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LETT f.RS FROM EIROPE..
NO LNII
Vienna, Li5rm1ss, Fine Arts, Maria The
rosa; Jos'ph II.

/ ILNNa' ------
\ ll,tlr guide bool; for the city and its en-
,irou- shcws that Vienna is rich in libraries.
| The Imperial Library contains more than
300. 900 volumes that of the University
/ 100000, Military Archives near 80 600 /;
/ Oriental about ~, 000 Medical COCO; the
Private Library of His Majesty 10000, of
the Archduko Charles 10000; Prince Ester
! hay 10000 Lechtcnstein 30 600 :
Nchwartzonbcrg 900, Sc. &c M. Castel-
II has 10000 dramatic works, theatre bills
Tor 21p years, and 700 portraits of dramatic
persons. Its Museums of Antiquities, of Art
and Of Nature are large and interesting. One
is greatly surprised at the collections of Art.
The Royal Gallery has $500 Paintings;
Acalcmy OF Fine Arts 500. Prince Liech-
t-nstom 200; Estcrhazy 500; Count Ger
min cChuicnitz 400. In Engravn-s Vienna
is mt surpassed in Europe The collection
founded by Prince Eugene, and now attached
to the Imperial Library. contains 10000
engrIyns-, besides 80 volumes of engrav-
in.' collection loft by Francis |. contains
$1,000 Portraits, 10 600 sheets collected by
Layat.r, while deyoting himself to the study
oi fhys' siumy, are in thi, collection; the
Arch-Duke Charles has a collection of l. zoo:
Prince Esterhazy 80 1000, and 1000 designs.
The Musical Collections Of Books and Pieces
are exceedingly rich. There is no charge for
visiting the collections of Vienna. The pub
lie Monuments, Fountains, &c, by Launcr,
Marchesi, Raphael, Bonner, Schwanthaler.
Fischer and Canova, are perpetual open-air
free exhibitions of the finest sculptures. The
churches, too, are, some of them, noble works
of art in themselves, and rich in altar pieces
and monumental statuary.
In the church Of the Augustines we were
greatly struck by Canova's masterpiece of
monumental composition-thc tomb of the
Arch-Duchess Christina. Of SAKE Teschen.
the layoritc daughter of Maria Theresa. II
is the same idea as the monument to Canoya
the Church Of the Frati at Venice. which
| mentioned in letter from that city. The
design of Canoya-his great genius is here
The original design is said tohaye been intend
ed by the great sculptor for the great Venetian
painter, Titan, How cmncntly ft-what a
hadlble and modest monumental seli-glorifi-
cation it was for Canoya to Tux his wonderful
powers in monument for Titan, a munu-
mrni Of his own genius in honor of Titian's
glory But falling do not know why
to devote il to Titan, and having first appli-
ed it for the Arch Duchess, it was exceeding
ly appropriate that after his own death it
should be produced in the first style then
possible for his own monument in the same
church where he had designed to place it for
Titan, 1t is now there and none the less II
monument to Titan by Canova although
in the same church is another monument to
Titan, aud this is called monument to Can
ovd.
So here, in Vienna, is really another mon
ument to Titan and to Canoya, for the mem
DRY can never he lost that the design was for
Titan by Canoya, & when the Arch-Duches,
shall have passed away from memory, except
as she shall be preserved by this monument
when heap OF dust alone remains of her,
blaze of glory will shine around the memory
OF Canoyd and Titan, and their names will
be as fresh as to-day, Much as was struck