Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-16
MADAM IDA PFEIFFER.

bora at Vienna in the year 1797. From her. early infancy she displayed determination of character that nothing was able to subdne, and which developed itself with her increasing years. One trait of her character will suffice to show her fxty of purpose. When Napole- on was residing at Schonbrunn, after his entry into Vienna, he was to hold grand review of his troops, at which all the inhabitants of Vi- enna went, from desire to see ,he greatest general o: his time Ida, who was then elev en years old, had learned from books and per sons by W whom she was then surrounded to look upon him as a tyrant and an oppressor of her country, and she consequently entertained the most intense hatred toward him. She had re- fused to go when asked by her mother, but the
 latter. not wishing to be deprived of the pleas ure, took her daughter by force to the review They obtained good station, from whence they could see ali that passed. At length the procession began to move, and, as a body of officers were riding hy, Ida, in order that her eyes might not be polluted with the siglt of the man she so thoroughly dctestcd, turned her back toward them. Tine Emperor was not, however, among them. Her moth'r, all- uoyed at her ol,stnacy, took her by the shou' ders and turned her back again, but Ida. de- | termned not to look at him, resouteiy closed
 her eyes, and kept them shut till the Emperor and all his retinue were passed.
 She informs Us, in tte preface to her first wors, of the intense desire for travel she expe- ricnced during her childhood, but which cir cumstances prevented her from indulsing. In 1920 she married Dr. J. Pfeffer, of Lenberg. By this union she had two sons, one of whom followed the musical profession and studied under the great Mcndrl>sohn, and the other became q merchant. On tile death of her husband, the desires of her youth were renew ed in all their vigor, and she thought that, having fulfilled her duty to her family, in bring ing them up and establishing them III life, she was not acting contrary to her duty in follow ing the bent of her inclnstions. She knew that dangers, d.fficu ties, and even death might befall her, but, should any of these happen to her during her travels, she would thank God for the sweet hours she passed in beholdng the wonders of His creation and she begs her readers net to impute to her in her travels desire for notoriety alone, nor to judge her by the conn on opinion that such life is not be6tting woman.
 When she had by sevsral years of strict economy, amassed a sufficient sum, she set off on her first pilgrimage to Jerusalem aud the Holy Land, "for," says she, |" l always felt the most intense longing to tread the spot rendered so holy by the footsteps of our Re decmer." She returned safe filled with de- light at her success, and published her first work, entitled "The Travels of Vienna La dy to the Holy Land" work of great inter est, and bearing the impress of truthfulness in every line
 The experience Ida Pfeiffcr gained made her form the resolution of visiting scencs of to- tally different character and, accordingly, we find her publishing her travels in the extreme north of Europe, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. These interesting travels were published in Pesth in l846,
 Ida Pfeiffer had seen the East, and the wa ters of the Geysers of Iceland had hubbled at her feet she now entertained the project of making voyage round the world. This she performed during the years lS46 to l84S. She quilted Vienna the lst of May, ls46, and
 landed, after stormy passage, at Rio de Jaueiro, on the 18th September of the same year. During her jourssJ tth~curh Prague to Hamburg, she met with travelling >coaBa:s- ion in somewhat extraordinary manner. We give the circumstance in her own words :- /" While in Prague met with Count Berch- totuS 0u osu "Slu"a"tahIS "hSh bS GU" "S, he cried, 'Where are you bound for now 1? 'To Brazil, Count 'To Brazil have oft en wished to go there will go with you.' ney for any length of tmr?' Not Iong-on- ly since have been speaking with you.'" Madam P.eff w,nt to Hamburg, where the Count joimd her; he hastily concluded the business that brought hm tlnre, aud they set sail tog, ther d " days after their arri- val. Att,r travelli' 2 through the Braz ls Ida went round Cape Horn, travelled through Ch, visited Otam ite, set sni. fer China. and then went to India. Thence she went up the Tgris to visit the interesting ruins of Nineveh aud Babylon, theI wandered through koordis- tan and P.rsia, passed the Caucasus, and trav- eltd through the south of Rnssia, thence to Constantinoplc. and through Greece home
 When We remember the dangerous regions she traversed, we are astonished at the intrepldty of woman travelirg alone amid the most saw age tribes on the face of the earth, passing from country to country, and from tribe to tribe, braving dangers, fatigue, hunger, and thirst and it is indeed impossible to withhold our admiration from the lady who could under go all these trials and hardships, and display courage that very few of the opposite sex can boast of We can paint to our inauguration the mild, defenceless, unassuming woman, patiently and hopefully vending her way through say age hordes-among Chinese, Maays, Hindoos among Persians. Arabs, Khoords. Tnrcoma'ls, 1 Bedouins, and Turks unharmed-taking shei- ter beneath the lowly tents of the women, par taking of their humble fare, making trIiiing presents to the children, busying herself i'll their household affairs, teaching them many l little useful arts. The wild men allowed the harmless woman to go in and out among them ] from tribe to tribe, from tent to tent, with her staff in her hand, free from injury and insult