. Germany;. spoil on his native city. In 1807Napoleon caused it to be conveyed to Paris, butwhen peace was concluded it was returned to itsplace in St. Marys. In the Jopen Gasse a house of many gablesbears this inscription, which many pious Germanshave adopted as a motto that finds a place in theentrance hall of their homes : Here houses strong and fair to seeWe biiild, though were only the land where we for ever shall beWe hardly build us nests. LiJBECK As the stranger arrives at Liibeck, the firstobject that meets his gaze is the Holstein stands in mute amazement at the im
. Germany;. spoil on his native city. In 1807Napoleon caused it to be conveyed to Paris, butwhen peace was concluded it was returned to itsplace in St. Marys. In the Jopen Gasse a house of many gablesbears this inscription, which many pious Germanshave adopted as a motto that finds a place in theentrance hall of their homes : Here houses strong and fair to seeWe biiild, though were only the land where we for ever shall beWe hardly build us nests. LiJBECK As the stranger arrives at Liibeck, the firstobject that meets his gaze is the Holstein stands in mute amazement at the immensityof this red-brick building. Its ponderous massis relieved by its two splendid towers, and thegraceful archway between. It is in a perfect stateof preservation, though it was standing whenLuther was a boy at school, and when Columbusdiscovered America. As we go along the streetsand look into the stationers shops, we never MARIENBURG FROM THE NOGAT The two round towers on the right flank the \^4 ON THE SHORES OF THE BALTIC 209 fail to see in any of them a postcard with thismotto : That the fairest maidens in all the land Dwell in Liibeck s acknowledged on every hand. The city must be proud of her daughters whenshe so persistently urges this claim. We find somuch to admire, so much to dehght us in streetand square, in church and market-place, that it isa moot point whether Hildesheim or Liibeck hasa right to the title, the Nuremberg of the North,to which both aspire. The market-square, with the Post-Office on theone side, St. Marys Church on the other, and theCity Hall between them, does not present suchmediaeval magnificence as the square at Hildes-heim. A visit to the City Hall and a walk roundthe aisles and chapels of St. Marys compel usto acknowledge that, if Hildesheim Square in itsoutward appearance surpasses that of this oldHansa town, it has nothing to show comparable tothe treasures which Liibeck hides. A visit to theCity Hall convinces us that this li
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