GERMANY 



Schloss Friedrichshof^ Cronberg-i.-Taunus 



THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY-HOUSE 

 was built at Cronberg, near Homburg, by 

 the late Empress Frederick of Germany, eldest 

 daughter of Queen Victoria, as a residence for 

 herself after the death of the Emperor Frederick. 

 The year after the Emperor's death, her Majesty 

 bought a small villa in Cronberg, and spent the 

 next six or seven years in transforming it into 

 one of the finest modern houses in Europe. Its 

 architectural style is adapted from that which was 

 characteristic of the dwellings of the wealthy land- 

 owners of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries 

 in the districts of the Rhine and the Main, but 

 modern requirements of more light and air have 

 been provided for by the large mullioned and 

 bay windows. The small door by the side of 

 one of these on the first floor leads from the bed- 



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