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

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

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

From the golden period of the German Renaissance / The winding staircase in the Gulden Chamber of the Town-hall at Bremen / A masterpiece of wood-carving dating from 1616 / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin

View of the Cathedral at Limburg on the Lahn / Beautifully picturesque edifice (1213–1242) / Most brilliant monument of the Rhenisch transition style / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin