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CONTENTS.

FORMS OF ETIQUETTE AND "MANNERS" (continued).

§ 2. Feminine Honours—Low-bred look of the Prussian" Excellcnces" and "Magnificenccs"—Forms ofPoliteness—Bowing in the Streets—Importance

ofthe "Blick" ....... 191

[Interpolated Rhenish Scenes — Basel] . . 203

V. FAMILY CUSTOMS.

§ 1. Customs at Marriage, Courtship, and Betrotlial—PublicLove-Making— "Dutzening" —The" Polter- Abend"(the Bridal Eve)—The " Aus-statung" (the Mar-riage-Dowry) and "Hoch-Zeit" (Wedding-Feast) . 227

[Interpolated Rhenish Scenes — Rhelnfelden] 247§ 2. Respect for Women—Domestic Feeling among the

Married Classes—Divorces^—and Public Vice . 251[Interpolated Rhenish Scenes — Laufenborg] 265§3. Customs at Birth—" Wickel-kind"-~hoo& — Feeling

between Fathcr and Son—"Clanship" . . 268

[Interpolated Rhenish Scenes — Eqlisau] . 279§ 4. Customs at Death — German Cemctcries — Death-Omcns—Dcath - Sacranients— Death-Bills—Fearof being Buried Alive—Funcrals — and Time of

Mourning........282

[InterpolatedRhenish Seenes — Schaffhausen] 299

VI. OPLNIONS, SENTIMENTS, AND CREED .... 305

[Interpolated Rhenish Scenes — The Rhine

Falls by Schaffhausen] . . . 307

§ 1. The Intellectual Condition—Knowledge of Latin and

Greek—Scientific Ignorauce—Teutonic Savants

—Worldly Stupidity—Want of Scientific Appli-

ances—a German Fii-c—a Philo-Cockchafer . 31S

[Interpolated Rhenish Scenes — The Lake of

Constanz and Islands of Mainau and

Reichenau] ...... 331

^f i. Ignorant Superstition—"HolyCoat" of Treves—Educational Test—The Dumb Press of

Germany.......343

[Interpolated Rhenish Scenes — The City of

CONSTANZ] . . . . . 360