[Illustration: Masterpiece of Gothic architecture in brick in Northern Germany / The Holstentor (Holsten Gate) in Lübeck, built by Hinrich Helmsted, 1470-1477, an imposing monument of the architecture of civic fortifications / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin]
[Illustration: Johann Sebastian Bach, born at Eisenach, March 21, 1685, died at Leipzig, July 28, 1750 / From the painting by Johann Jakob Ihle / Reprint from the Corpus Imaginum of the Photographischen Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg]
[Illustration: The contest of the Minnesingers at the Wartburg / Part of the fresco in the Castle of the Wartburg in Eisenach, Thuringia, painted in 1855 by Moritz von Schwind / The Landgravine Elizabeth, before whom is kneeling Heinrich von Ofterdingen, is painted in the likeness of the Grand Duchess Amalie of Weimar (1739-1807) the patroness and protector of German poesy in Weimar]
[Illustration: Portion of the Choir stalls in the Cathedral Church at Ulm / One of the most perfect and beautiful of the old Gothic Choir stalls in Germany / Carved in oak. Masterpiece of the elder Jörg Syrlin, 1469-1474 / Photograph by the Münsterbauamt in Ulm]
[Illustration: Ludwig van Beethoven, born at Bonn on the Rhine, December 16, 1770, died in Vienna, March 26, 1827 / The Beethoven Statue by Max Klinger in the Municipal Museum at Leipzig / With the permission of E. A. Seemann Co, Leipzig]
[Illustration: The library in the former residence of the Electors at Mannheim, built in 1720-1759 by Nikolaus de Pigage / Splendid specimen of a masterpiece of the Baroque period / From a photograph by Josef Kuld, Mannheim]
[Illustration: Monument of the young Goethe in the Naschmarkt (Nasch Market) in Leipzig, work of Karl Seffner / In commemoration of the poet's student days in Leipzig, 1765-1768 / Behind the monument is the old Exchange, a delightful specimen of the Baroque style dating from 1678]
[Illustration: Richard Wagner, born at Leipzig, May 22, 1813, died in Venice, February 13, 1883 / From the painting by Franz von Lenbach / Reprint from the Corpus Imaginum of the Photographischen Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg]
[Illustration: Town-hall and Market Church at Hannover / The Church was completed in 1359, the Town-hall for the most part, dates from the year 1453-1455 / Photograph by the Techno-Photographischen Archiv Hans Herzberg, Berlin]