. Germany;. house, where on wet days he was wontto sport and play. In another building we find a Bismarck is filled with the gifts of monarchs, popes, princes,and peasants. A ponderous tome has been issueddescribing this store of treasures. Statesmen likeGladstone and Beaconsfield, Cleveland and Grant,Rosebery and Motley, are represented by autographportraits. Some one gave him the chair on whichNapoleon III. sat, as he surrendered at Doncherynear Sedan. Another person presented the deskon which Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declarationof Independence. Mirabile dictu, the workingmen of
. Germany;. house, where on wet days he was wontto sport and play. In another building we find a Bismarck is filled with the gifts of monarchs, popes, princes,and peasants. A ponderous tome has been issueddescribing this store of treasures. Statesmen likeGladstone and Beaconsfield, Cleveland and Grant,Rosebery and Motley, are represented by autographportraits. Some one gave him the chair on whichNapoleon III. sat, as he surrendered at Doncherynear Sedan. Another person presented the deskon which Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declarationof Independence. Mirabile dictu, the workingmen of Leith sent him a gold chronometer. Thisshows that all men admire power, and recognisea man when they find him. The gifts are sointeresting that tourists from all lands will yet beattracted to the Museum at Schonhausen. Bremen Bremen, the home of the North German LloydSteamship Company, is an ancient as it is a BREMEN—MARKET-PLACE With Town Hall and St. Marys Church. On theright the entrance to the ON THE SHORES OF THE BALTIC 219 progressive city. It possesses the most famousfigure of Roland, that emblem of justice andjudgment. The Town Hall is no less Fantasies in the Bremen Cellar hascarried its name to the ends of the earth. Therethe casks called The Twelve Apostles yield thecostliest wine the world holds. In the old town we find many evidences of itsnotable history. The ring wall of the fortificationshas been transformed into a garden park rich withshrubs and blossoming flower-beds. Beyond thisring we find the magnificent mansions of thepatricians, and what is still more interesting, thecottage home, or one family house, as Germanssay, for the artisan. Bremen has twelve hundred years of authentic history. It is a commonwealth in itself, having all the privileges of self-government. The prosperity of the city dates from the time when the wise foresight of Dr. Johann Schmidt founded Bremerhaven to serve as the seaport of Bremen. Then the pulse of com
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