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Title: The Argosy
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887 Wood, Charles W. (Charles William), b. 1850?
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Publisher: London (etc.) R. Bentley (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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re is distinguished by a purplehaze which puts one in mind of mountains and early morning inSunny Climes ; graceful creepers and spreading palms and briUiantflowers delight the eye.—What can be more like summer ? Into such a retreat the noisy Babel at the Hotel Milan retired. Very soon every small table was occupied; smoke wreathed aboutbrows that certainly would never be adorned by any other wreath ;coffee and liqueur and lager beer were the order of the hour; and insome cases the transition from coffee to beer was momentary. Ofwhat material are the good Germans made ? The whole scene reminded me of Huths Keller on a large scale;Huths Keller, which I was wont to frequent occasionally when a boyin the good old University-Conservatorium town of Leipzig : fre- In Sunny Climes, 309 quented—9a va sans dire—for the sake of studying human nature :just as H. C. in Majorca studied the graceful Mallorquinas at theirdevotions merely for the sake of pose and effect in his artistic studies.
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In the case of the present writer, Huths Keller served two goodpurposes : it was a rehef from the monotony of dry reading duringthe day and relaxed the mind; and it proved, by this sameobservation of human nature, hat too much frequenting of Huths 310 In Sunny Climes* Kellers ends in vanity and vexation of spirit, a weariness of the flesh.On the other hand, if such wise and philosophical experiences are notlearned in youth, they can hardly be acquired when The glow of early youth declines in feelings dull decay. Or, at least, ought not to be. But this Huths Keller in Leipzig possessed a charm altogetherabsent from the Milan Keller. It was full of poetry and romance,even though it was frequented by noisy students often out at elbowsand light of pocket; poor in everything except youth and health,and inexhaustible spirits—those heritors of the world ; full of poetryand romance in spite of the bocks of beer that were for everbeing drawn and drunk, and sundry and most indigestible supper

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