CHAPTER XII.

The botanic garden: the celebrated ancient palm: busts and statues:

theatre of anatomy: library and portraits of distinguished

persons: museum of natural history: attractions of the

university; its present condition; severity of its examinations:

anecdotes of Rembrandt; his genius and rapaciousness: a

stratagem: criticisms on his works: Mr. Desenfan’s splendid

gallery of paintings: John of Leyden: his ambition, cruelty, and

fate: Dutch bowing: Saint Peter’s church: anecdote of Russian

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