Identifier: storiesofpersons00bene (find matches)
Title: Stories of persons and places in Europe
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Benedict, E. L. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, London, G. Routledge and sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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rubs and fruit trees; as one would expect in people of suchartistic tastes. Here men, women and children may be found, simple, plainpeople, painting the most beautiful patterns, with an ease that any artistmight be proud of. They are real artists bred and trained in the work. With no patternsbut that in their minds eye, and one or two rude brushes they bring out themost delicate scrolls, wreaths and flowers upon the plain glass. In one housewill be found exquisite paintings in gold, silver and colors; in another,beautiful leaf-work, lily, bell-flower designs, cut out of the glass with wheels.One young painter has a taste for painting insects and butterflies, whichhe designs from a cabinet of insect specimens that he has collected. Anotherturns out in five minutes on his wheel, a spirited deer making a spring over Austria-Hungary: 275 some broken pailings. Another keeps on hand engravings from the worksof great painters, which he re-arranges or selects from, and represents onhis vases.
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PRAGUE. These simple, modest artists are qnite surprised at the astonishmentand admiration strangers express over their work. They can scarcely believethat the vases and jars which they turn off so easily, and use sometimes asflower-pots in their windows, are so highly prized in other lands. CHAPTER XII. SWITZERLAND. The most beautiful mountain scenery in the world is found in Switzerland,among the Pennine Alps on the southern boundary, and the Burnese Ober-lands just to the north. Here tower the loftiest mountains of Europe, andplunge the mightiest avalanches ; here lie the grandest glaciers, rush themaddest torrents, and sparkle the most beautiful waterfalls. And here, everysummer, comes the tourist to revel in the grandeur and beauty.—- his talkall exclamations, feelings all ecstasy. Alpine Climbing.—One of his chief delights is to scale the hio-hestmountains, but kk he that would a climbing go among the peaks of the Alpsmust be prepared for many hardships. He must endure cold

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