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Title: Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Butterworth, Hezekiah, 1839-1905. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ces. The streets have an atmosphereof hospitality. Its history dates from the Romanmonuments on its hills, and is associated with the romantic times ofthe counts-palatine of the Rhine. The world-wide fame of Heidelberg arises from its university.This was founded in 1386, and is the oldest in Germany. It madeHeidelberg a student-town; there art flourished and free thoughtgrew, and it became the gem of German cities. The ancient Castle of Heidelberg is one of the wonders of Ger-many. It is like a ruined town of palaces, and historic and poeticassociations are as thick as are the violets among its ruins. It is saidthat Michael Angelo designed it: we cannot tell. The names of themasters who upreared the pile of magnificence for centuries and peo-pled it with statues are lost. The ivy creeps over their conceptions instone and marble, and the traveller exclaims in awe, Can it be thatall this glory was created for destruction ? We visited the castle at noon. A ruin green with ivy rose before
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PALACE AT HEIDELBERG. EVENING THE FOURTH. 125 us. The sunlight fell through the open doorways, and the swallowsflitted in and out of the window-frames into roofless chambers. I was dreaming of the past: of the counts-palatine of the Rhine,of stately dames, orange-gardens, and splendid festivals, when one ofthe boys recalled my thoughts to the present. Where is the tun ? What tun ? The one we have come to see, — the big wine-cask. It is said tohold two hundred and thirty-six thousand bottles of wine, or did in thedays of the nobles. I remember: when I was a boy my mental picture of Heidelbergwas a big wine-cask. Yes; well, please, sir, I am a boy now. Mr. Beal then gave a brief account of GERMAN STUDENT LIFE. The town of Heidelberg nestles in one of the loveliest valleys in Europe.The Neckar winds between a series of steep, high, thickly wooded hills. It is amid such pleasant scenes that the famous university is situated, andthat several hundred German students are gathered to pursue

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