A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . hundred andthirty reliefs, it contains the tomb of theartist and many of his personal , as if to add solemnity and dignity, itstands close to the Slot Christiansborg onthe Palace-island. Of the statues of godsand goddesses from Greek mythology, Ishall refrain from criticism, for most ofthem are casts or copies by pupils. Thenumerous portrait busts are very interestingand anyone can see that they are well exe-cuted. Some of the small reliefs are alsopleasing. Of the collection of paintings byfellow artists the les
A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . hundred andthirty reliefs, it contains the tomb of theartist and many of his personal , as if to add solemnity and dignity, itstands close to the Slot Christiansborg onthe Palace-island. Of the statues of godsand goddesses from Greek mythology, Ishall refrain from criticism, for most ofthem are casts or copies by pupils. Thenumerous portrait busts are very interestingand anyone can see that they are well exe-cuted. Some of the small reliefs are alsopleasing. Of the collection of paintings byfellow artists the less said the better, forprobably the master was guided in the selec-tion more by feelings of friendship and char-ity than by his artistic judgment. Thursday, September 4. Walked over to the Slotsholm or Palace-island jto see the Christiansborg Palace, orig-inally built by Christian VI., in I733-I745>but burned down in 1794 and again in 1907 it has been undergoing restora-tion after plans by Thorv Jorgensen. Wewalked around to the chief fagade, which. J A SUMMER IN NORTHERN LANDS 133 fronts east, but found it hidden behind scaf-folding. Opposite this front is the Ex-change, a picturesque building in the DutchRenaissance style, with numerous gables anda tower one hundred and sixty-seven feethigh, the upper part of which is formed byfour dragons with entwined tails that cork-screw up until they end in a flame-like our walk we passed the RoyalLibrary and Arsenal, finally coming aroundto the rear entrance to the court of the pal-ace, where we turned in and found ourselvesnear the stables. There were some fairlygood-looking horses that were being ledabout the court by grooms in scarlet liveries,but there was nothing else worthy of of horses reminds me, they arenot numerous here, but It Is remarkable howmany people In this town, men, women andchildren, still use bicycles. There is a con-stant stream of people mounted on thempassing our hote
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