The Great Fault Of Augustus Lafontaine
Is That Of Including In One Novel The History Of Two Or Three Generations.
A Beautiful And Very Interesting Tale Of His, However, Is Entirely Free
From This Defect And Is Founded On A Fact.
It is called Dankbarkeit und
Liebe (Gratitude and Love).
There is more real pathos in this novelette
than in the Nouvelle Heloise of Rousseau.
EHRENBREITSTEIN, 8 July.
After a sejour of three days at Godesberg, we left that delightful
residence and proceeded to Neuwied to deposit the boys. We stopped,
however, for an hour or two at Andernach, which is situated in a beautiful
valley on the left bank. We viewed the remains of the palace of the Kings
of Austrasia and the church where the body of the Emperor Valentinian is
preserved embalmed.
Andernach is remarkable for being the exact spot where Julius Caesar first
crossed the Rhine to make war on the German nations. Directly opposite
Neuwied, which is on the right bank, stands close to the village of
Weissenthurm the monument erected to the French General Hoche. We crossed
over to Neuwied in a boat. Neuwied is a regular, well-built town, but
rather of a sombre melancholy appearance and is only remarkable for its
university. Science could not chuse a more tranquil abode. This University
has been ameliorated lately by its present sovereign the King of Prussia.
It was not the interest of Napoleon to favour any establishment on the
right bank at the expence of those on the left, the former being out of his
territory.
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