Views A-Foot: Or, Europe Seen With Knapsack And Staff
Views A-Foot: Or, Europe Seen With Knapsack And Staff
Taylor Bayard
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He became entangled among the fugi- tives and sank. By walking a little distance along the road to- wards Frankfort, we could see the spot where his body was taken out of the river ; it is now marked by a square stone, covered 128 VIEWS A-FOOT. with the names of his countrymen who have visited it. We re- turned through the narrow arched way, by which Napoleon fled when the battle was lost. Another interesting place in Leipsic is Auerback's Cellar, which, it is said, contains an old manuscript h...istory of Faust, from which Goethe derived the first idea of his poem. He used to frequent this cellar, and one of his scenes in " Faust" is laid in it. We looked down the arched passage ; not wishing to pur- chase any wine, we could find no pretence for entering. The streets are full of book stores and one half the business of the inhabitants appears to consist in printing, paper-making and bind- ing. The publishers have a handsome Exchange of their own, and during the Fairs, the amount of business transacted is enor- mous.
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