[Illustration: Courtyard of the Old Castle in Stuttgart / The architectural climax of the Residence of the Württemberg Princes, re-constructed since 1553 by Alberlin Tretsch assisted by Blasius and Martin Berwart / Ludwig Hofer’s equestrian statue of Count Eberhard, the Bearded, is in the courtyard / From a photograph by the Techno-Photographischen Archivs Hans Herzberg, Berlin] [Illustration: The Cathedral at Worms, founded in 1100, consecrated in 1181 / One of the finest specimens of Romanesque architecture in Germany / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: The Emperor’s Hall in the Residence at Wurzburg, the most beautiful Castle in the Rococo style and one of the finest specimens of 18th century architecture in Germany / The masterpiece of Johann Balthasar Neumann (1687-1753) / The painting in the Hall, “The Marriage of the Emperor Barbarossa” was executed by G. B. Tiepolo / Photograph by K. Gundermann, Wurzburg] [Illustration: Court in the Castle at Heidelberg / View of the portion built by Otto Heinrich, begun in 1556, completed in 1563 / The masterpiece of the German Renaissance / Creation of Hans Engelhardt / With the permission of Edm. von König Co, Inc. Heidelberg] [Illustration: Immanuel Kant, born at Königsberg, East Prussia, April 22, 1724, died at Königsberg, February 12, 1804 / From the painting by Döbler / Reprint from the “Corpus Imaginum” of the Photographischen Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg.] [Illustration: Beautiful embodiment of different styles of period architecture / The Elizabeth Church in Breslau (founded in 1253) and its surroundings / The tower of the Church is 91 meters high / From a photograph by Waldemar Titzenthaler, Berlin] [Illustration: Masterpiece of Gothic architecture in brick in Northern Germany / The Holstentor (Holsten Gate) in Lübeck, built by Hinrich Helmsted, 1470-1477, an imposing monument of the architecture of civic fortifications / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: Johann Sebastian Bach, born at Eisenach, March 21, 1685, died at Leipzig, July 28, 1750 / From the painting by Johann Jakob Ihle / Reprint from the Corpus Imaginum of the Photographischen Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg] [Illustration: The contest of the Minnesingers at the Wartburg / Part of the fresco in the Castle of the Wartburg in Eisenach, Thuringia, painted in 1855 by Moritz von Schwind / The Landgravine Elizabeth, before whom is kneeling Heinrich von Ofterdingen, is painted in the likeness of the Grand Duchess Amalie of Weimar (1739-1807) the patroness and protector of German poesy in Weimar] [Illustration: Portion of the Choir stalls in the Cathedral Church at Ulm / One of the most perfect and beautiful of the old Gothic Choir stalls in Germany / Carved in oak. Masterpiece of the elder Jörg Syrlin, 1469-1474 / Photograph by the Münsterbauamt in Ulm]