New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-29


MSS II Is yearly increased by the expenditure OF
5000 guilders. and by a copy of every new book
published IN BavarIa-thsast Is a forced coniF-
button from the booksellers. The printed works
are arranged according 10 twelve main depart
ments Of literature each OF the twelve main
classes being subdyided into special departments,
Of which there are n all lso The class OF His
tory. for example, has forty departments, thus
Department = Chronology C. Genea.3gy. :.
Heraldry = Aniiqui,Ies @. Archaeology 10. An
cien. Numismatics II Modern NUwlsma.ics
= Geography and History Of France -. Geog-
raj Ihy and History Of single provinces and places
Of France o. Memoirs. sc. illustrative Of
French History % Works on France from the
time Of the Revolution. The classification
seems to facilitate reference and research as
much as possible The library buldng Is Ike
palace without. extending five hundred feet on
Ludwlgst At presen: the books only partially
FIJI the walls of the rooms, along which, at the
nights Of seven and fourteen feet from the floor,
run two tiers of galleries The shelves and
their contents can be easily displaced in case Of
a FIRE, while. as a further precaution. TWO reser-
voirs of water, and apparatus for using l., are
placed in the two inner courts Of the edifce
This great treasury OF literature ranks mex, to
the large library of Paris. and by he side Of that
10 the British Museum.
The road from Munich 10 Augsburg and thence
to Nuremberg offers little OF interes; 70 the eve
The peat fields a few miles ont from Munich are
curious from their extent. They furnish enor
nous quantities Of fuel tor that and other cities
Similar deposits Of less extent, were visible at
other points on the road. II was painful TO see
the potato fields throughout the route, and as far
as Lepslc, seriously affected by the rot. Itseems
almost universal this year IN Germany. Tobacco
Is o somewhat important agricultural product IN
the great plain of Bavaria it's, however small,
and Of poor quality, and consuue ed mostly within
the state. much to the offense of sensitive ira
veler's nostu>. Close 10y the railway station AZ
Furth is large hospital. built at an expense OF
1900 forns. which sum was raised by a tax OF
one pf,anig (aboui onc-sixth of a cent? on every
maas of beer drank IN the town. 4 Bayarlan
MAS is a large pint and half The number of
men. women and children IN Furth during the
time the tax was raised was not far from LOCO
! This will give some notion of Bayauan beer
drinking Just beyond Furth, the railroad cross
es o canal that connects the Rhine with the
| Danube-the North with the Black Sea. \ few
moments longer. and was III Nuremberg. The
| high. sharp gables. and little projecting balco-
MES, adorned with carved work, and images of
SAINTS and warriors. standing out above the street
from the corners OF the houses, anu all the
Guantness and udividualliIeS ot Nuremberg.
were pleasant relief after The somewhat stiff
correctness and aneuarlty OF the braH-new streets
| of Munich VIII not weary your readers and
myself 10y treating of lis former history, and the
time when 1t was among the FIRST OF the Imperl-
! a ciuos-the cuir,poi Of trade between Asia and
western Europe when lis merchants were
princes, as their houses still attest, IN wealth,
and as the old constitution Of the city permitted,
m power Since those old DAY, It has sadly fall
en-. and grass now grows IN It's once busy streets.
S,ill, the towers OF It's walls It's two great
churches (St Sebaldus and 5. Lawrences,)
the cleanliness OF It's streets, its well preserved
! houses, help 10 keep up an AR of gentilty amid
/ the decay ! did - all travellers 10, made 4 re-
! spectiul pilgrimage 10 the houses once inhabited
! bv Albert Durer and Hans sachs. and then
! walked out beyond the walls to their graves
! The graveyard Is worth visiting on another ac-
count The graye-stOnoS, OF which there are
thousands, lie fiat over the sepulchers. and brass
plates upon the upper surface contain coats Of
! arms Of the deceased symbols Of their trade,
etc, exqulstey carved. and often OF ingenious
! device ! returned TO my hotel through the Tro-
! del MaTkt-a grand collection (spread over ia
bles. and lying on the pavement OF all the odds
and iag ends the city can furnish. Among the
rest were the portraiis-scandalous unlikenesses
of Martin Van Buren, Daniel Webster and
! Henry Clay-coarSe. New.York hhogaphs-
! There is political glory To be hbeled on
stone. and sold at second hand IN the rag-fau of
! Nuremherg-bv an old, slovenly woman, too
have no room to speak of the route from
! Nuremberg 70 LelpslN except 10 say that at Hot,
! where We passed the night. an excellent roast
pigeon Is served for - kreuiZers. about cents OF
/ our money | read IN my gulde-look that the
town Of Hof eva, burned down for the tenth
! tiueIn 1882" This infammable quality, together
! with It's large manufactures of WOODEN and cot
! ton, and the temporary wooden building az the
Railroad depot, gave the place quite an American
air r. 3.