[Illustration: Adolf von Menzel, born at Breslau, December 8, 1815, died in Berlin, February 9, 1905 / Mission Service in the Beech Hall near Kösen (1868) / With the permission of F. Bruckmann Co, Munich] [Illustration: A bit of classic Berlin / The Museum Island / View of the National Gallery / Built in 1866-1876 by Joh. Heinrich Strack and Georg Gustav Erbkam from the designs of Stüler / From a photograph by W. Titzenthaler, Berlin] [Illustration: The most beautiful specimen of an early Gothic cloister in Germany / The Cistercian Cloister Maulbronn in Württemberg, reconstructed in 1201 / The so-called “Hell stairway” in the Cloister / From a photograph by August Krüger, Maulbronn] [Illustration: The Zwinger (bastion) at Dresden / Court surrounded by six pavilions joined together by galleries. / A wonder-work of German Baroque, built 1711-1722 by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (born at Dresden in 1662, died in Dresden in 1736) / With the permission of the Neuen Photographischen Gesellschaft, Berlin-Steglitz] [Illustration: From the golden period of commerce in the German Moyenage / The Artus or Junker Court in Dantzig, the festival hall of the Dantzig merchants / Master Heinrich Holzapfel of Cologne finished the magnificent stalls of the Hall in 1531 / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: The crown of Gothic architecture in Germany / The Cathedral at Cologne on the Rhine / Begun in 1248 under Gerhard von Rile; restoration in 1842 under Zwirner, completed in 1880 by Voigtel / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: Wilhelm Leibl, born at Cologne on the Rhine, October 23, 1844, died in Würzburg, December 4, 1900 / “Dachauer Peasant Women” (1875), hanging in the National Gallery, Berlin / With the permission of the Photographischen Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg] [Illustration: The Bavaria in front of the Hall of Fame in Munich / Erected by King Ludwig I, 1843-1853 / The Hall of Fame built by Leo von Klenze, the colossal statue of the Bavaria modeled by Schwanthaler, cast by Ferdinand Miller / From a photograph by Jaeger and Görgen, Munich] [Illustration: Late Gothic architecture in Saxony / The Albrecht Castle in Meissen / Built by Master Arnold in 1471 / The Cathedral erected on the summit in 1260-1450 / From a photograph by Waldemar Titzenthaler, Berlin] [Illustration: The celebrated marble-bath pavilion of Pierre Francois Monnot in the Aue (Meadow) at Cassel / The Castle consists of the Orangery, built by the Hugenot, Paul Dury, 1701-1711, the castle built in 1765 and the bath, completed in 1728 / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: Lichtenstein Castle near Reutlingen in Württemberg / Built in 1841 by Heideloff on the site of the old citadel, Lichtenstein, made famous by Wilhelm Hauff’s romance / From a photograph by Ludwig Schaller, Stuttgart]