Germany in Mdcccxxxi Author:John Strang General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1836 Original Publisher: Mairone Subjects: History / Europe / Germany History / Military / World War II Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of thi... more »s book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LETTER II. Restless activity of my Companion -- aided by the cheapness and excellence of Street Carriages -- expense of a Droschki -- beauty of the lately planted Ramparts -- Scottish destructiveness contrasted with Hamburgh tastclessn - - -- the Churches of Hamburgh -- St. Peter's -- St. Nicholas' -- St. Catherine's -- likeness of Goetz the Religious Fanatic -- St. James's -- the Great St. Michaelis's -- its lofty Tower -- Splendid View from its summit -- Watchmen placed there to announce the approach of Thunder-storms, and to ring the Alarum-bell when a Fire occurs in the City -- Interior of the Church -- the Crypt -- Burial in Churches deprecated -- the Public Cemeteries of Hamburgh -- their beauty and extent -- Hired mourners employed to bury the Dead -- the privileged class of Reiten Diener employed in this office -- their peculiar Dress and Emoluments -- Pompous mode of announcing Deaths, Marriages, and Births, in the Newspapers. Hamburgh, 1831. Knowing the restless activity of my companion, you will not be surprised when I inform you, that though we have only been three days in Hamburgh, we have already seen a great deal more of it than many of its inhabitants. From morn to night we are on the move -- at one moment on foot, and thenext in a droschki. I must tell you, that the carriages here are handsome, and the horses excellent; and what perhaps is better, that the fares are cheap, and the coachmen honest. A stranger in Hamburgh does not find it necessary to be ever and anon upon his guard ag...« less