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.
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.]
CHAPTER I. | |
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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—Werdau | 11 |
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 it | 25 |
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 ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |