerous gurai. had thought of • . *• — « this habit of early toil which enabled Scott to preserve for so long n timr his incognito as the author of the Waverly 1, and his eldest son kissed nnd closed n planted many ,ho»e beauty inspired i to save this dr srl; limes! the It wn* Sir Walter's custom to do n vast amount of literary work early ii stirring and when everyone supposed him to he still asleep. It was this hnl.it of early toil which enabled Scott to preserve Novels Here on September '.Mat. 1832, the noble hearted Scotchman passed away from earth while tho members of his family knelt around Ins bed. his eyes. No sculptor ever modeled a more majestic image of repose. BALMORAL CASTLE. SCOTLAND This Highland home of Queen Victoria is beautifully situated beside the river I)ce Home fifty tnili* from Aberdeen In her M >j' -ty'» nbsrucc. the ca »lU. ,* shown to visitor* only on the presentation of „ written order The property comdstaof almut 10.000 acres. which belonged formerly to the Kitl of Fife but which in 1HVJ became the property of the Crown by the payment of $1(10.000 The rattle itself, which iaof light Scotch granite, was erected by the Prince Consort at his oun expense Near by is the Cmthie Church, where the Queen attends divine srrvirr . mid a mile and a half nway is the Abcrgcldio Castle, a favorite Shooting-box" and summer residence of the Prince of Wales The adjoining country is great l.cauty, and the Castle itself resemble* a geui in a most nltimctivo wiling. At one end of the building i. an exceedingly picture,.,ue tower almut 100 feet in height commanding an cm banting s iew. Mon- than 100 persons can at one time bo comfortably lodged in •• Balmoral." i.nd it has frequently been the scene of regal hospitality 1 here cun be! if would aeein, no difficulty in entertaining visitors here, for within n pistol shot of the Castle is the "bonny river Dec," which sweeps from the Grampian Hills, and whose whole course of ninety mile, offers a constant scries of delightful view*. The neighborhood also abounds in opportunity not merely for hunting, hut for enjoyable excursions among the Highlands, particularly to that grand old mountain Lochuagnr, WOO feet high, celebrated by the poetry of Lord Byron, and railed by the Queen her " Mountain Jewel." From it* summit fully one-hnlf of Scotland is outspread before the vision of the enraptured traveler. ^ HOLYROOl) PALACE, EDINBURGH. SCOTLAND Al the other extremity of Edinburgh fr.im that which hold* it» famous <‘».tlc i. I My rood Palme. the residence of Mary, Queen of Sou. It i. a gloomy building in appearance. whoto cold gray wall. teem to have little in harmony with the fair Quern. who once raided there Her memory to completely haunt* the place that, though tint edifice ha. .tnod hen- for nearly 400 year., und though muuy King, ond Queens have lived within it. wall., the apartment, of Queen Mnrv are all that the traveler u.unlly caret to »ce. Their content* are, however, .lowly crumbling into duet, for the frail memorial, of that unhappy lady have ttood Hint for 800 yean, There are not many portrait, of Mary here : but wherever they ure hung they attract the attention of even tho mo.t carries, touri.t Of all the thousand, who have for centuries patted before them, probably not one ha. failed to panto and think with pity of tho lovely woman whom they represent Here alto we may toe the room in which Mary . .century, the Italian Itimio, was murdered by her jealout husband. Darnley; and certain itttins are .till pointed out u. having been made by hit blood. The ruined etructurc on the left