It

The Marien Kirche is very beautiful.
was built in the early part of the 14th cen-
tury, and contains some fine pictures by
Overbeck, who is a native of Lubeck. The
principal object of attraction, however, is
the clock standing behind the high altar.
At 12 o'clock figures of the seven electors
pass before a statue of the emperor, each
bowing as it passes. The city was for-
merly surrounded by walls and bastions,
which have been leveled and converted
into public walks. It is still entered, how-
ever, by four ancient gates. Many of the
buildings present a highly picturesque ap-

and gable-ends. Sir Godfrey Kneller and the brothers Van Ostade were born in Lubeck. Steamers leave here weekly for St.

cient in the city, having been built in the 12th century, but St. Michael's is the most magnificent: it has a tower 460 feet high, which is ascended by 600 steps. It contains an organ with 5600 pipes, considered one of the finest in Germany. The church is capable of holding 6000 people. The literary and charitable institutions of Hamburg are very numerous, and its trade embraces every article of German commerce, both in the way of import and export, and the Elbe is the great channel by which these commodities are conveyed. It has likewise considerable manufactures. The principal branch of industry, in this re-pearance, finely decorated with high roofs spect, are sugar refining, brewing, and distilling, calico printing, dyeing, hat-making, silk and velvet weaving, and the making of snuff and tobacco. The natives of Hamburg are famous for their hospitality, and persons visiting the city, properly introduced, receive the very best of attention from her merchants. It is customary to fee the servants in private houses where you dine; they generally expect 50 cents from every visitor. The city is subject to inundations from the Elbe, which often rises to twenty feet, filling the cellars of houses bordering on the river, the tenants of which make arrangements for occupying the upper floors. The suburbs of Hamburg are very beautiful; flower-gardens, tea- gardens, tombs, and monuments in every direction.

On your route to or from Hamburg an excursion might be made to the ancient and picturesque old city of Lubeck. It is a free city of Germany, and contains about 37,000 inhabitants. Its whole territory contains about 50,000. Hotel, Stadt Hamburg; cooking excellent, prices moderate. Its accounts are kept in marks and schillings, the same as in Hamburg. Lubeck has considerable transit trade, but no longer enjoys its ancient commercial importance, having never recovered from its destruction by the French troops in 1806. Blucher, after the defeat of the battle of Jena, threw himself into this town, much against the desire of the citizens. He was hotly pursued by 70,000 French troops under the command of Murat, Soult, and Bernadotte, who carried the town by storm. It was then committed to the mercies of the French soldiers for three days.

The Dom or Cathedral is the principal building; it dates from the 12th century.

Petersburg.

Before proceeding on our route, a short excursion might be made to Wittenberg, rendered immortal as the cradle of the Reformation. The excursion can be made easily in one day. The time to go and return, 4 hours, and 3 or 4 hours is sufficient to see all the sights. We would give the whole route to Leipzig by Halle, Worlitz, and Dessau, had we not intended to give a return route from Dresden through Weimar, Erfurth, Gotha, and Eisenach to Frankfort on the Main, in case the traveler does not wish to continue on route 12 to Vienna, Venice, etc.

From Berlin to Wittenberg, distance 60 miles. Fare, first class, 3 t. 7 s. g.= $2 44 U. S.; time, 2 h. 15 m.

As a general thing, we advisc-if persons can afford it-the traveling in firstclass cars. The price of second class is generally one third less; in this instance, however, it is only a little more than one half, viz., $1 44. Travelers must ride in accordance with their circumstances; but do not believe people when they tell you "the second-class cars are as good as the first class in Germany." It is not so; and on a warm summer's day, a few strong whiffs of garlic in a second-class car, with eight or ten persons inside of it, might make you wish you had taken the first class, and been alone with your own party.

Wittenberg contains about 12,000 inhabitants. Hotel, Stadt London. It is a fortified town, situated on the right bank of the Elbe. This town is noted for being the place where Martin Luther first com