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Qa Fied in my eyes into a chain of gigantic mountains -. to Soden narticularly pretty little watering-place , where the best e ’ sruyere, b bread and cider , were to be had. Since. the unification of the German Empire, the town tas- of. #3 e been t iown , e "ket carde > overec ae! exp i ; : ane st smoke from the tall chimneys of any factories hanss over the country crease is now the centre of a vast network of railways . But what it er decade , few if any of the older portions of the town will bet ta. The once narrow and tortuous streets are rapidl tH square , devoid of taste ,-~being either with ornam- o on the site of i ro @ ct = =) ~ ent or else barrack- the antique , high-gabled houses which delighted the eye with their curiously sh ndows , wrought iron balconies ct Hesse in the Zeil - 1i@ principal thoroughfare - has been converted into shops while the Hotel de Russie - once too a » have had make way for the edral , still stent Ou 169 = 5 Cc & 5D Uv Q al co @) > 1 1A F Q Q 5 fe) Oo 1 > ~« r ~ 4 : ~~ - 4 a + 1 5 » | 7 > . Silgnt conception of the Frankfort I have known from .1its quaintly fashioned houses which are all + being thus rovided , however, not for the of light and air . but -to enable the visitors on t . Occasions of the coronat ions ;to