Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31

and woolon and cotton goods china and olas.
ware, wonderfully decorated vases and beer
mugs of blue and yellow ware. covered with ar
propriate verses, abound. Many houSekeerer,
buy al utensils At these fairs. Ii is not Gus.
tomary for the dealers to deliver the goods. and
II is no unusual sight 10 lady and her ser.
| want entering street car with their arms flied
with pots. kettles and toys. One dsy q gentle.
man purchased table ard requested tina. il b,
taken to his home. In the evening about 1
o'clock the woman of whom be bought is an
peared. carrying the heavy piece of furniture
on her head. She had walked about two miles
in that way.
Fairs usually last three weeks. The frs,
week is devoted to wholesale, tho other two "a
retail purchases. On the last day the booths
are folded up. the goods packed and the families
mount the wagons and migrate TO another
town.
One interesting portion Of the fair is the sec
ton devoted 10 merry-yO-rounds. small thea
tiers and amusements Of various kinds. IL is a
small edition OF Coney Island. In one place tho
process of blowing glass is shown. IN another is
troop OF performing dogs or dancing feas
Pepper and honey cakes. which are lust as
good-''not to put too fine a point upon III
six weeks later, and hot waffies are sold II i
diEcui. to realize how very important fair is
to German city even in the nineteenth cen
fury.
LEIPsIcs GREAT UNIVERSITY.
On one side OF the Augustus platz stands the
Augusteun,. which is occupied by the univer-
sity. 1t is a modern building. erected in 1856.
In 1ic9, during the times Of John Huss and his
new doctrines. 1000 German students lief. the
University OF Prague in Bohemia and came to
Leips;c. From thai time on tbs university was
very Popular, and until few years AGO was
more largely attended than any other German
university. Ii is now second 70 Berlin IL ;he
number Of its students. There are about 3, 500
students, who male Leipsic lively during the
term times.
The professors and teachers number about
lI0. and include msny noted men. The death
OF Dr. Gehtsch. the great Hebrew scholar, a
couple OF years ago, was great loss 70 the uni
versity. Among the MANY learned men who
nave lectured here was :he poet Geilcrt. whose
grave is reGr the Church of 81. John.
Behind the Augas.eIn Il the house '.yur
g-ossen fcarkugei," where the room is shown
which Goethe occupied in l767-6s when a
student here. Tie library OF the university
II valuable one. containing about go 900
BOOKS nrd 1900 old manuscripts.
THE CENTER OF BOOK SELLING AND prrnI rsuISG
In book ceiling end Publishing Leipsic holds
the first place in Germany. The amour: Of its
sales Is greater than even those OF London or
Paris Ia the seventeenth century-the censor
ship az Frankfort-on-:he-aa Main. which was then
the great publishing center. became = D strict
mat lew book sellers decided to remove 10
Leipsie. The third fair or messe at Leipsic is
held Mt Easter tiEe, ard for many wears has
been entirely devoted TO booka and priuted
matter OF all kinds. In the spring messe of
1899 sixty-eight new publications were offered
By Leipsic and III by Frankfort.
Thirty-iye years later Frankfort had reduced
Its number 10 6s. whilo Leipslc gave 22I new
publications.. From that tine the book bust
ness III the latter city increased rapidly. At
present there are said to lie 500 booksellers and
publishers in the place. besides 5000 repre-
sentatives Of publishing houses in other parts
OF the country. About one-sixth Of inc books
p-oduced n Germany are printed a. Leipsic.
az well as 2'0 newspapers aud magazines.
Almost the whole OF the eastern part of the
city Is occupied by the publishing houses, and
a very interesting walk may be taken through
some OF the larger of the streets. Konigstrasse
or Querstrasse, which will give a good idea Of
the extent Of this basiness. Tie antiquarian
book stores are filed with treasures which &C.
light the lover of books
In 1875, at The Easter fair, society of book
sellers and publishers was formed which num-