Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877

Project Gutenberg's Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877, by VariousThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877Author: VariousRelease Date: August 2, 2009 [EBook #29575]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE ***Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Christine D. and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netLIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINEOFPOPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.VOL. XX.AUGUST, 1877.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by J. B. Lippincott & Co., in the Office of the Librarian ofCongress, at Washington.DOWN THE RHINE.CONCLUDING PAPER.CASTLE OF ELTZ. CASTLE OF ELTZ.Coblenz is the place which many years ago gave me my first associations with the Rhine. From a neighboring town weoften drove to Coblenz, and the wide, calm flow of the river, the low, massive bridge of boats and the commonplaceoutskirts of a busy city contributed to make up a very different picture from that of the poetic "castled" Rhine of Germansong and English ballad. The old town has, however, many beauties, though its military character looks out through mostof them, and reminds us that the Mosel city (for it originally stood only on that river, and then ...