Year: 1875

acted for tho perfect music and admirable pleasure
grounds az Baden Baden. And he has largely adyer
tsed the advantages Of the place aud its curative
waters. Ina word, Goringer IN King of Rippodsau
And il ~ not constitutional monarchy Herr
G6ringer has no rival the throne and this fact
His Serene Highness ought to have known, has
been fatal to the place. II s an undeniaby pretty
spot, and seems to have all the requisites for a
happy valley The woods that cotle the sides Of
the hills glorious. There is an opportune turn
in the valley which seems 10 shut ont
the happy kingdom of Herr G0ringer from
the outside world with all its cares and
troubles Peace seems TO brood over the place.
And AL save the spirit OF uan is diyine~ But,
alas II cannot be ted that tho spirit of King
Goringer is IN any appreciable degree divine. OF
course his object in doing a great deal for the
place has been 10 do great deal more for himself
And small blame 10 him, as Paddy says. Only qai
"a picHO, rd lontdHo, the Italian provcrb has IT,
And il cannot be said that in the work Of fortune.
making the King of Rppoldsau goes piano az all
If only Rippoldsau, like Brentford, had two kings,
all would he well. A little wholesome competition
would put all to rights. As il is, those who do not
like charges for exceedingly bad rooms very out
rageOusy in of the usual price of good ones
in places of far higher preensUn, may pass the night
under the trees of the noble which occupies
/
that amount of accommodation should be permitted
to them by the autOcrat, which | think very
doubtful. These who do not like to have
their food placed before them by Herr G0ringers
overwoTkcd walters very much after tie fashion IN
which hogs wash is thrown to pigs may abstain
from food. Those who object TO having their uneS-
amined bills thrust in at the carriage windows as
they are departing despite all solicitations and de-
mands and those who, paving their bills IN such
fashion, receive short change as the horses of the
post-omnibus move from the door, may shake the
dust of their feet as they 90; but they have no re-
dress. The one favorable circumstance is that there
does exist a post-omnbus, which runs down the val
ley to meet the railway. Were il not for this 1t Is


impossible to say how escape from the realm Of King
G0ringcr could be effected For all the carriages as
everything else at Rippoidsau, belong to Herr
GGriuger; and in application to be furnished
with one at an enormous price to proceed on our way
nortliward was met by the most decisive refusal


But for that blessed omnibus, We should have felt
ourselves 10 be very much in the position of the sub


jects of Brigham Young at salt Lake City. In a
word every provision made for the comfort and
pleasure of the visitors to this happy valley is poor


mean stinted and insufficient. AID charming az
Nature has made the place, an sure l am doing
good deed in saying to all who may be wandering III
this part of the world " Don't go to Rippoldsau@ y


have performed my promise OF warning travellers
of a spot TO which they should not 1t Is the more
important of the two things which l undertook IN
the heading TO this letter. But find that have
been so long about il that must defer till another
letter my promise that would indicate a spot, not
so well known as not to be new 10 most English and
Americans, which can very confidently recommend
them 10 visit. T. ADOLPHUs TRoLLOPE.