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IN AND AROUND BERLIN

MINERVA BRACE NORTON

CHICAGO A.C. MCCLURG AND COMPANY 1889

COPYRIGHT BY A.C. MCCLURG AND COMPANY A.D. 1889

TO MY HUSBAND,

WHOSE GENEROUS SYMPATHY MADE POSSIBLE THESE PAGES;

To my Countrymen and Countrywomen

WHO HAVE VISITED BERLIN;

TO THOSE WHO HOPE TO GO THERE,

AND TO THE

LARGER NUMBER OF ARMCHAIR TRAVELLERS,

I Dedicate this Book.

M.B.N.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE I. FIRST IMPRESSIONS 9

II. FAMILY AND SOCIAL LIFE 20

III. EDUCATION 51

IV. CHURCHES 79

V. MUSEUMS 103

VI. THE GERMAN REICHSTAG AND THE PRUSSIAN PARLIAMENT 125

VII. PROMINENT PERSONAGES 133

VIII. THE EMPEROR'S NINETIETH BIRTHDAY 159

IX. STREETS, PARKS, CEMETERIES, AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS 179

X. PALACES 195