The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-14
SOME NEW BOOKS.
rhe Prussians In Germnny.

VINO puDleneu 81 year an account OF uip 10
Berlin. has written another book, which has
proved equally successful Ia France aud on the
sentiment, Les PrttSiens en- Auem1gne paris,
l578). This second work. which aims more espe-
cially to picture the actual condition Of things
IN the nominal kingdom Of tvdria, has already
gone through ten editions since ITS issue
IN Januafy. II Is clear that Bavaria Is looked
upon IN Europe just now as a somewhat impor-
tant factor In the new imperial economy. IL H.
moreover, the home Of Wagner and DGllinRer.
1issot Is always an entertaining and at times
IN instructive writer having n quick eye ior
local coloring and knack Of describing "ha
he sees with a few strokes OF the pen In MS
run BY rail from Paris to Munich he Jots down
freely impressions gathered by the waysiue'
His first peep is at saatbruck, where, at tho
opening Of the war In 1870, Field Marshal Moltke
was enabled to draw up his "hordes" under
soyer of the sombre and mysterious forests en-
eircling that strategic point. Or course u was
On objectionable blunder on the part OF the
French generals not to have reconnoitred aud
upmasked those hordes; but they were too
busy smoking cigarettes, guzzling champagne,
and amusing themselves as at frolic-wth
Marshal lie Buuf at their head and Emperor
Napoleon Ill. at their tail. This little
nght at Slarbruck, ridculously magniaed
by the winners, was made by the Germans
Of hatred against France that has gone on in-
ere sing, until now, in travelling through the
Sutherland, even a Ffenchman Is at first aston
ished at the intense hatred harbored by the con-
querors for the conquered, though he soon
readily perceives the cause OF 1t all Is y rusal
OF school books, almanacs novels newspapers
songs, and speeches. Looking at the various
lines OF railway which, starting from the Rhlne
fortresses, concentrate at Saarbruck and
Treves, one seems, he says, to he assisting at
the invasion Of swarm OF reptiles iuccssantly
lifting their threatening heuds toward France, to
say no hing II Belgium and Switzerland. The fact
Il, Germany, since the war, has appropriated Inn
mense sums for the building Of strategical rail-
WAYS; at present she has ouly one thousand
miles Of running RAILWAYS less than Great
Britain. The Prussian authorities run all the
RAILWAYS of the empire. Locomotives, coaches,
special employees wearing a special uniform,
form part of the imperial army as much as
Krupp's guns or the grand STAFF Itself; and for
the employees railway service counts just like
army service. The railroad battaliOns number
1000 men; and Ia case Of mobilization Of the
army, men aud locomotives must be ready at an
hours notice.
Worms Is the city OF the Nibelungen, Charlie.
magne, and luther, crowned with the crown Of
poetry. history, and religion. Luther's monu-
ment II one OF the finest modern ones I'm the
land. Still Worms Is silent and sud, as oecome IS
her memories Of the past, and the citizens fit
shyly ana hastily about the streets as though
they did not wish to be disturbed or even seen.
II is a city OF the Middle Ages, displaying no
little of the picturesque and decorative beauty
of that period. In travelling on German rail-
ways, those who desire to learn the inner
life OF the natives had always better take the
third-class coaches, and not the first, which are
almost exclusively patronized by swell Ameri-
cans, English, aud Russians. There are fourth =
elass coaches also, but they are too dirty
for comfortable use. Neii her is II well to
lodge in nrst-class hotels, II any special intla-
tion into the thoughts, occupations, Joys, and
sunerinrs of the people Is aimed at. In
third-cllss inns one Is thrown among trades
men, phillstines, drummers and bummers,
small proprietors, and needy professors,
Who discuss their own Interests, the national
grandeur, the high price OF sauerkrlut, the
abasement OF France, .Tesuts, mechanical spits
Richard Wagner, the Fit Islands, the immor-
tality Of the soul, the Berlin opera ballet, tile
newspapers, and everything else except Elm
peror william md Prince Bismarck, who are
known to be sacred in the eyes OF the law an
the police. Notwithstanding the melancholy
exterior OF Worms, Il has several small inns
and II duly sent it, deputaton OF warriors To
selebrate the unycflng of the statue of Her
mann Last summer nj Detmold "Onaor tbcse
varriors.' remarks Tis,ot. WHOM I asked II he
had been present at that jubilee, opened a beau
Nful big mouth OF krupp propou ons, and re-
piled; WAS | there2 OF course | WAS, and
what a fete, what a fete We drank tlns of
beer, and lad to camp out In the streets for lack
OF lodgings: but we consoled ourselves by dane
ing around our fires and singing:
.was kriecht da in dem Bu,eh herum2
lch rlauo es lst Napolum
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