Copenhagen

T H E SUR ROUND INGS OF COPENHAGEN.

b u ild in g su rm oun ted by an elegant cupola and four slender towers, one notices the hund red years m ore than the five miles. — The Palace was begun by Frederick IV. in 1720, and was called F red en sbo rg in h o n o u r of the recently proclaim ed peace, which had, above all else, united Schlesw ig to the k ingdom of D enm ark "for ever", upon the guaran tee of the G reat Powers. F o r long F red en sbo rg was neglected. The m agnificent park laid ou t in the English style, with the wonderful avenues, w here the m ighty old trees w h isp e r so m any secrets to each o ther; the "M arm o rhaven" (Marble G arden) w ith its small Italian canals, b ridges, and sh rubberies; the beautiful Lake Esrom , w ith N odd ebo skov en ’s and G rib skoven ’s deep rom antic shades and the ruins of the monastery of E srom , rich in tra ­ dition — all this peaceful, half m elancholy idyll, only a few m iles distant from the busy capital, seem ed to be forgotten like the palace of the Sleeping Beauty — only artists and poets found their way there. But one fine day the white palace becam e the Royal summ er-residence, not m erely of D enm ark b u t of Europe. In the hall u n d e r the cupola, which is over 80 feet h igh , there assembled the Sovereigns of Denmark, Russia, and G reece, w ith the H eir A pparen t of G reat Britain and his consort. T h ith er came too the K ing of Sweden and Norway. In the silent avenues and on the g reat lawns there was life and gaiety. There the lovely P rincess A lexandra w alked arm in arm w ith her sister, the Czarina Marie — always known as D agm ar in D enm ark; there the G rand Duke N icholas, the present Czar, w restled w ith his cousin the Duke of York; there the tall, b ro ad -shou ld ered Czar A lexander strolled th ro u g h the w ide avenues, su rround ed by his y o u n g kinsfolk; th ither came new sp ap e r-co rrespond en tsand jou rn a lists from all parts of the world, to get hold, if possible, of any th read of the secret web of E uropean politics. The tiny shin ing waves of Esrom so beat softly against the shore. The old trees in the avenues w h isper abou t these g reat doings. Round abou t in the quiet little town and in the fore-

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