. Germany;. cene, and learnto know more of the heart of the Saxon journey down the Elbe presents Dresden fromanother point of view. At first we are greeted bya softer landscape. Then suddenly Meissen risesfrom the river bank and climbs the hillside. Abovethe town the Albertsburg with the Cathedral seemslike a mighty lion keeping watch and ward. TheCathedral is filled with memorials of prince-bishops, who ruled with a rod of iron when the oldchurch dominated the Hfe of man from the cradleto the grave. Many Saxon princes have foundtheir last resting-place within its hallowed v
. Germany;. cene, and learnto know more of the heart of the Saxon journey down the Elbe presents Dresden fromanother point of view. At first we are greeted bya softer landscape. Then suddenly Meissen risesfrom the river bank and climbs the hillside. Abovethe town the Albertsburg with the Cathedral seemslike a mighty lion keeping watch and ward. TheCathedral is filled with memorials of prince-bishops, who ruled with a rod of iron when the oldchurch dominated the Hfe of man from the cradleto the grave. Many Saxon princes have foundtheir last resting-place within its hallowed view from the terrace, as you bend over tosee the Elbe with its coal barges, and its shipsfilled with corn and wine and the famous wool ofSaxony, is a feast for the eyes. A visit to the royal porcelain factory is inter-esting and highly instructive. To see the trans- MEISSEN FROM THE ELBE The greater part of the town has behind the finepile of the Albrechtsburg and the latel_v restoredand completed IN SAXONY 165 formation of the fine clay in the hands of theskilful potter; to see it pass through the artistshands and then into the oven to be tried withfire; to watch as the fiery trial brings out thedesign in form and colour and makes it fit for itsplace on my ladys tea-table, is at once a greatprivilege and pleasure. This crowns our sojournin the Saxon capital. After Dresden we turn to Leipzig. This is thethird city of the Empire. It can boast of a splendidUniversity with many illustrious professors, andmany notable names on the roll of its famous fairs and its publishing-houses shouldmake it dear to the heart of every lover of a long period it was the most renownedmusical centre in all the world, and so continuedtill Vienna and Berlin overshadowed it. It hadfamous directors like Schumann and Mendelssohn,and gave birth to Richard Wagner, the greatest ofthem all. It is the seat of the Supreme Court ofthe German Empire, and has thus a high positi
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