. Germany . iiderland, intersected by the Ruhr, the Lenne,Mohne,Eder,andDiemel, andbroken into numerousranges of insignificant elevation, but rich in mine-ral products : iron, zinc, lead, and, above all, , the Taunus, reaching its greatest elevationin the Feldberg, 2887 feet, is composed, like theHunnsnick, of clay slate capped with quartzose rockand micaceous slate. The Taunus throws out aspur, the Nieder Wald, which stands abruptly overthe Rhine, opposite to Bingen, and which, withthat conspicuous barbarity of taste with whichmodern Germans are afflicted, is shortly to be madehide
. Germany . iiderland, intersected by the Ruhr, the Lenne,Mohne,Eder,andDiemel, andbroken into numerousranges of insignificant elevation, but rich in mine-ral products : iron, zinc, lead, and, above all, , the Taunus, reaching its greatest elevationin the Feldberg, 2887 feet, is composed, like theHunnsnick, of clay slate capped with quartzose rockand micaceous slate. The Taunus throws out aspur, the Nieder Wald, which stands abruptly overthe Rhine, opposite to Bingen, and which, withthat conspicuous barbarity of taste with whichmodern Germans are afflicted, is shortly to be madehideous and grotesque with a colossal statue ofGermania. The Rhine valley between Mainz and Bonn istoo well known to be lengthily described. Full of 78 GERMANY. natural beauty, rich with vineyards, it is made pic-turesque as well, with ancient ruins and churchesand convents. But the present century has doneits best to disfigure this beautiful stream with gianthotels, gimcrack villas, cockney-gothic castles, and,. Old Germany. saddest of all, by defacing the venerable churchesunder pretence of restoring them. Architectureas a fine art is not only not in its infancy, but noteven in embryo in Germany, and the Rhine has
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