Strife a Romance of Germany and Italy

Excerpt from Strife a Romance of Germany and ItalyBut, alas! Dear reader, I have no such entertain ment for you.Snow covers the ivy that grows over the Old cas tle-walls, the trees are mantled with snow, and the whole plain in the valley of the Elbe is one great blank. The steep hillsides on the opposite banks Of the river, cut into narrow terraces for the vine growers, present a dreary aspect.Rows Of blackened sticks standing upright, and the gnarled vines shrinking from their stiff support, remind one Of some humans, as we see them among the peasantry at the time Of the vintage, when they have abused the gifts Of Dame Nature, and converted the luscious fruit Of these same vines into stupefying draughts.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.