. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . CASTLE IN RHINE LAND. THE RIVER OF STORY AND SONG. 19 Barbarossa and Frederick the Great added lustre to its growing his-tory, and Napoleon gave a yet deeper coloring to its thrilling scenes. When the Northern nations shattered the Roman power, peopleimagined that the dismantled castles of the Rhine became the abodesof mysterious beings: spirits of the rocks, forests, fens; strange. TOWER OF RUDESHEIM ON THE RHINE. maidens of the red marshes ; enchanters, demons ; the streams werethe abodes of lovely water nymphs; the glens of the
. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . CASTLE IN RHINE LAND. THE RIVER OF STORY AND SONG. 19 Barbarossa and Frederick the Great added lustre to its growing his-tory, and Napoleon gave a yet deeper coloring to its thrilling scenes. When the Northern nations shattered the Roman power, peopleimagined that the dismantled castles of the Rhine became the abodesof mysterious beings: spirits of the rocks, forests, fens; strange. TOWER OF RUDESHEIM ON THE RHINE. maidens of the red marshes ; enchanters, demons ; the streams werethe abodes of lovely water nymphs; the glens of the woods, of delight-ful fairies. Into these regions of shadow, mystery, of heroic history, of moralconflicts and Christian triumphs, it is always interesting to go. It is 20 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN LANDS. especially interesting to the American traveller, for his form of Chris-tianity and republican principles came from the Rhine. Progress tohim was cradled on the Rhine, like Moses on the Nile. In the Rhinelands Luther taught, and Robinson of Leyden lived and prayed; andfrom those lands to-day comes the great emigration that is peoplingthe golden empire of America in the West. I would be proud of theRhine were I a German, said Longfellow. I love rivers, saidVictor Hugo; of all rivers I prefer the Rhine. It is our purpose in this story-telling volume to relate why theZigzag Club was led to make the Rhine the subject of its winterevening
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