Rollo on the Rhine

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Abbott Jacob. Rollo on the Rhine

Chapter I. The Approach To Cologne

Chapter II. The Unfinished Cathedral

Chapter III. The Galleries

Chapter IV. Travelling on the Rhine

Chapter V. The Sieben Gebirgen

Chapter VI. Roland's Tower

Chapter VII. Rollo's List

Chapter VIII. A Sabbath on the Rhine

Chapter IX. Ehrenbreitstein

Chapter X. Rollo's Letter

Chapter XI. The Raft

Chapter XII. Dinner

Chapter XIII. Bingen

Chapter XIV. The Ruin in the Garden

Chapter XV. Rheinstein

Conclusion

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As soon as Mr. George and Rollo issued from the door of their hotel into the street, which was very narrow and without sidewalks, so that they were obliged to walk in the middle of it, a young man, plainly but neatly dressed, came up to them from behind, and said something to them in German. He was what is called a commissioner, and he was coming to offer to act as their guide in seeing the town.

Nearly all the travelling on the Rhine is pleasure travelling. The strangers consequently, who arrive at any town or city by the steamboats and by railway, come, almost all of them, for the purpose of seeing the churches and castles, and other wonders of the place, and not to transact business; and in every town there is a great number of persons whose employment it is to act as guides in showing these things. These men hover about the doors of the hotels, and gather in front of all the celebrated churches, and in all public places where travellers are expected to go; and as soon as they see a gentleman, or a party of gentlemen and ladies, coming out of their hotel, or approaching any place of public interest, they immediately come up to them, and offer their services. Sometimes their services are valuable, and the traveller is very ready to avail himself of them, especially when in any particular town there is a great deal to see, and he has but little time to see it. At other times, however, it is much pleasanter to go alone to the remarkable places, as a map of the city will enable any one to find them very easily, and the guide book explains them in a much more satisfactory manner than any of these commissioners can do it.

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"I wish we could get in," said Rollo.

"I wish so too," said Mr. George; "but I suppose that this is a sort of sacred place."

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