502 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



sitting beside the simple bourgeois, all equally en- 

 joying the delicious harmony, supping their coffee, 

 quaffing their beer, or partaking of Corti's cele- 

 brated ices, which are quite equal to Tortoni's. In 

 this garden is the Temple of Theseus, a fac-simile 

 of the one at Athens, which contains Canova's 

 magnificent chef-d'oeuvre, "Theseus conquering 

 the Minotaur." There are also many other beau- 

 tiful gardens belonging to the nobility, which are 

 generally open to the public, who never disabuse 

 this thoughtful generosity. The Augarten is a 

 beautiful pleasure-ground on an island of the 

 Danube, given to the town by the Emperor Joseph 

 11. , who caused to be engraved on the entrance 

 these words, " Allen menschen gewidmeter Belus- 

 tigungsort von ihrem Schatzer " (A place of pleasure 

 consecrated to all men by their appreciator). There 

 is a very fine equestrian statue of this Emperor in 

 a court-yard of the palace; and the Viennese have a 

 saying that he was such a jolly fellow, that even 

 his statue turns sick if a priest of the Ligorian 

 order should happen to pass. This is the only sect 

 of priests who are not social, the rest mixing in 



