Produced by Irma Spehar, Markus Brenner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) PICTURESQUE GERMANY First Series [Illustration: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / born at Francfort on the Main, August 28, 1749 / died at Weimar, March 22, 1832 / Painting by Karl Joseph Stieler in the New Pinacothek, Munich / Photograph by Piloty and Löhle, Munich] [Illustration: The Poet’s Room in the castle at Weimar / Bust of Frederick von Schiller on the right / Photograph by Louis Held, Weimar] [Illustration: Picturesque spot in Frankfort on the Main / Saalgasse (Saal Street) with the Holy Ghost Fountain. In the background can be seen the tower of the Cathedral, the foundation of which was laid in 874 / Photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: A monument from the time of the Roman Emperors in Germany / The “Porta nigra” at Treves (Trier) on the Moselle, a Roman gateway dating from the 4th century / Photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: The golden portal of the Cathedral at Freiberg in Saxony / Ruins of the former Church of our Lady. About 1230 / The absolute climax in the development of the Romanesque Portal, which produced so much of rare beauty (Dehio) / The style of this creation is of the most perfect delicacy and charm (Lübke) / Partial view from a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: The Pillar of Justice with the Bronze Lion on the Burgplatz in Brunswick (Braunschweig) / Erected by Henry the Lion in 1166 / Photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: A jewel of German Gothic architecture in freestone / The Town-hall at Münster, Westphalia, built about 1350 / Photograph by Dr. Erwin Quedenfeldt, Düsseldorf] [Illustration: The Cathedral at Spires (Speyer) / As the burial place of many monarchs, it represents a monument of German history / View of the magnificent crypt of the Cathedral. The edifice founded in 1030 by Conrad II, was destroyed several times but finally rebuilt by King Maximilian I of Bavaria, consecrated in 1822 and completed in 1858 / From a photograph by Professor Neeb, Mainz] [Illustration: Hall in Benrath Castle near Düsseldorf / Built by Nikolaus de Pigage for Elector Karl Theodor of the Palatinate / The interior represents a graceful link between the Rococo and the Classic / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, born at Marbach on the Neckar, November 10, 1759, died at Weimar, May 9, 1805 / From the painting by Anton Graff in the Körner Museum, Dresden / Photograph by R. Tamme, Dresden, successor of F. and O. Brockmann]