of the palace it old Holyrood Ohnpcl, whore Biwio was buried, and the impo.ing mountain ruing in the background it called Arthur’s Seat.” 135 MKI.HOHK AUUEY. SCOTLAND The charm of this celebrated structure t* proverbial and it well deserve* it. reputation. Ii. noble column-, window, and arehe. urc «.f v.quUit* beauty and delicate carving, and justify (hi* poetical yet accurate description of Sir Walter •Tbon wouldit have thought some fairy'. band. Twlxt poplar, straight, an o-ler warnl. in many a freakish knot bu. floor of Ispi* Uiuli It.. about a mile in circumference vet its perpendicular cliff* present.. grand appearance, reaching at certain point, an elevation of 140 feet, and hone; combed with wav won. cave... lined with innumerable t which in some Instance* curve outward, although to mow successfully oppose their breast* to the tremendous surge* <>f the sea. Tho target of the*.- opening* i» f.ngnU flute, co umn. , , ri ^ ^ V)M , lholl| .|, .. rough it i* lr to enter it. It. curving roof i« nearly 100 feel aimer the wave., and in calm weather traveler. Ur | Dl o ,he heart of the cliff along that pillared ve.tibulc 230 fret in length. At the extreme end of this magnificent cavern i* a kind of natural throne, imposing enough to iuggest the kingly Mat of Neptune himself. mid from this the view outward through this avenue of columns whose pave raging on tlii* const the scene nt Pingnl’a Cave this mightv cavern cun be heard for miles. . ». toll.,. Esj'fl mired ..or p,mn,.J. or Hirer hum* tjt. butelil lUBnod pipikMi .ml ll.lnial to it, owlol .rnipliomo.. i* the «eu, is beautiful beyond description. When a storm is s said to be sublime. The force of the stupendous billow* hurled against the- cliff* i* then appalling, and the incusumt roar emerging from r.l n solemn Minster of the *en, wrought ages since by Nature’s architect, and Ocean'* anthems have resounded here in uinjesty long 133 lUHNS’ COTTAOK SCOTLAND —Ayrshire, (lie "Lund of Burn*," is one of tlio inoi! interesting features not merely of Scotland, but of Europe, to those who love t ■ visit placet hallowed by the genius of Illustrious nu n. The little town of Ayr abounds In memorials of the poet, on.- of which Is tills humble «••ttrstf* in whi« I. Hubert Burn. « .* burn in 17M» The little bedstead in which he slept was once bought for n mere trifle by a stable-boy. who afterward, sold it for twenty pound. Everythin* in the vicinity remind, u* of hi. poem*. Not far awav for example, is • Auld Alloway's witeh haunted Kirk,” the ...nr of Tam O'Shanter'. ludicrous adventure on that night when Hums tells us •• Even■ child might understand the Devil had bii.IncM on Ilia hand ’’ Near here also are the " H inks and Br.es of Roooie Dooo.” that lovely stream of which the poet basso sweetly .110* It wa. while pacing up and down the bunks of this river one winter’s afternoon 111 1700 tlmt Hums composed his poem of Turn O’Shanter; und one mny see n»w the verv bridge o’er which the terrified Tam rode from the witche. for dear Ilf. on lux gray mar., Maggie! It was al«o while standing beside this stream that Burns and hi. " Highland Mary” held a little Bible between them (still prx >• nred in the Burns Museum at Ayr), and pledged to on. li other eternal faithfulness. Between the faded leaves of that Bible now rests a little tre.s of her hair, and who can forget the sad line, .f her lover, as after death hi- wrote Unit poem commencing "Ye banks and braes of Bonnie Boon. How can ye bloom .no fresh and fair' How can ye chant. ><• little birds. And I .a. weary mid f II o’enref” The name of Burns is 11 