Letters from Switzerland

Letters from Switzerland

Climbing the UtlebergFat woman on a donkeyFirst Alpine viewThe valley, lake and hillsHaunts of Lavater, Zimmerman, Klopstock, GessnerThe work of EscherComing DownBaur HotelLake ZurichLake ZugGoldaLand-sideRuinAscent of the RigiThe best routeChapels by the wayMary of the SnowConvent and monksThe SummitThe CompanyChange of TemperatureSunsetSupperNightSunriseGlory of the viewGetting down againFat man done up. My new Frienda Wonderful YouthHospice of the Grimselthe Valleya comfortable DayGlaciers of the Aara Gloomy ValeClimbing a HillView of the GlacierTheory of its FormationCaverns in the IceIncidents of Men falling inMy Leap and Fallan Artist LostReturn. Switzerland, to be seen aright, must be entered from Germany. Many travellers rush from Paris to Geneva, and beginning with Chamouni and Mont Blanc come down from the greater to the less, tapering off with the beautiful instead of rising to the sublime. One lovely summer day in the early part of the month of August, we left Baden Baden, where we had been resting after a tour in Belgium, Holland, Prussia, Saxony, Saxon Switzerland, Austria, Bavaria, and Bohemia, and came by the Duke of Badens railroad to Basle. The hotel de Trois Rois, or, Three Kings, was reluctant to receive us, so great was the rush of company. Large as some of our own first class hotels, it was crowded to overflowing, but we found lodgings for three at the top of the house. It stands on the very borders of the river Rhine, which rushes by with a powerful current, and the verandah in front overhanging the stream is a pleasant lounge after a weary day of travel. Lodgings for three gentlemen, or in German, fur drei Herren, we had so often asked for, that we came to be called the Drei Herren, or dry herring, as it sounded in our English ears. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 45097
Author: Prime, Samuel Irenæus
Release Date: Mar 9, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English