A CORNER OF OLD WURTTEMBERG 
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Photo by B. H. Buxton 
AN OLD HOUSE IN NAGOLD WHICH HAS BEEN RENOVATED 
Teinach stream, as well as those of 
Hohennagold and Liebenzell, may be 
mentioned, all of them being very pic- 
turesquely situated, though not of any 
special historical interest. 
The cloister of Hirsau, between Calw 
and Liebenzell, was founded in the 11th 
century, and possessed the largest roman- 
esque basilica in Wurttemberg. The 
cloister became of great importance, and 
even after the Reformation was utilized 
as an evangelical cloister school. It was 
destroyed by the French in 1692, and 
during the 18th century the ruined build- 
ings served the purposes of a _ stone 
quarry, so that there is not much left at 
the present time. 
At Wildberg considerable remains of 
the old town walls are still standing, and 
there are some very ancient stone houses 
among the later wood and plaster houses, 
which themselves date back to the 17th 
and 18th centuries. 
In considering racial questions, it must 
in the first place be borne in mind that 
language is no criterion of race, and sec- 
ondly, that broadly speaking we may dis- 
tinguish three main types in Europe. 
1. Northern —The Scandinavian, Teu- 
tonite, son Baltic=race. — Vall) svery —fair, 
blue eyes, pink-and-white complexion, 
dolichocephalic. Developed in the fogs 
of the Baltic region. Purest in Sweden. 
2. Central—The Alpine race. Me- 
dium height, dark, brown or gray eyes, 
brachycephalic. Probably of Asiatic pre- 
historic origin. Purest in Piedmont. 
3. Southern.—The Mediterranean race. 
Short, very dark, black eyes, olive com- 
plexion, dolichocephalic. Developed in 
the sunny south. Purest in Sardinia. 
Owing to centuries of intermingling 
and a hundred other disturbing factors, 
such as climate, quality of nourishment, 
and so on, these types are scarcely to be 
found in their original purity; but in 
North Germany the Baltic type is ap- 
proximated, and in South Germany the 
Alpine type predominates. Nevertheless, 
in Wurttemberg there is a wedge run- 
ning south up the valley of the Neckar 
in which the population approaches the 
