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Transcriber's Note:

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the originaldocument have been preserved.

Listed Errata were corrected.

Mis-spellings of non-English words were retained as printed.Readers noted the following:
Grenzbäuden should be Grenbauden
Kellnerinn should be Kellnerin.

On page 144, the phrase starting "and perhaps for such a" seems to be missing words.

A JULY HOLIDAY
IN
SAXONY, BOHEMIA, AND SILESIA.

A JULY HOLIDAY

IN

SAXONY, BOHEMIA, AND SILESIA.

By WALTER WHITE,

AUTHOR OF "A LONDONER'S WALK TO THE LAND'S END;""ON FOOT THROUGH TYROL."


"Ne wolde he call upon the Nine;

'I wote,' he sayde, 'they be but jyltes:'

Ne covet when he wander'd forth

Icarus' wings—ne traytor stiltes."

Old Author.


LONDON:
CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY.
MDCCCLVII.

[The right of Translation is reserved.]

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE
What the Bookseller said—A Walk in Frankfort—What the Portresssaid—Glimpses of Landscapes—Forest and River—Würzburg—SteinWine—View from the Citadel-hill—A Change ofBedrooms—Coming to an Understanding with the Reader—GoodNight!1
CHAPTER II.
Würzburg—The University—Red, Green, and Orange Caps—TheMarienkapelle—The Market—The Cathedral—The Palace—SpaciousCellars—A Professor's Hospitality—To Bamberg—Frost—Hof—AShabby Peace—The Arch-Poisoner—Dear Bread—APrime Minister Hanged—Altenburg—The Park—The Castle—Reminiscencesand Antiquities—The Chapel—The Princes' Vault—Wends—Costumesin the Market-place—Female Cuirassiers—Moreabout the Wends—Grossen Teich—The Plateau—The Cemetery—Werdau11
CHAPTER III.
Origin of Altenburg—Prosperous Burghers—A Princely Crime—HussitePlunderers—Luther's Visits—French Bonfire—ElectressMargaret's Dream—Kunz von Kauffungen—"Don't burn theFish"—A Conspiracy—Midnight Robbers—Two Young PrincesStolen—The Flight—The Alarm—The Köhler—The Rescue—KunzBeheaded—The Triller's Reward, and what a famous Authorsaid concerning it25
CHAPTER IV.
Zwickau—Beer Bridge—Beer Mount—The Triller Estate—TrillerBierbrauerei—The Braumeister—The Beer—Four Hundredth Anniversaryof the Prinzenraub—A Friendly Clerk—"You willhave a Tsigger?"—Historical Portraits—A Good Name for aBrewery—A Case of Disinterestedness—Up th
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