household word in Scotland, aud he is immortnlly enshrined in the affection, of his countrymen More than 30,000 strangers »Wt this birthplace of Bums every year! 1JW it few place NOKTH i AIM:. NOHW AV —Travel in Nor«uy n.mirally dlviilc* its. if in tlire mid third, the voyage from Troudjbom to the North Cnpe. Tlr." . day* for the round trip. It i* n charming expedition, for only between the court of .Norway and the long fringe of island* which serve f- . The North Cape is a most Imposing promontory rising with gloomy alimot p.rp sentinel u little in advance, as if to guard the cowl of Europe from tlie A ret been erected to comme.iion.le King Oscar’* vi.it to the Cnpc in 1*M Just mountain to he on their guard It i* a never-to-be-forgotten moment ' r memorable experience when. a» the lmml» >•( hi* watch poi "T‘< first, the drive through it* mountainous iuterior; second, the explomtion of its grand Fjord*; , lrB j on steamers, which run two or three time* a >vevk during the summer month*, occupies eight need rough weather lie feared, since for almost the entire distance the steamer glide* along in smooth water re than 1,000 mil. s as a break-water to protect the Norwegian shore from the billows of the North Atlantic. nlnr cliff* from the dark ocean at it* bn«<-. It is in reality an Island, stationed like » gigantic storms. The ascent is not dangerous, hut very wearisome. On the .uiniait « small granite rr- —■■■■—■• .re midnight rocket* are fired from the steamer to warn such passengers a* may then find them i one stands upon this northern boundary of Europe, *o near to, yet s« n twelve o’clock, the traveler gnr.es northward o on the r> far from, the North Pole, r the curving shoulder of the globe, and sees Iht Uni iijKt This there i* ,'underfill phenomenon of irecptibl* 1 difference lietw. ndlcu day. with a lirilliaut si i.ht and day. ildnight, i isiblo from May 11th to July 30th; but practically for a much longer a northern Norway ■r» in their tour through the tuture, the men heiug about ile of reindeer skin with the .. ... on NorthwMtern coiut of Norway, nrc settlement* of Uplandcra, frequently visited by trn UHOUl’ OP LAPPS, NOHVVM I'M o " tl ,, . .,, The Lapp, .re by M«Mn lieautllul. nttmciive or el.lie. They urr ehorr ■' Lurid o, .be ..«h. »»» " ■>»" »'•>•“»"» "Hl^Telrt J?irkLd lo.U b. Led ~d ..ml... eye.. The, me., «.. «"■ 'eel high, mil we*—™ , „ hmM from pure,,... The loser limb. „l llie Lapp. .re woolly eo.ere.l errltr tud.ol -or.I "o.nu .Lool the ..... Tb-e *«*. I. “ *.he, .eo ihei, own .kin ... he..... m.ile „l .oml. reel ...I .Im*. .ml Hoed^.l.h oil Klee, .ml legging, ol whole .him wlileli III Ib.lr rm k ’ miiri.t. bone luiieeo, lor pome. ,.n,l ..iber objeeU ol their own m.onl.etore. They .re rough oml turd, ™ —T*. »- — »> ^ They ore gre., .imihem, .ml, - «. ho.. - - « *T ■*-«* ^ror.™w“'.S°r.r.?»a eeV.; -, .0 l,. ro "Don’t iioikc n Lnpp ot jourself." without This creates «n ardent thirst, and they arc in consequence very fond of indicating liquor*. When u Norwegian wiihttto NAEKODAL PASS, NOHWAV -The *• Nm-rodil wonderful coast of Norway. 'hut long arms of the aca. cum- dills, which uppri mnirnilicent mountain-gorRc extending inland .ml upward from the equally .uhlim. ” Nacrofjord." It U chameterutic of the Kptonl. ” wind inland from the Atlantic for nearly onr hundred mile., l-ordcred hr gigantic, gloomy, almost perpcnd.cu ar •m* of the *cu. cnr ' J • n) , int |,,„ o^cade* may be blown over the deck of the steamer a* it glide* along at their bate At the extremity clilR which approach each other .