THE OPEN DOOR, VILLA HVIDORE 



revered King Edward, his medal round his neck, 

 solemn, a faithful shadow clinging to his royal 

 mistress, walked gravely, while the two beautiful 

 little Chinese dogs attending the Empress played 

 in and out ot the borders and enjoyed the pears 

 falling from the trees. The stately Palace ot 

 Amalienborg in Copenhagen, left to their 

 Majesties by the late King Christian IX, forms 

 the town residence, and, with the King's Palace 

 and the Foreign Office enclosing the octagonal 

 " Frederiksplads," the equestrian statue of Fred- 

 erick V in the centre, built by noblemen under 

 Frederick V and afterwards transferred to the 

 Crown, is surrounded by the " West End " of 

 Copenhagen. Here are the houses of the 

 Danish aristocracy, and the diplomatic quarter, 

 and here is still to be seen unaltered the changing 

 of the Guard. The shopping district is in the 

 centre, in the environs of the Ostergade, of 

 Storekiob-magergade, and of Hoibroplads. 



The intellectuals live in the north-west, 

 grouped around the University. Sailors also 

 have their quarter in the Place de Greenland. They 

 are lodged at the expense of the State, in little 

 uniform houses, each containing but one family. 



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