Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-08-27
4 KNOXVILLE CITIZEN ABROAD.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SOuef-.Frederick
the Great.


HerIin-POts'Iam-Snn SOUct--Frederick
the Great.
We give below the conclusion of an in
teresting letter from a Knoxville citizen to
friend at home, part of which has al
ready appeared in our columns
COPENHAGEN, June.23, 1873.
Berlin shows plainly the recent success
of Prussia. Many new, elegant residences
and public Improvements show that Prus-
STA feels she is one of the greatest nations
on earth. And here she has collected or
created much that is grand and beautiful.
Her streets, squares and her pal
aces are externally decorated with beautiful
statuary, monuments and groups, in
bronze and marble, rare works of art
almost as valuable to the admirer of art as
her splendid museums and galleries.
But as we have heard much and seen
nothing of palaces, where crowned kings
rule and inhabit, and as they are "open'
to strangers we will go and look through
one. 4 polite guide meets you, and put
ting on a pair of felt slippers. something
smaller than an ordinary canoe, he invites
you to do likewise and follow, while he
glides oil like skater ON ice over the pol
ished inlaid floors of wood, that look like
satin and feel like glass under your feet
Here the guide stops and explains mag
nificient vase, or piece of statuary, or paint
ing, wonderful works of art of every con-
ceivable character, in wood, metal, ivory,
canvas, marble, alabaster, CRYSTAL, gold
and precious stones, or points out and ex-
plains portraits of long lines of kings,
princes, and beautiful queens that hang
around the tapestry walls-calls
attention to the beauties of ceiling rem
dered so by frescoing, and figures of an
gels, cherubims, etc, in marble and silver,
clustering thick above you ana hanking
| from the corners. He shows you the flch
takes you even to the private rooms and
shows you elegance mixed with simplici-
| ty in which they eat and aleep as common
mortals. But all this you can better inn
agine than L can describe.
The park of Berlin is called
THE THIERGARTEN,
| ard is said to contain 500 900 acres, when,
oh when will we Mt Knoxville have one
a mile wide and three miles long, or any
other size?)
But less than an hour on a train takes
us to Potsdam, where we find beautiful
| little city almost surrounded by palaces
| We spent day here which will long be
treasured in memory. Here is the palace
| of Charlottenburg, Babelsburg, the pres
ent residence of King William, 1.-The new
! palace" now the residence of the Crown
Prince, and last, but not least, the
! " SANS SOUCI" OF FREDERICK, TIL
GREAT.
These grounds, buildings, and decora.
tons, both in the elaborate design and ex.
quisite finish, bear the marks of 'Frede
rick der Grosser.n His splendor, wealth
taste and love of art, which he felt anC
cultivated, all can be plainly seen.
The vast, well timbered parks in which
Sans Souci is situated are beautifully laiC
off and ornamented with many statue!
and groups, some on lofty columns, other
on pedestals or forming part of an elabo
rate fountain. One fountain, There ar,
many here,) throws an immense volume
of water l20 feet high. Would that ]
was able to describe Sans Souci and it,
| surroundings as 1t sits upon gently rising
hill, approached on its front by nine ter
races, up which nine flights of broad easy
marble steps, through orange and lemon
trees and flowers and statuary, brings you
to its portal, where you can get "a view o
fairy land, Voltaire, who stayed here
long while by invitation of Frederick
the Great, well called this place
"L E PARADIS DU PHILoSOPHE,"
for you look back at forest, and flowers anC
fountains. Here beautiful marble balus
trade, composed of groups of children
there colossal sphinXes, immense vases
the nine muses., Venus, Apollo, or colossal
Hernes, columns of Flora, Pomona, and
Il
sian kings, or see the cascade, waterfall
and fountains interspersed everywhere
You feel that you had never conceived al
earthly paradise so lovely as this. 1 will
not attempt to describe the magnificene,
of the interior
While the portraits were bein,
explained, 1 noticed the absenc
of that of Frederick the Great
Queen, Il forget now the name) and re
membering Muhlback's description of thi
beautiful and affectionate woman, VIII
looked and hoped so long in vain for
word or act of affection from her husband
|, l was tempted to ask where is her por
trait 4? and was answered, at is not here.
Frederick would not have it here, bu
here you can look upon the Barbarossa, G
whom l found three portraits that max
her a beautiful woman. Here again
, turned pilgrim" and brought with me
rosebud from Sans SOuci. fa. sd
Now 1 must close to study the Danes 9
COpenhagen-those fair haired Saxo
, people whose blood is largely infused int
our American people. So in NV next
will tell you something of Denmark.
! go soon to Vienna. want my mail.