« tunes *o c|<«oly that the.pm, _ |0frtrd% the interior. and no dou'.t tneh w.Id rnvme. a* the Nacrodal one. contained water ; the gradual elevat.on of almoat every tuch fjonl the grooved formation of the ^ ^ ^ ^ j( ^ ^ ^ „ |t|wl l ollM haw „,i„| through tin. Naerodal. when- trav ten of the ahore hoving caused the ocean to r<,,irr ? d . rk am | almost perpendicular mountains, without a scrap of vegetation "'V III....I a. On. wrinkled face* stream numbcrlcaa waterfall* «no oi . most brilliant and beautiful appearance, especially at »i their barren shirt, though down their savage, Thimble, and, as its composition i»»llvery feldspar, it presents T under the refulgence of the moon. ..f . I,........t ■miitituiiv im .ill'll nun iu Mir kwiiu. ■> iu* — • J called the Venice of Ihr North. PAN*.KAMA OP ®"^0*"Kwhich .. the overflow of the beautiful Ukr Mai.,, half a tu.l, - «*•*■»« •«, tumultuous ilium I *, unil through it swi ip» a f. <» , - , , i| iru iigb Ihr city with hiilf the uproar of n entnmet! Upon it* fmr npan.e.a * ,on< '‘ ,lirow 0U,J ,ro1 fascinating i» that mn». of emerald «atrr . g I w .j,j| r through their midst, from ,.omt to point. dart t.u. k and forth n muUitmlc «.f little rnumllv half a doaen steamer* hound to vnr.ou* p ' tnk .. ,| lt . place of hunt ears in our cities. On some of the island* of Stockholm, ami at many p. tlio «i*c "f tug hoiit*. These lire " - . | s . v ..,|,,h eapital a charming place of residenee in summer. The people then spend a* much time u» po lovely gardens and plana of amusement, which* ^ ^ j.. ^ ^ |iintf (u(nmrr « TrIll ngv marked liy u .livery light that nev. r wane*, but merely brighten, inf i that enchanting than the days pleasure. It is founded on tlx to the Baltic. How n the Grand Hotel, are steam launches, about ints in iu vicinity, are lihle i the t irthern latitude almo*l no darkness, a The cordial hospitality, annoy disprn ai|ui»itc politeness of the Swedes are additional reasons why the traveler remember* dawn, arc even more Stockholm with great „ .. .„. nRS ..... ,i,. ..i. -Id....... iiiiiulioir. oompfc.. l™> .'> I'"' " ,y ; KOVAL PALAl-E. SIOI KI10I.M, Ml LOLA im , il c.ddol l« ollnL niwiUI) ™ nn“* "'A tloUln. Uporn V I, t -ro .-n-n Friday „„ n„(l whatever tuny be the nhilitira of thoac who then naacmble there, it >■ safe to say that the King himself i» their superior. ... „„ thouoh unnren-idlins. i> ol Ibc mo.l rvllnrd id Kuro].r No olhrt «>.rre>|!» «,.»!» I,in. .o rr.|irri ovholnolj MIoioTOIt. "»'«• H br P»l» ..a oriHnnry rami. Ilis court, tnouju | * ( _ .1 _,..j__ .hl. in »„ imnmmnin anrerli of nurrit lnlm. Me lour mi XIII He spenk* all the pn the keen frusta of a northern winter have simplicity which there provnll*. »>ne morning King 0*car 11110I1U n confcre f the mo*l rclinea in r.urope. no inner ausvisugu hint in respect t«. tcnoiariy ... ■ An ,l enn at any time ...hires the ctudenU ol the tnivcmitica in an impromptu speech o( purest latin He long ago acquired , , « ». ..- »■» " »• * ..•.« - ““•“*» Spanish anil Oermnn writer*. The Swedes have reason to he proud of their King. 147 It, utrccts would put to •home tin- »*“»' A ""' nian ,or '" K . of courM . ,i,„ Dane. hove little liilnrion. gaiety, lik*- Hint which i hnraeti m. > the Nenpnhirii.. Iluv 1«> rarely find, more general good humor in n P«P»«*“ ^ t w ull ’.com. with them n univenud trait, polltenc. nn invariable rule Our old friend. H.ndet, therefore a. the ~r*n,l v happy Their fare, beam «tlh rain, eontntm h ‘ ja |h> ,, irlhpllirc of lhc great arulpt. r. Thorw.ld.en; and one of th. ... building. In the c.ty .. the Mu.rum "melancholy Dane," mu.t have been « natioua e\i p > • ( tlmt Mu.cum, .ut rounded by the niartcrpirce.of hi. geniu*. Thorwald»en He* buried narod to contain original, or copic* of all hi. worka In . ^ HAKIIOK OF HAMBl’HG. GKHMANY -Hamburg it now exists. it is n modern creation. At first tbi* city «** cntcrr.ri.es, the principal current wn. diverted to if pre-cut planted with tree*. Vessel, drawing fourteen feet of » canal, which intersect the town, and make more than «i>ty The river .. always covered with a multitude of ship* and *t enift. We can hardly be .urpriscd, therefore, world. Hamburg i* u very auoi located on the river Klhe at the mouth of one of the tributaries of tliut Mrcurn, — the After I'- burbot is u very extensive one, hut a. ...me distance from the main brnnch of the Elbe, and the mouth of the After served a. its port, but owing to vn»t engineering nme. The quays of Hamburg now cover a distance of about three miles, and beside tamo of them ore pleasant promenade* er come up to the city Itself, null their cargoes are distributed by mean, of barges to the warehouses, which line the numerous id”c« n necessity. This harbor of Hamburg presents, a* the illustration before us mskes evident, a very animated scene. nu"r». some of them close to the shore. There i» .aid to be room here for 100 oceau vessels, and for twice that number of river Hamburg ranks first of all the seats of commerce on the Continent, sending its ships and steamer, out to every portion of tho having been founded probably l.y Charlemagne in the year In its vicinity are many pretty Tillages, beautiful promenades and charming villas. H.3 , . »« i, nn » „f Uiohs dtlen which combine the charnciori«tlc» of imrJinvwl nod mixlrrn IS. rmau> So HANKKOHT GKKMANY -I''n...kforl oo .I..- " f „, p Sl . H . .. ..I. well «n l adorned will. ..I.»o... I- iimw ... I hey were ,ix ccnturic. and other. ' olltertn i. t t .1 in the Kninernaal. the w nIU of which ore rov. n-.| with their p»i ■ n i. Il.c ... 1.OT ««« l "“ i “ “ 11 . . .. "" «•* fm above the town, the German r.mperu . ic of it« street* nrr n* winding nnd ii» in* many intcrcnting relic* »f the pant, rail*. Ill iln cathedral, whoar npire It* bightwlIltei led to promote Gwthc liteitilurc ( i*ti> i.t No **3 Hirwhurnl.cn. In 1803 «hc hounc wan purchnncd for 50,000 II. , ri vrr Mn in in .. .pot known a* “0«the * »cl. hccaunche.■»'« ^ j< ^ ( ., y (>f in , W( ., lUh . ,.nd offer* a good market for Ammo... ... I«* name .»*«.d tot* £ " i,h h! ‘ * rmj of Fr< "‘ l ‘: fouo ' 1 he "‘ f0,, ‘ r,v “ r ' on ilir Rhine, Cologuo ii the wealthiest mid moat renowned. It hue played quite a role even in Kornnti history. Here Here Vltcllu. and Silvauu. were proclaimed Emperor*. and here the hitter «« murdered by hi. cohort*. Here -iUo. in the . miiiher of Nero and .he. retaining an affection for her birthplace, .ent here in after je.ir. a colony of Homan veteran* and gave it her name, on.ln »"■ !»■» ' A ..I cl.ur.lM'. HmC .be c,.. • .hi. cl., I- .he Hhtoc. b«. "l™u~ f whence come* the modern name < ^ nff<>i>n V|>1|fm 111JO tmrclly recognlic it now Mnaaive indeed it wa. and vaat, but looking «>mc*hat like the hull of an THE I11IINE AX1I COLOOXK HEHMAXV -Of,.11 >h.OH- ™,;:„ .. a,.-. Culunio Agrippina, cathedrul in the foregroun. i nio.iern in..