ry 12, 1804 / From the painting by
Doebler / Reprint from the "Corpus Imaginum" of the Photographischen
Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg.]

[Illustration: Beautiful embodiment of different styles of period
architecture / The Elizabeth Church in Breslau (founded in 1253) and its
surroundings / The tower of the Church is 91 meters high / From a
photograph by Waldemar Titzenthaler, Berlin]

[Illustration: Masterpiece of Gothic architecture in brick in Northern
Germany / The Holstentor (Holsten Gate) in Luebeck, built by Hinrich
Helmsted, 1470-1477, an imposing monument of the architecture of civic
fortifications / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt,
Berlin]

[Illustration: Johann Sebastian Bach, born at Eisenach, March 21, 1685,
died at Leipzig, July 28, 1750 / From the painting by Johann Jakob
Ihle / Reprint from the Corpus Imaginum of the Photographischen
Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg]

[Illustration: The contest of the Minnesingers at the Wartburg / Part
of the fresco in the Castle of the Wartburg in Eisenach, Thuringia,
painted in 1855 by Moritz von Schwind / The Landgravine Elizabeth,
before whom is kneeling Heinrich von Ofterdingen, is painted in the
likeness of the Grand Duchess Amalie of Weimar (1739-1807) the patroness
and protector of German poesy in Weimar]

[Illustration: Portion of the Choir stalls in the Cathedral Church at
Ulm / One of the most perfect and beautiful of the old Gothic Choir
stalls in Germany / Carved in oak. Masterpiece of the elder Joerg Syrlin,
1469-1474 / Photograph by the Muensterbauamt in Ulm]

[Illustration: Ludwig van Beethoven, born at Bonn on the Rhine,
December 16, 1770, died in Vienna, March 26, 1827 / The Beethoven Statue
by Max Klinger in the Municipal Museum at Leipzig / With the permission
of E. A. Seemann Co, Leipzig]

[Illustration: The library in the former residence of the Electors at
Mannheim, built in 1720-1759 by Nikolaus de Pigage / Splendid specimen
of a masterpiece of the Baroque period / From a photograph by Josef
Kuld, Mannheim]

[Illustration: Monument of the young Goethe in the Naschmarkt (Nasch
Market) in Leipzig, work of Karl Seffner / In commemoration of the
poet's student days in Leipzig, 1765-1768 / Behind the monument is the
old Exchange, a delightful specimen of the Baroque style dating from
1678]

[Illustration: Richard Wagner, born at Leipzig, May 22, 1813, died in
Venice, February 13, 1883 / From the painting by Fr