The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-01-29
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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Dec. %, '7S.
Our journey from Vienna to Munich Oc
cupied q whole day, but did not prove as
tiresoms as We expected. We anticipated
great delight in visiting the famous Art gal
leries of the city, and we we're even more
than gratifed. The "Maximilaneum we
first visited an elegant new building, and
enjoyed more than any other gallery and
Unexpectedly too, for the guide books make
no mention Of it as yet. 1t Is handsome
edi6ce recently flushed, at the extreme end
of New Maximilan-strasse. It was erected
by King Macmillan H., for the gratuitouS
reception and maintenance of such students
as have distinguished themselves in science
or art, enabling them in this way to pursue
and complete their studies. The mural
paintings we're not numerous, but all of im-
msnse size, and all striking and bright and
new The most noticeable were The Fall
of Man, The Construction Of the Pyramids,
The Crowniug of Chsrlemague at Rome,
Henry ~, st CaDossa, Battle of Leipsig,
Surrender of COrnwsllis at Yorktown, Lush-
ar before Charles ", at the Diet of Worms,
and lastly, the CrucifxiOn and Ascension.
They were sll fine, except "The Surrender,
for we did not think the picture did full
Justice to our Washington and MS brave
troops; though most of them were painted
BY Ksulbach, the celebrated frescOe artist of
Berlin. We visited the same day the Ma
tional Museum, founded also by Macmillan
IL. who seems to have done wonders for
Munich aud all Bavaria; and its citizens
have testified their appreciation aud graft
tude. by erecting on the same "stra8se,"
noble monument to his memory, the 6nest
among the very many in Munich. The first
floor of the Museum, right wing, contains
armours, weapons, musical instruments OF
every age, down to the present; in the left
wing the Ceramic collection. The twenty
nine rooms on this floor are all ornsmented
with frescoes executed by artists Of Munich
representing subjects in BaVarian history
from its commencement down to the present.
The large Hall above is filed with works of
the Renaissance, numberless GObelin tapes
tries, ETC., etc., down to the times Of Napo-
leon 1. The public buildings in Munich are
all 6ue and arranged in good order and
method; verify the Germans are wise PeO-
ple. We found thus the sculpture gallery (;
its several halls devoted first to the ancient
Grecian, then Egyptian, Etruscan, and all
the ages of sculpture down to ThOrWaldsen,
and more recent famous sculpsOrs.
OF course we visited the Kings Palace, as
all strangers do; found its entrance very
imposing, immense statues and lions on eth
or hand. GustaVus Adolphus is reported to
have said when he conquered Munich, that
he would like also to take this palace and
export it to Stockholm on wheels. 1t is
composed of three parts, the old and new,
and the Sale des Fetes, recently added by
the late king. In the old part, the most
noticeable apartments we're the bed-chambers
of Charles VII; when Napoleon occupied
these rooms he placed his camp bed nex' toe
gorgeous one we saw; in the intricate en-
broidery of which forty persons were for ten
years. constantly employed; be deeming it
too luxurious a couch for the soldier brave.
In the new part, built after the model of the
Ptti Palace at Florence, were the beautiful
Halls of Caarlemagne, containing six large
pic.ures of mis- times and life; the Hall oi
Bsrbarossa, in which also were six picture;
of his ferocjous period. Next the Hall o.
Rudolph of Hapsburg, the present founder
of the House of Austria. In the next largJ
room, called the Saloon of Beauty, were pOr
traits, thirty.six in number, of beautiful
women, Lola Montez among them. In ye
another Hall, fourteen battle scenes frou
1906 to 1915. Ia the new portion, tn
crown-rOom is conspicuous and grand, sdOrn
ed with golden bronze statues, heroic size
from Ohio l., to Charles XII, Of Sweden