Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-27

world, with q population OF nearly
four millions, and covering q space OF
!, twelve miles by ten, or about one
hundred and twenty square miles.
t Westminster abbey is the first object
/, OF great interest in London, being the
burial place of many OF the British
poets, artists, and many of the SOW
ereigns-Queen Elizabeth and Mary,
} Queen of Scots, among the number.
Hhe old coronation chairs, IN
which all the sovereigns of England,
since William the OUnqueror, have
been crowned, are also to be seen
/, there, Fhe Tower of London
|, is also memorable, and is perhaps the
next most interesting place OF historic
interest, as in it you are shown q
Bloody Tower, the White Tower IN
which the efigy of many OF the dead
sOvereigns ride on horseback In full
armor, and where the old ak and
block are still seen on which fell so
many noble and royal heads; also the
Jewel Tower, where the grand regaI1a
OF England, crowns, scepters, swords,
etc., are shown in an iron
cage, and the tower itself
representing more than eight hum
4 dred years of British history. The
British Museum, the Crystal Palace,
the Windsor Palace, the Kew Gar
Rdens. where you see landscape garden
ing in great perfection. Hyde Park is
| also a great place to see London style
and nobility in the afternoon; all
these present great attractions to a
stranger and are all worthy of a visit.
From London we WENT 10 Paris, where
we saw Paris life for a week or ten
DAYS, and saw the terrible results of
| the Commune war In the ruins
| Of a large number of the finest build.
ings of the city. Versailles, Of all
the palaces is the only q uninjured,
and is even amongst royal residences
considered the finest of them. Here
YOU r shown the Napoleon and
Josephine rooms; their carriages, ten
in number, one of which is very
grand and gorgeous, beyond cOneep- |
lion. The grounds around the palace,
with its grand park, give you an idea
OF N earthly paradise; everything is
very beautiful at Paris. We also OBJ
tanned access to the tomb of Napoleon,
which is almost worth a visit to Paris
to see, il is so magnificent and grand.
Here one can also visit the Jardin
Mabille, an exquisitely gotten up
garden, wooded and shrubberied, |
hashing with light and looking almost
like fairy grounds-al so beautiful
and where you can see the gayer va
Eieties of Paris life, with the can-can
in all its glory. From Paris we went
to Brussels, where we spent several
days very pleasantly; thence to Co
IOgne, where we visited one of the |
finest cathedrals on the continent,
where the wealth of an empire is
lavished upon some gold cases
containing the bones, etc., of the
three wise men who came to worship |
Christ, besides other relics of great
value. Also another church, st.
Ursula, emphatically a church of
skulls and bones, as the whole inside
is full of bones and skulls that are
said to be those of the eleven thou
sand virgins who accompanied st.
Ursula to Rome, and who were all
murdered by the Huns on their return
Tor refusing to break their vows of
chastity. at Cologne we took steamer
up the Rhine, which OF course came
up to my expectations of that world
celebrated river, but which my linn
tied space in this letter will not allow
me to describe, and from Mayence
went to Weisbaden, and from there to
Munich, where we enjoyed a most
delightful week in sightseeing.
Munich is certainly and peculi-
arly, an interesting city, challenging
all the other capitals Of Europe for
beauty and various objects of attrac-
ton. The Royal Palace Ito which we
had full access), with its magnificent
halls, fountains, statuary and an
tiquities; its picture galleries, with
about one thousand three hundred of
the best paintings in Europe, its
sculpture gallery, where you see an
immense variety Of ancient and mod
ern statuary; its museum, 1 think
the best I have seen; its immense
library, second in size in the world,
ali make Munich a desirable place for
one to spend a pleasant week. Here,
also, you see the largest specimen of
bronze statuary ever cast, being a
female figure, representing Bavaria,
and so large (abOut one hundred
feet in height) that seven per-
sons, besides myself, all sat
down on seats in the head alone, SO
that you can form some idea Of its
OlAlN4oACAAoa """HHr .
From Munich l went again to LOn-
don tore-sign the three and a half mil
lion of bonds issued by our cOllDany,
and then came by Antwerp, Brussels, !
Cologne, Frankfort and other places
to this place, where we have been
spending about a week or ten days
very pleasantly.
A German watering-Place is sc very
different from q Of hrs you must !
allow me to give you a description of .
which differs but little ,
rom either Wiesbaden or Baden 5
except in the waters. This I
little city is very beautiful indeed, and :
its grounds and parks are the finest l {
have seen, except at the Kew Gardens : :
IN England, and those of Yer a
in France. 1t is chiefly L
celebrated for its gambling
saloons, its cursaals, etc. The cur =
5aals lin English, conversation halls)
are grand and noble buildings, with
splendid promenade grounds in front.
OF these are found a number of
gambling saloons, furnished and deco I
-ated beautifully in regal style, which
ire filed from IL am. to IL pm. with
crowds of men and women
If all classes and conditions, all inter- ,
ningling and gambling, and where
ruin and crime are un-
pounded. Princes, dukes, barons
md lords are found here, as well as
he lower classes, all betting together. 4
front of the cursaal is grand music y
,avillion, where they have some Of
he finest bands in Germany, and
where they play every afternoon and
light to immense numbers of listeners n
nd promenaders, who all appear to
njoy the music and themselves very 81
ouch.
We expect to remain here another =
7eek or two, and then think of going
ack to England again, and perhaps
yin take a run over to Scotland and >
pend a week or two before returning.
he water here is very fine indeed; in
/ think the best l have ever seen,
nd the baths are a perfect luxury in
lemselves. l have improved so
Iuch since 1 have been upon the con-
nent, and especially since I have
cen here, that you will hardly know n
Re, as l feel about twenty years u
and my friends say look
luch better. l shall try and get home
' the LIST OF October il l can get a
Ood vessel when l get to Liverpool.
.ood MiIIoNu Woro q