New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-29
Bayard Taylor in Northern europe.
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A GERMAN HOME.
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staten, and their respective passengers wee de-
posittd in the ears for Heidelberg and Frankfort
We found ourselves in the company Of three
strsn,ers. one Of whom Immediately attracted my
notice. He was q slender MAD, about thirty-hve
yssrs old, with back eyes and beard, and pale
yellow complexion. He spike German with per-
feet correctness, but slowly, and addressed me IN
very tolerAble Enelisb; yet could not FIX upon bis
nationality.
Happened casually to speak Of Venice wheh nc
stated that be had just come thence. lie '"en
Denibped Corfu, and ~e compared our impressions
Of hat island then of the Gfeclan l''e'' 'nen Vi
Lebanon and the Syrian shores. 81 kn'" 0!ria
very we'll" said !, ''from Jerusalem 10 A'epP''
..So do l." said he. ~ travelled from AiepPo
through Asia Minor to ConstantnoPle' con
tinued. "And l." he reJoinea' went from
Aleppo to Nin.veb, down the ilgris 10 nisndan,
.,A thence 10 Bombay" al also visited B1m6ay,
laid "trayeed ioland TO the H,naayas, aud
dawn the Ganpes to Calcutta" "Just the route
Travelled. be sg,in replied. But" remarked,
.,bere are few Germans who travel 80 extensively
m you." alt is true, said he, that few German
trayelers visit Inds, but there are several German
missionaries stationed there" 81 have heard Of
one, | answered." Dr.. Sprenger, who has wr,ttena
most sdmira Life Of Mobsmmed." why" he
exclaimed, in mingled surprise and delight, e am
DR.. SpreDger"
regretted that could spend but Fix hours in
Tie society of so estimable man, and 80 thorough
scholar He was returning home from 40 absence
Of thirteen years in India, bringing with him
,.aln 40 AVah
lie had passed year at Damascus, where he had
many opportunities Of making acquaintance among
the Desert Arabs, and | was gratifed t. find that
we entirely sqeed in our estimate of the character
of that noble race of men. He was fortunate
enough to get possession Of geographical work OF
the fourth or fifth century, work OF exceeding
value aid impor! lance Which be intends to tran lac
and pub,isb. He also informed me tina. he had met
IN Dsuascus with the former Lady Peterborough,
Who ;s now married to an Arab shekh. and pro-
poupeed the story OF her murder, through the jeAl
ousy of the other wives, to BE- entirely false.
On landing at Trieste, DIR. SQTeoger was gravey
informed by the authorities that his objection Of
Arabic MSS. must be submitted to the inspection
Of The Censor, before he could be permitted TO re.
tain posses sion of them "Whyl" he remon.
strated, "they are Arabic $50 much the
worse" said the officer; 1T is the more probable
that they are insidiOus and revolutionary Bat"
he again urged, the Censor cannot read them
"Tbat is unfortunate for yOu, wss,the answer:
"you win have to wait until we find man who
can. for there is no knowing what dangerous senti
mepts may be concealed under these heroglyphics.
And 20 the traveller was obliged to part with his
alc A..
eminent shall be convinced that there Is no treason
in the beroics of Antar or the word juggery of
Hariri Of Bosrah.
For the past fifteen days, l have been quietly
settled in my German home dividing my time be-
tween excursions into the Thuringian forest, and
the preparatory studies for the North Go ha is one
of the auetest towns in Germany, but it would be
difficult to find pleasaDter one. 1t is built on the
updulatnq table land al the foot of the Thiiringan
hills, 900 feet above the sea- whence its climate is
rather cold for Germany, but very bracing and
healthy. A tourist is an UNUSUAL sight here and
therefore one finds the old hesrtiness and sim
phcity Of German home-life in all it's purity. As it
i one of the court residences of the Duke of SAKE
Coburg- Gotha, there is small but Intelligent and
refined circle, some Of the members Of which have
. European reputation in their departments of
science and art. Hansen, the astronomer and Dr..
PetermaDD, the geographer, both of whom reside
here, are also well known in America Here came
Barth last summer to recruit from his African
travels; and most Of the explorers, Of whose labOrs
Perther, the renowned map publisher, makes such
good use, may be seen here from time to time.
GerstScker, BOdenstedt, the author Of the
"Thousand and One Days in the Orient" Gustav
Freiiag, Alexander Zegler, aud other German
authors, hover about here through the summer, and
IN the nfighboIing village of Friedrichsroda the
brothers Grimm some tunes make their abode.
The home which German friendship has pro-
vided for me here, Is in entire harmony with the
character of the place. The little garden-house
Inhabited only by BREASTED and MYSELF fronts on
the avenue of lndens leading into the town, while
the rear OverloOks garden Of three or four acres
in extent. 1t was built by one of the Ministers Of
Duke Ernest ii. in 1850, when the French style
infected Germany, and the steep bullying roof aud
quaint windows Of the upper halfstory family
remind one Of the cha,eaux Of the time OF Louis
XIV The same tsste charsctetizes the garden.
The house stands on a graveled terrace, bordered
with flowers, whence fight of stone steps, guarded
by statues of laughing fsuns, desccnds to a second
and broader terrace, in the centre Of which is a
spacious basin al a fountain better than tina. in
the Park, for it plays day and night Bey md this
sopiup arcade Of the dwarf beech, trained 50 as to
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