New-York tribune., 1878-03-29
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THE BRIDE OF THE RHINE BY GEORGE F. WARNe'
jr l2mo. 312 James II. Osgood q Co.
The valley of the Mosel whose peaceiui
beauty has presented seductive charm to the magma
zion of the author furnishes the theme for this dehsh
fui volume. For nearly two hundred miles, the tower
ing hilsides OF that romantic country. with It's fertile
and well cultivated meadows afford an ATTRACTIVE SPEC
tacle OF pure and uninterrupted Old World ne No'
only the market places but the Streets the shOps e
fields the country roads breathe the air OF prmeVA
antiquity. The people the descendants OF the Vi
iage peasantsof the Gothic age. They ttl live win
Gothic simplicity aud frugalhy In the 9uaint
oid-fashioned houses, which string the shores
OF their beautiful river. With an education oo-
yond the standard of the New England WORK
ing people, they find the complete satisi"c.'on
Of their modest desires in the peacefni haoiS
and sweet content of village life, The Mosei mas oe
IN their affections as If It living person 1heS
never speak OF 1t as the river" the stream 'he
WATER but always as "the MOsel" They WASH IN 'ne
Mosel they Ash In tl MOse they row on the Mose iI
all their relations with il, they held IL III ts
light The Rhine a river brook is BROOK Du' WIG
Mosel is always the Mose." The famous Mose Wiie
was naturally an object of interest with the author anu
he rives many curious details with regard TO It's manu-
fsctlre aud the cultivation Of the grape His Journey
wss before the commencement OF the vintage al "N'
time no one not even the proprietor himself Is permit
ted TO enter the vineyards The gathering OF tue grape is
decided by vote of the commune, TO owner however
In quality at different spots OH the same hillside
The soil suited 20 the Mosel Crane is deep
mass Of bits OF slate through which the roots penetrate 10
great depth. and which supposed TO have pecu-
liar power of absorbing and retaining heat Anmai ma
nure is used in considerable quantity but the fense o.
slate Quarries is supposed TO possess the greatest ell
cacy The vines continue in fi bearing from sixty to
sixty-fve years. while those along the Rhine are ex
hausted IN twenty-five thirty years The vine or me
best years derives It's peculiar value from the poF
quet" In point Of chemical composition or whoie
someness as beverage, the wines Of the bad years ana
OF the good years very much ALIKE II is the dehca
of favor that marks the wide difference between the
two products the affections of the epicuTe We get
very little of the best MOsel wine in this country ana
that only at very high cost gallon OF wine that Is
worth dollars and half in the cask doubles It's cost
before bottng by the accumulation OF various charges
1t eau hardly be bought in Germany for less thnn
two dollars and hall or three dollars a bottle ana
of course such wine cannot sold 10y the sngs bottle
in America for less than five dollars that IN ract
the more delicate Mose wines rarely found in our
restaurants. The wine sold in this country as "Spark
ling Mosee 4" is really vile compound produced py
chemical manipulation OF the nearly worthless wines 0i
the bad years The common Of the country which
is drawn from the wood and bottled onyas Is brought
to the table, is described wholesome aud excellent
beverage and sold at low price that the drinking
Of beer is general custom The journey OF which
this volume the ripened fruit performed IN row
boat MOse describing course of 200 miles on
that quaint river, and furnishing the author with co
GUS materials fer his graphic and effective sketches
Few books of foreign travel depict faithfully the In
terror of German life the features OF local scenery and
the primitive habits and character OF the people The
volume ia enriched with collection Of the legends of
the Mosel, by the author and with memoir Of Auso
MUS and trausaOns from his old Latin poem, III which
he celebrates the charms Of the Mosel by the Rev.
Charles T. Brooks The excellent Illustrations of the
work greatly enhance the interest of the lcterpress
descriptions.