Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-04-26

terested while travelling here TO zee tn,
countless numbers Of tall pine trees cover
ing the mountain sides, extending righi
down to the bottoms of deep valleys
These trees are cared for by the govern
| ment, and when piece of land 10 deuu
ded Of Its trees their places must be sup
| piled with new ones, consequently one no
ilces trees of all sizes, from the tall Riants
| down to those of not more than twelve
| inches In height; and bis style of arbori-
| culture obtains throughout Germany. At.
ter leaving Zwicksn, an important town
where there are no less than eighty coal
mines and perfect army of miners, We
arrive ct Reichenbach, and Q nttls fur
ther on at Hof; passing through many
dark rsvines and winding valleys, we
stop at Rstisbonne In Bavaria. Here In
very ancient times the Romans pitched
their camp, calling the place "Castra
Bona" This ia 9 fine city of forty thou
sand people, and Possesses many objects
of great interest.
The great cathedral whose foundations
were laid in 1875. Is q magnificent struc.
ture, and Is filled with very many objects
Of interest and great beauty.
The old Benedictine convent of Saint
Emmeran was built as long ago as $50 A.
D. Quite q number of old ohafohss amply
repay inspection.
Eiohstast. pretty little village nesting
In the hills, is on the direct line to Nu-
Mich. Eichstaat was Q seat of bishopric
founded as long ago as TAO BY Saint VIII
bald, the intimate friend of Saint Boni.
face. We passed many high hills on the
tops Of which are built enormous castles
or burghs, which In the olden days were
centers of towns.
First the burgh was built upon q COM
msnding eminence and then followed the
construction CT houses and homes right
under the shadow of the protecting burRh,
then came the massive walls and deep,
broad mosts with their Indispensable draw.
bridges. These old age e-blsckened burghs,
with the towns nesting closely to them,
remind me of the very old Dutch paint
ings where the mother hen is 80 often rep
resented with her numerous chicks safely
ensconced beneath the protecting vinge.
Many true tales Of great interest could be
narrated, In which these old mediaval
burghs have been mute witnesses In the
days of the robber knights. Prison tow
ers, deep wells, subterranean passages and
torture chambers in many instances still
remain to tell of mans inhumanity to man.
In due course We arrived at Munich, the
capital city Of Bavaria; q magnificent city
of two hundred and seventy five thousand
inhabitants, situated on an extensive plain
interseoted by the river Isar, that same
river which In the reading book of our ear
ly school days was "the Issw flowing rap
idly" and it does rush and tumble over
itself fesrfully, reminding US of the rush-
ing of the arrowy Rhorice at Geneva.
This beautiful city was built, or rather its
foundation was laid, by Henry the Lion In
1853. 1t is q celebrated center of art W.
ing with Dresden in Possessing many pal
aces filled with many priceless gems of art.
The Royal library contains more than
one million volumes and thirty Thousand
manuscripts. In this library is the f'Ce-
dex Parpurens" of the ninth century, Q
purple parchment with letters of silver
and gold, the extract Of the code of Theo-
dosius the Great, made about the year 500
In Spain by order of Alsric, king of the
Wisigoths.
Here are kept very many parcbments or
documents of very great antiquity and of
priceless value.
Here Is preserved the ancient Koran on
parchment with letters of gold. The
"Heures de Msximillisn," with marginal
references or designs by Cranslt and A.
Duerer, Is alone worth a kingdom, to say
nothing of the "Codex Aurens," manu-
script with golden capitals, composed In
$40 by order of Charles the Bald; bound
10 repousse gold, covered with precious
stones and pearls.
- Time will not permit me to tell of the
many valuable AM interesting documents
and parchments preserved in this msgnii-
cent library.
The National museum Ia one of the
finest In Europe, containing very many OBJ
jsots of art and curiosity, In fact the mind
is we'll nigh bewildered In beholding the
many objects collected in nearly one hun
dred rooms The bropzas of Vischer and
the ivory carvings are very beautiful, and
one could nnger for days studying their
delicate intrioacies, carvings In gold, sill
Yer, wood, iron and stone, tapestries with
gorgeous designs, ancient Roman mossics
and an infinite collection of ancient srmor
and weapons, together form q most inter-
esting and priceless collection.
The admission to this museum, ss well
ss to the great picture galleries and other
art treasures, is free to all, thus the hum
blest citizen can avail himself of these in
calculsole advantages. 1t Is always o
pleasure to me to zee boys of fourteen OF
sixteen years of age intently studying the
paintings, sculptures and various works of
art to be seen here and in other European
cities. II cannot but have q refining iDha-
ence on all who make a study of such OBJ
jects of art; to the youth of both sexes 1t
is of special advantage.
am stopping In the "Csrolina Platz, i"
situated in the center of which is q besuti-
ful bror "a obslisk, erected to the memory
of the thirty thousand Bavsrians who were
slain in the Russian war From this plstz
radlate six broad svenu ues, on one of which
are built the old and the new Pinskotheck.
These are the magnificent picture galleries
for which Munich Is 30 justly celebrated.
The old Pinskotheck contains twelve large
halls and twenty three cabinets (or smaller
hslls) filled with nearly two thousand old
paintings arranged in chronological order.
Rubens, Raphael, Duerer, Cranach, Muril
10. Holbsin, Rembrandt, Vohlegemuth aud
| very many other celebrated artists are well
represented here.
The works of Rubsns fill q very large
hall, and his masterpieces are always tur
rounded by q multitude of ardent wor
shippers.
| Van Dyck, Tenniers, Millst, Riberia
Claude Lorraine and Vernet are splendidiy
represented, and one never wearies study
ing tkeir beautiful productions.
Here are represented the various eehools
viz Rhenish, old German. Datch, Flem
ish, italian, Spanish aud French, and
many artists and students are to be seeI
here copying and studying the merits ot
their fsvorite school. Connected with tbi
art gallery is q cabinet of epgravipss con
tanning over three hundred Thousand sn
cravings and twenty Ave Thousand draw
ines and designs.
In this same building IL q valuable col
lection of Grecisn and Gtruscsn vases fill
ing NO less than hve large halls. Nesrl,
two thousand vases are to be sesn here
some of which are over four Thousand
years old; 1t is one of the most interesting
| collections in Europe
The new Pinakotheek is very near tn
cold, ;" 1t Ia a lovely Grecisn temple con
tanning nearly thirty rooms filed will
beautiful modern pictures exquisite in con
ception and of superb execution; there 81
seven or eight hundred of these. ''Ssn
Before the Corpse OF Wsllenstein," "Thu
sueldt Led In Triumph by Germanicus,
''The Dsluge" and "The Destruction of Js
rusalem" are powerful pictures.
1t would be Q pleasure to roam for day
through these halls, feasting on the besu
tiful works which attract so many admin
era. In this same building Ia q co,lectio
of porcelain paintings, some three hun
dred specimens; they are copies from oil
masterpieces of the old Pinskotheck, oil
jects of unrivalled execution and beauty
The ant!e uarium on the parterre of th!
| same building consists Of some half dozs
halls containing specimens In gold, silvei
marble and bronze of Egyptian, Grecia
and Roman art.
The Glyptoteck is very large Ionl
temple with many rooms, In which are sl
ranged no lesa than four hundred objec
of Egyptian, Assyrian and Romsn art.