Lincoln centennial number . jyOertriide \V urlnb. Half-tune plate engraved by R, \ a OLD HOUSES IN THE REICHENSTRASSE. Drawn by Gertrude Wurmb. Half-tone plate engraved by G. M. Lewis CHURCH OF ST. CATHERINE AND HENRY THE LIONS FOUNTAIN IN THE HAGEN ment. But the building has a lightnessand a hint of gaiety which remind onethat Brunswick, lying just beyond theWestphalian border, is touched by thehappy spirit of the Harz and of Thurin-gia. And one has the impulse to climbthat lofty gable among the caryatides andallegorical statues, the volutes and obe-lisks and inscriptions, to search th
Lincoln centennial number . jyOertriide \V urlnb. Half-tune plate engraved by R, \ a OLD HOUSES IN THE REICHENSTRASSE. Drawn by Gertrude Wurmb. Half-tone plate engraved by G. M. Lewis CHURCH OF ST. CATHERINE AND HENRY THE LIONS FOUNTAIN IN THE HAGEN ment. But the building has a lightnessand a hint of gaiety which remind onethat Brunswick, lying just beyond theWestphalian border, is touched by thehappy spirit of the Harz and of Thurin-gia. And one has the impulse to climbthat lofty gable among the caryatides andallegorical statues, the volutes and obe-lisks and inscriptions, to search the hori-zon for the blunt profile of the two splendid structures stand as monuments of the citys wealth in theflourishing Hanseatic days when she con-trolled the main highway to the ports ofBremen and Hamburg and symbolize as well the democraticideal that preferred poverty to 1293 the people, led by the guilds,began their fight against a tyrannousgovernment. In consequence they weredeclared aufriihrerisch, or riotous, by theHanseatic League, and were repeatedly
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