The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1891-01-07

/ NiOuN' uAuhlSl IL IL very udnQSOInt
city of about 100000 inhabitants,
and possessed of innumerable~ at
fractions for a summer or winter
sojourn. One Of these is the SUI
perior musical entertainments, vocal
and instrumental, which may be
had for small sum- l do no re-
member ever to have attended a
better instrumental soiree than one
held in Munich last week. These
people, as whole, take the greatest
interest in these entertainments and
they are we'll patronized. Another
attraction of Munich is the great
collections of paintings and statuary
to be found in its art galleries.
Many of the best works of Rubens
and Raphael are to be seen there,
and they are amsng the most highly
priced treasures of the city. | shall
not enter upon so extensive task
as the giving even of a list of these
great works, but will tell your read
ers~of a pleasant little surprise met
with in a quiet part of the suburbs.
L walked into a bronze foundry
where figures were cast, and where
| had heard the great statue of
Bavaria, which stands in a promi
nent part of the city, had been made.
On entering the large apartment
connected with the foundry, in
which were kept the plaster models
of all the work turned out ofthe in
stitution, | saw before me strange
ly familiar figure, or group of
figures. 1T consisted of circle of
several colossal plaster casts of men
of very familiar form and counte-
nance, while in the middle rose, on |
a higher pedestal, a gigantic figure
of superb soldier mounted on a /
prancing horse. In an instant | !
recognized before me the celebrated |
group of bronze statues which stand |
In our capitol square in Richmond |
General Washington on horseback,
as fine an equestrian statue as can
be seen anywhere, surrounded by
Mason, Henry, Jefferson, Lewis,
Marshall, and Nelson, six of the
immortal heroes of the earliest
period of our national history. | !
instantly took off my hat and stood |
bareheaded before the figures of the
illustrious dead, while a thrill of
honest pride passed through me in |
the thought that these were my
countrymen. Ever since those noble
works of art, which adorn the capi-
tai city of Virginia, were cast in the
Munich foundry, many years ago,
they have kept these plaster models
on exhibition as the finest speci-
mems of their work. We saw them
engaged on an equestrian figure of
the great Emperor Wilhelm l.,
which promises TO be a master piece
of its kind.
From Munich we came on towards
Paris by way of Augsburg. This
old cityw too historic to be passed
by, so we tarried there for a brief
visit. 1t is one of the quaintest
towns in Germany, having preserved
its ancient landmarks and the six
teenth century style of buildings
more thoroughly than most other
continental places. The newer por-
tions are extremely handsome, and
one street would grace we'll the bril-
liant capital of France, but i'm the
older section of the town, about the
cathedral, and the building i'm
which Luther and Melancthon pre-
scnted to the diet of The Empire
the famous Augsburg Confession,
which has been ever since the prin-
cipal Coc'rnal standard of the
Lutheran Church, one might well
imagine himself to be cotcmpor
airy of the Reformers, and that all
this great nineteenth century world
was but a dream.
One thing which struck me very
forcibly was the uniform courtesy
of the inhabitants The people of
Germany are as polite TO strangers
as thoseo any country, but i'm Augs-
burg they seem peculiarly So, TAX
ing the trouble to show one the way
to any point of interest for which he
may be inquiriug, and with
genuine kindness which shows H.
self i'm their whole manner. There
are at least two sorts of poliiencss-
one of superficial and solfcou-
scious character, and the other pro-
Cecding from a real Kindness of
heart German courtesy is of the
latter sort, and inevitably prcpos-
sesses one jim favor of the people of
the great empire of central Europe.
1T Will not be amiss to say that