[Illustration: Ludwig van Beethoven, born at Bonn on the Rhine, December 16, 1770, died in Vienna, March 26, 1827 / The Beethoven Statue by Max Klinger in the Municipal Museum at Leipzig / With the permission of E. A. Seemann Co, Leipzig] [Illustration: The library in the former residence of the Electors at Mannheim, built in 1720-1759 by Nikolaus de Pigage / Splendid specimen of a masterpiece of the Baroque period / From a photograph by Josef Kuld, Mannheim] [Illustration: Monument of the young Goethe in the Naschmarkt (Nasch Market) in Leipzig, work of Karl Seffner / In commemoration of the poet’s student days in Leipzig, 1765-1768 / Behind the monument is the old Exchange, a delightful specimen of the Baroque style dating from 1678] [Illustration: Richard Wagner, born at Leipzig, May 22, 1813, died in Venice, February 13, 1883 / From the painting by Franz von Lenbach / Reprint from the Corpus Imaginum of the Photographischen Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg] [Illustration: Town-hall and Market Church at Hannover / The Church was completed in 1359, the Town-hall for the most part, dates from the year 1453-1455 / Photograph by the Techno-Photographischen Archiv Hans Herzberg, Berlin] [Illustration: From the golden period of the German Renaissance / The winding staircase in the Gulden Chamber of the Town-hall at Bremen / A masterpiece of wood-carving dating from 1616 / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: View of the Cathedral at Limburg on the Lahn / Beautifully picturesque edifice (1213-1242) / Most brilliant monument of the Rhenisch transition style / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: Nuremberg, the city of the Minnesingers / The Church of Our Lady (1355-1361) / In front of the Church is the Beautiful Fountain, an exquisite creation of old Nuremberg plastic, erected in 1385-1396 under the direction of Heinrich dem Palier / From a photograph by M. Stich, Nuremberg] [Illustration: Albrecht Dürer, born at Nuremberg, May 21, 1471, died in Nuremberg, April 6, 1528 / Artist’s portrait of himself, 1500, now in the Old Pinakothek, Munich] [Illustration: View of the Cathedral Church at Freiburg in Breisgau (Baden) / The nave begun in 1250 / The earliest and most perfect Gothic tower with pyramid of perforated masonery, existing in Germany / From a photograph by G. Röbecke, Freiburg in Breisgau] [Illustration: The Gold Room in the Town-hall at Augsburg / Built by Elias Holl in 1615-1620 / A magnificent and effective masterpiece of the late Renaissance period / From a photograph by Fritz Höfle, Augsburg] [Illustration: The Cathedral at Regensburg, begun in 1275, completed in 1869 / The rich facade with the three cornered vestibule executed by Lybhart the Mynner, 1385-1395 / From a photograph by M. Stich, Nuremberg]