n: A jewel of German Gothic architecture in freestone / The
Town-hall at Muenster, Westphalia, built about 1350 / Photograph by Dr.
Erwin Quedenfeldt, Duesseldorf]

[Illustration: The Cathedral at Spires (Speyer) / As the burial place
of many monarchs, it represents a monument of German history / View of
the magnificent crypt of the Cathedral. The edifice founded in 1030 by
Conrad II, was destroyed several times but finally rebuilt by King
Maximilian I of Bavaria, consecrated in 1822 and completed in 1858 /
From a photograph by Professor Neeb, Mainz]

[Illustration: Hall in Benrath Castle near Duesseldorf / Built by
Nikolaus de Pigage for Elector Karl Theodor of the Palatinate / The
interior represents a graceful link between the Rococo and the Classic /
From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin]

[Illustration: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, born at Marbach
on the Neckar, November 10, 1759, died at Weimar, May 9, 1805 / From the
painting by Anton Graff in the Koerner Museum, Dresden / Photograph by R.
Tamme, Dresden, successor of F. and O. Brockmann]

[Illustration: Courtyard of the Old Castle in Stuttgart / The
architectural climax of the Residence of the Wuerttemberg Princes,
re-constructed since 1553 by Alberlin Tretsch assisted by Blasius and
Martin Berwart / Ludwig Hofer's equestrian statue of Count Eberhard, the
Bearded, is in the courtyard / From a photograph by the
Techno-Photographischen Archivs Hans Herzberg, Berlin]

[Illustration: The Cathedral at Worms, founded in 1100, consecrated in
1181 / One of the finest specimens of Romanesque architecture in
Germany / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin]

[Illustration: The Emperor's Hall in the Residence at Wurzburg, the
most beautiful Castle in the Rococo style and one of the finest
specimens of 18th century architecture in Germany / The masterpiece of
Johann Balthasar Neumann (1687-1753) / The painting in the Hall, "The
Marriage of the Emperor Barbarossa" was executed by G. B. Tiepolo /
Photograph by K. Gundermann, Wurzburg]

[Illustration: Court in the Castle at Heidelberg / View of the portion
built by Otto Heinrich, begun in 1556, completed in 1563 / The
masterpiece of the German Renaissance / Creation of Hans Engelhardt /
With the permission of Edm. von Koenig Co, Inc. Heidelberg]

[Illustration: Immanuel Kant, born at Koenigsberg, East Prussia, April
22, 1724, died at Koenigsberg, Februa