PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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THE SCHLOSSBRUNNEN. 
The far famed Brandenburg 
gate deserves a place here, too. 
It looks from the Pariser Place 
onto that square garden adjoin- 
ing the Thiergarten, and it was 
constructed from 1789-93 by 
Langhaus after the model of'lhe 
Propyl ae on the Acropolis of 
Athens. The height of the gate 
is 65 feet, its width 192. Of 
the five openings in it the mid- 
dle one is intended solely for 
the use of the court. The ma- 
terial used is gray sandstone. 
On both sides of the gate, and 
connected with it by colonnades, 
are structures similar in style 
and material to the gate it- 
self. The six columns of the gate are simply 
crenelated, and the capitals are not ornate, but there 
are fine sculptural effects on the architraves, and an 
immense tablet below the quadriga on which scenes 
of war of ancient Greek life have been carved with 
great skill. The Victoria on the quadriga, mod- 
elled by Schadow and executed in copper by Jury, 
is a wonderfully perfect specimen of modern art. 
As such, it excited the cupidity of Napoleon 1, who 
sent it to Paris in 1807, whence it was brought back 
by Blucher in 1814, after the storming of Paris. 
The most warlike and famous of Prussian mon- 
archs, Frederick the Great, is also honored by a fine 
monument, Unterden Linden, fronting small palace 
where late Emperor, William I, preferred living dur- 
ing his reign. It is the great masterpiece by Rauch, 
MONUMENT TO FREDERICK THE GREAT. 
cast in bronze by Friebel, and was dedicated in 
1851. On it are represented the leading men of 
war and of peace that distinguished the brilliant 
reign of Frederick the Great during 1740-86. Fit- 
tingly the great ruler himself occupies the most 
conspicuous place on the summit, and his is as 
good and faithful a portrait as are those of all the 
other men below him. Even the horse is a faithful 
reproduction of his favorite charger during the Seven 
Years’ War. The equestrian figures at the four cor- 
ners of the pedestal are his best generals, viz., Prince 
Henry, the king’s brother ; Duke Ferdinand of 
Brunswick ; Zieter and Seydlitz. The total height 
of the monument is 43 feet, of which the equestrian 
statue of the king on the top measures 171^ feet, 
while the figures below are life-size. 
The one monument, however, which is popular 
in the best sense of the word, is that of Queen 
Louise in the Thiergarten. She was the most be- 
loved queen that Prussia ever had, and that her 
memory is as green to-day as ever is shown by 
the fact that every early spring, on her birthday, 
the lovely spot in the midst of the large park where 
her marble effigy rears itself under the shadow of 
tall elms, is smothered in floral tributes offered by 
high and low. The monument is executed in the 
finest Carrara marble by Erdmann Eucke, and 
was unveiled on her birthday, May 10, 1880. The 
queen is represented in a graceful, yet perfectly 
natural matronly pose, with one hand hanging by 
her side, the other holding the end of her custom- 
ary gauze veil. The frieze around the pedestal 
shows domestic and warlike scenes from her life. 
W. v. Schierbrnnd. 
The Horticultural society of Shropshire, Eng- 
laud, proposes to erect a statue to Darwin at his 
birthplace, Shrewsbury. It will cost $6,000. 
