Letters from Switzerland

Transcriber's Note:
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INTERLACHEN AND THE JUNGFRAU.
BY SAMUEL IRENÆUS PRIME, AUTHOR OF “TRAVELS IN EUROPE AND THE EAST,” &C., &C.
NEW YORK: SHELDON & COMPANY, 115 Nassau Street. BOSTON: GOULD & LINCOLN. 1860.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by SHELDON & COMPANY, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York.
The Three Kings—Cathedral—Council of Basle—Puritan rules—Dance of Death—Seats in the Diligence—Supplement—The Rhine—An Alderman in trouble—Dining in haste—English manners—Girls in holiday dress—Falls of the Rhine—Niagara—Up the river—Old nunneries—Gottlieben—Prisons of Huss and Jerome of Prague.
Pages 9-20
A decaying Town—the Kaufhaus—Famous Council—Dungeon of Huss—Scene of Martyrdom—House of Huss—Lake Constance—the Ride to Zurich—Villages—the Valley—Hotel Baur—a Swiss Cottage—the Furnishing—Miles Coverdale—Zwingle—Lavater’s Grave—the Library—Sunset View from the Botanical Garden.
Pages 21-31
Climbing the Utleberg—Fat woman on a donkey—First Alpine view—The valley, lake and hills—Haunts of Lavater, Zimmerman, Klopstock, Gessner—The work of Escher—Coming Down—Baur Hotel—Lake Zurich—Lake Zug—Golda—Land-side—Ruin—Ascent of the Rigi—The best route—Chapels by the way—Mary of the Snow—Convent and monks—The Summit—The Company—Change of Temperature—Sunset—Supper—Night—Sunrise—Glory of the view—Getting down again—Fat man done up.
Pages 32-53