We had a most interesting conversation, and I was not a little moved, as I observed that these foreigners who had travelled over half the world, and had seen the grandeur of Switzerland and the charms of Italy, should have such an unaffected admiration for our grand old river. I am rather sorry for those who neglect the Rhine. "Aren't Lohengrin and Siegfried, immortalised by the great Master of Bayreuth, also heroic figures in your Rhine legends?" remarked the young Anglo-American enthusiastically. It was the first time I had seriously thought of this. I was indeed touched, and my thoughts travelled back to the days of "long, long ago" when as a little chap in my native Bonn, I had first listened with interest to the charming voices of the golden-haired daughters of old Albion who came in large numbers to reside in the famous Beethoven-town. As I separated from my friends at the foot of the Drachenfels I gave them a small present to keep as a memento of the Rhine and one of its poets. Muenchen, Mai 1906. Dr. Wilhelm Ruland. Contents =St. Gotthard.= The Petrified Alp 7 =Thusis on the Hinter Rhine.= The Last Hohenraetier 10 =Bodensee.= The Island of Mainau 13 =Basle.= One Hour in Advance 18 =Castle Niedeck.= The Toy of the young Giantess 20 =Strassburg.= The Cathedral Clock 22 The little Man at the Angel's Pillar 25 =Worms.= The Nibelungen Lied 27 =Speyer.= The Bells of Speyer 31 =Frankfort.= The Knave of Bergen 33 =Mayence.= Heinrich Frauenlob 36 Bishop Willigis 38 =Johannisberg.= 40 =Ingelheim.= Eginhard and Emma 45 =Ruedesheim.= The Broemserburg 53 =Bingen.= The Mouse-Tower 58 =Valley of the Nahe. Kreuznach.= A mighty draught 62 The Foundation of Castle Sponheim 65 =Assmannshausen.= St. Clement's Chapel 69 =Castle Rheinstein.= The Wooing 72 =Castle Sooneck.= The Blind Archer 76 =The Ruins of Fuerstenberg.= The Mother's Ghost 79 =Bacharach.= Burg Stahleck 83 =Kaub.= Castle Gutenfels 88 =Oberwesel.= The Seven Maidens 93 =St. Goar.= Lorelei 97