A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . fine public buildingsare grouped, the general effect is quite equalto anything they have in Paris, but somehowit has a **nouveau riche* look about it. Saturday, September 20. This morning we went to the Art Museumto see the Hildesheim Silver Treasure, afamous collection of Roman plate, that datesfrom the time of Augustus Caesar. It wasdiscovered in 1868 near the foot of Galgen-berg at Hildesheim. As it did not take longto look over these relics of the past, we wenton to the National Gallery, which containsa large collection of
A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . fine public buildingsare grouped, the general effect is quite equalto anything they have in Paris, but somehowit has a **nouveau riche* look about it. Saturday, September 20. This morning we went to the Art Museumto see the Hildesheim Silver Treasure, afamous collection of Roman plate, that datesfrom the time of Augustus Caesar. It wasdiscovered in 1868 near the foot of Galgen-berg at Hildesheim. As it did not take longto look over these relics of the past, we wenton to the National Gallery, which containsa large collection of modern paintings,mostly by German Artists. In the afternoonwe went to the Emperor Frederick Museum,which contains pictures by Old Masters ofthe German, Italian, French and Spanishschools. While I was in one of the cabinetslooking at some Dutch pieces, I heard a buz-zing noise and on looking out of the window,saw a large Zeppelin Airship passing overthe building. Sunday, September 21. Went to Mass this morning at St. Hed-wigs Catholic Church, which I am told was.
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