equented by German artists. He died only very
recently, universally regretted.

_Page_ 3.--The cat Hiddigeigei, the old Baron's cat, with which the
reader will become better acquainted as a philosophising cat in the
course of the poem.

_Page_ 5.--Amaranth, a poem by Oscar von Redwitz, published a few years
before "The Trumpeter of Saekkingen," and at that time very popular,
especially with certain classes in Germany.

_Page_ 13.--The Boezberg, a mountain in the Jura, over which the old
road from Basel to Zuerich led. Now the railroad between the two places
pierces it with a tunnel.

--The Hozzenwald, the Hauenstein mountains. See note to page 15.

--The Gallus Tower, an old tower at the upper extremity of Saekkingen,
properly called after St. Gallus, now used as a house of refuge for
homeless people.

_Page_ 14.--The graveyard of Saekkingen contains still the tombstone of
the hero and heroine of the poem. Their names, as given there, are
Franz Werner Kirchhofer and Marie Ursula von Schoenau. The first died
in May, 1690, the latter in March of the following year.

_Page_ 15.--The Eggberg is one of the mountains in the Hauenstein
country, to the north of Saekkingen. The inhabitants of this country
were formerly remarkable for their quaint costumes coming down from the
15th century. The men wore shirts with large frills around the neck,
red stomachers, long black jackets, and wide trousers reaching below
the knee, and called hozen. Hence the land was called Hozzenland. The
dress of the women was also very peculiar, and of many bright colours.
These old costumes are now rarely seen.

_Page_ 17.--"The silvery lake," a romantic small lake, half an hour
N.W. from Saekkingen. It lies in a hollow on the hills, surrounded by
rocks and splendid fir-woods. The lake, which is known by the name of
Berg See (mountain lake), is now also called Scheffel See. It is a
favourite spot for excursions from far and near, and abounds in fish.

_Page_ 19.--The Feldberg, the highest point of the Schwarzwald.

_Page_ 20.--St. Blasien, formerly a very ancient monastery of
Benedictine monks, called thus after St. Blasius, Bishop of Sebaste,
whose relics were brought here by one of the early abbots.

_Page_ 21.--"Then appeared as Death and Devil." This is the subject of
one of Albrecht Duerer's most celebrated engravings, called Ritter, Tod,
and Teufel (the Knight, Death, and the Devil), where the knight rides
quietly and unmoved th