. Helen on her travels: what she saw and what she did in Europe . ederick Perthes ? Hewas a very good German man, and had an excellentwife, and a book has been written about them in Ger-man and English. Their sons and daughters live inGotha, and papa goes to their houses. Papa and mamma go often to a great many placeswhere I cant go, and I cant tell you about them, be- 158 HELEN ON HER TRAVELS. cause I dont see for myself. There have been somevery nice concerts which I have not heard, and therehas been a great fair or something of that kind, whichI have not seen. I did nt want to go, for I was
. Helen on her travels: what she saw and what she did in Europe . ederick Perthes ? Hewas a very good German man, and had an excellentwife, and a book has been written about them in Ger-man and English. Their sons and daughters live inGotha, and papa goes to their houses. Papa and mamma go often to a great many placeswhere I cant go, and I cant tell you about them, be- 158 HELEN ON HER TRAVELS. cause I dont see for myself. There have been somevery nice concerts which I have not heard, and therehas been a great fair or something of that kind, whichI have not seen. I did nt want to go, for I was afraidof the noise of the guns. Mamma went, and she sawall kinds of playthings, and all kinds of cakes, and allkinds of people, I should think, from what she said. Yesterday I saw Prince Alfred at the palace is Queen Victorias son, and is going to be thenext Duke here. He was standing at his chamberwindow, and I wanted to sing God save the Queen,but I djd nt know the words. Ha looks like a niceyoung man. Perhaps this will be my last letter from Goth HELEN ON HER TRAVELS. 159 Forty-Second Letter. Cousin Susie: Last night I was in my little bed in Gotlia, and to-night we are in a great hotel. The reason I write sosoon again is, because I am afraid I shall forget someof the things I want to say, if I do nt tell them now. I entirely forgot to write anything about the oldpalace in Gotha, and now it is too late. I can justtell you something about the size of it, or rather whatis in it, and then you can judge what a great buildingit must be. Besides the great church which is in onecorner of it, there are great libraries, and halls full ofcollections of coins, and of animals and birds, and gal-leries of paintings and statues, and apartments whereprinces families live, and offices, and splendid hallsfitted up for the Duke to live in if he wishes to, androoms without number for his servants. Wouldntyou think it must be large ? Papa says if we should ever visit G
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