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an end, and the rest of the day is consecrated 

 to recreation. 



Most of the capitals of Europe have some place 

 where the people congregate on Sundays and fete 

 days. London has its parks and Kensington Gar- 

 dens ; Paris its Longchamps andBois de Boulogne ; 

 Berlin its promenade, " Unter der Linden," and 

 its " Tier-garten ; " Naples, its"Chiaja;" Milan, 

 its " Corso ;" Genoa, its " Aqua-sola ; " Madrid, its 

 " Prado;" St. Petersburg, its "Summer-gardens" on 

 the Neva, and "the Catherinenhoff ; " — and even 

 Constantinople, its "Bella Vista," under the cypress- 

 trees of the Champs des Morts, overlooking the 

 Bosphorus ; and in each and all of these much- 

 vaunted lounges have I "meandered" and spent 

 many pleasant hours ; but not one is to be com- 

 pared with \he Prater of Vienna for the combina- 

 tion and concentration of everything that can 

 attract and please all classes of the population — 

 rich and poor, the aristocracy and the artisan, old 

 and young : there the people come determined to 

 be happy. 



The Prater, which was a deer-park given to the 



