. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. istrict, if we except Professor Bethman Hollwegs show-box atRheineck, where the forms and arrangements which, without force of language, are, beyond allothers, mystically ecclesiastic, have been pressed into the service of modern domestic luxury. Thetwin spires of the church at Geissenheim, an object of much admiration, are a minikin attemptat the spire of Strasburg Minster. The chapel recently patched on to the princely castle of theRheinstein, is as frivolous and piccolo as if it had been modelled for a presse papier, or the
. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. istrict, if we except Professor Bethman Hollwegs show-box atRheineck, where the forms and arrangements which, without force of language, are, beyond allothers, mystically ecclesiastic, have been pressed into the service of modern domestic luxury. Thetwin spires of the church at Geissenheim, an object of much admiration, are a minikin attemptat the spire of Strasburg Minster. The chapel recently patched on to the princely castle of theRheinstein, is as frivolous and piccolo as if it had been modelled for a presse papier, or the cotton-boxof one of the indefatigable tapestry-working fraiilein with whom the land abounds. Little lessfelicitous appears to me the eking-out and substitutions at the Stolzenfels. Nor is it captious tocall attention to these, since the mania for building in critical situations seems spreading. Wehear that Godesberg is to be repaired, and put in habitable order ; and that the Katz above has found a purchaser bent upon its beautification. BONN, 137. BONN. HOTELS. The Star Hotel, by M. Hotel Belle Vue. CHIEF THINGS TO BE SEEN IN BONN. The University, formerly the Palace of theArchbishop of Cologne. Prince Albert waseducated here. The Frescoes in the Hall of the University, executed by the pupils of Cornelius, and repre-senting the four learned Faculties— Theology,Philosophy, Jurisprudence, and Medicine. The Museum of Popplesdorf. The Munster Church. The Statue of Beethoven. The neighbourhood of Bonn has severalspots worthy a visit, particularly Godesburg,Nonnenwerth, the Drachenfels, Rolandseck,and the Valley of the Ahr. 138 THE RHINE BOOK. The University of Bonn,being the chief point of interest in the place,some particulars of the institution, condensedfrom a volume on the subject by a Memberof the Middle Temple, may find place learned corporation (of which the King ofPrussia is the great patron) consists of, 1s
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