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Translator: Simon Adler Stern
THE VILLA ON THE RHINE Leisure Hour Series, 2 vols. 16mo. .00
HENRY HOLT & CO., NEW YORK
ON THE HEIGHTS
BY
BERTHOLD AUERBACH
TRANSLATED BY SIMON ADLER STERN
NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 1907
ON THE HEIGHTS.
Early mass was being celebrated in the chapel attached to the royal summer palace.
The palace stood on a slight eminence in the center of the park. The eastern slope of the hill had been planted with vineyards, and its crest was covered with mighty, towering beeches. The park abounded with maples, plane-trees and elms, with their rich foliage, and firs of various kinds, while the thick clusters of needles on the fir-leaved mountain pine showed that it had become acclimated. On grassy lawns there were solitary tall pines of perfect growth. A charming variety of flowers and leaf plants lent grace to the picture which, in all its details, showed evidence of artistic design and exquisite taste.
The paths were neatly kept. The flowers were sparkling with the dews of morning; birds were singing and the air was laden with the fragrant perfume of the new-mown grass. Swans, and rare varieties of ducks from foreign lands, were swimming in the large lake, on the banks of which the bright-hued flamingo might also have been seen. The fountain in the center of the lake sent its waters to such a height that they were lost in spray.
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