*., ■ ""v. who Hut now it ha. a glory and a maje.ly which lift it heavenward above all other . hnrrhc. in the imH. It I. “*• 1 the ■iirfacc of.globe. Beg.. ,m i, wa. no, completed till The hi, .tone wan ^ ccrrinonie*. in the pre.eoe. i* impoa.lblo to gar . of the old Bmpcrc rtnin piirta of cither the exterior c Ita tower* reach an altitude of Ml feet! The nave i. 145 feet high from floor to roof! interior of this ■lupendoiia .troeture without feeling well-nigli em.l.cd by an overpowering nmlllMion of the .ublime V... nf .he most charming feature* of the Old World is Heidelberg Castle towering above the IIKIDKLIIERO CASTLE. OKHMAJO 1 “ c , orjoll , From the Castle Hotel." ju»l above the r.nn il.clf. one gasr. * .liver to the Rhine not many mile. away m . en ,flceat rug of deepest green, from which the castle ri.es in it. grandeur Tht and the great forcat a 1 1 about him, Ilk* *" lolfU , pftnIlr< | ftt frequent interval, by half-mined arches, crowned . !„ cl, lij«l 1 Knrt, po^on o, lb. building digin In rtjlo nod I ig above me river Ncekar. which roll, beneath it like a flood of gaze, with increasing pleasure upon the shadow-darkened The forest itself i. threaded with countless r _._. r nd tin- ere.il -..; ,, „,H„|rtEl .pKd « m.preu. »“™ •» ..— Clowned oilb Innminnl nild donore cud rere«.d bj lb. clinging .bettered fioni lire .mi. i" tnrij .pilngdlno linul . di.nliijod. Knob portion o( lire building dlKcn In .lylo and llui.l, lion, llnnalghboi. The mot. p dng.-»rfnbnndlrfan „r Ih» n.o.i important of Rhenish cities is Coblcnt*, which he. at the meeting point ol the Rhine nnu tne mosci. me wnicre 01 sue COBT.BSTZ ON THE HUINB. OKH1IAN''" " JJJ, iu .laliactlj, «. thm.gl, ......,11 „. t - nk F,.,,.h ....... .ill, .1,, ..... O'™"!- klreuma do not ut once assimilate. The lo.e p Thc Ron)ftn > founded here. 1800 yearn ago, a city known a* •• Confluentia.” Hither, after the death of Charlemagne came The historic »ouvcnir» of thi* town are extreme \ i ■ . c , ,, u!l> „ favorite residence of thc Empress Augusta of Germany, wife of old Kaiser W illinm. A bndge of bust* his grandsons to divide between them hit gigm.tu empi . bci ., bt> ri ,„ the celebrated fort res* of Ehrenbreitstein. appropriately called the Gibraltar of thc Rhine " It » connects this city with the opposite bank, whore on a JP < , W o streams, and capablo of Instantly transforming the peaceful romance of lb.- river into a tragedy of blood a „onc Colossus effectively protecting this most ^^2 ” 0 ut of the possession of the Germans; for the •• Broad -tone of Honor ” which thus guard, it is held to be impregnable. , -. >. :» M f t . to snv, therefore, that t ooieni* i i™ j„;;bT!; ■■ *** -•“» iu "™ rhe interest which wo tnko in tho river* of our globe increase* in proportion lo tho hirtoric .outrenlr* which warn to .»• one of the very foremost of the world'* Knot river* i» the noble Rhine. Thi* illu»tr»tiou reveal* to us one of the innny non in a* we nail along; their massive wall* anil ivy-covered battlements telling u* of «me famous deeds of chivalry or . , it* title to n lovely maiden nnmed <5ut«, who was wooed and married by a brave English knight under romantic THE 1UIINX C.LTENPKLS AND THE PFALZ, «H!tMj"‘/Tl.t-'v^y‘fore’ mingle w itli their foam and murmur with their “ 1 * |( ui| |hcir „ la ,»i v ,. walla anil ivy-coveml battlement* telling u. ol seme famous uccsta oi cu.vwr, ... mined castle* whic h from tl.e.r mountain crest* loot. *» i ) r ^ ^ ^ ^ # , oV(lIy mn , don nnnm , who WM wool .,, nnd married by a brave English knight under romantic romance through n line of eenturir* “* ,T* Helow thi* cattle stand* In tho middle of the Rhine a tower, known a* the Pfal*. Here, it is said, toll i» still paid to the circumstance* which can not be enuniM* "> >'* .arriving iniUnccof a common riiitom centime* agoio many place* on it* bank*. This tower *lso ha* it* poetic legend A Duke of Nassau by all vessel* mtviKnuiig the n rt.