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Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877, by Various
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Title: Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877
Author: Various
Release Date: August 2, 2009 [EBook #29575]
Language: English
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LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE
OF
POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.
AUGUST, 1877.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
VOL. XX.
DOWN THE RHINE.
CONCLUDING PAPER.
[Illustration: CASTLE OF ELTZ.]
Coblenz is the place which many years ago gave me my first associations with the Rhine. From a neighboring town we often drove to Coblenz, and the wide, calm flow of the river, the low, massive bridge of boats and the commonplace outskirts of a busy city contributed to make up a very different picture from that of the poetic "castled" Rhine of German song and English ballad. The old town has, however, many beauties, though its military character looks out through most of them, and reminds us that the Mosel city (for it originally stood onl
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877
by Various Authors