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APPLETON'S EUROPEAN GUIDE BOOK. "SPECIALTIES" OF EUROPEAN CITIES.

ANY towns in Europe are noted for the production of "specialties," which being generally of good quality and reasonable in price at the places of production, are habitually purchased by tourists. Below is a partial list of these articles.

The names of tradesmen are given in this list only when such tradesmen are known to the editor or publishers to be reliable. Proof of unfair dealing on the part of any house mentioned in this chapter will exclude it from our pages.

AMSTERDAM.-Antiquities and curiosities. Paintings of the Dutch school. Diamonds.-Van Praag Bros., Nieuwe Heerengracht, near the Amstel.

ANTWERP.-The heavy black silks of Antwerp are famous, and may be had at any good shop. Antwerp has of late years become an excellent picture market.

BERLIN has no specialty of note. Oil paintings of a high class may be had of Lepke, a reliable house, 4 Unter den Linden. Berlin wools and jewellery. There are a few good shops for rare books and antiquities.

BRUSSELS.-Brussels lace. Best house, Boval-de Beck, 74 Rue Royale. Travellers are particularly cautioned against the recommendations of commissionaires and guides whose interest it is to recommend second-class establishments who pay large commissions, with the result that the purchaser obtains a bad article at a high price. Paintings of the Belgian school.

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COLOGNE.-Eau de Cologne. The first and only genuine distiller is Johann Maria Farina, opposite the Julichs Platz. Antiquities and curiosities.-Rhine wines.-An extensive trade is done here in Rhine and Moselle wines. as in all parts of Germany, the leading hotel proprietors are wholesale dealers in wines, and the choicest stocks are found in their cellars. Mr Freidrich, proprietor of the Hotel du Nord, ships largely to America and England, and may be relied upon for the excellence of his wines and the reasonableness of his prices. Edward Schulte of Dusseldorf has a branch establishment in the Museum Platz where will always be found a large collection of Modern Paintings of the Dusseldorf and other schools.

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COPENHAGEN.-Terra cotta ornaments, vases, &c., &c., are very

handsome and comparatively cheap, the London and other agents for their sale demanding greatly increased prices. Silver filigree jewellery is another specialty. Jergensen, the famous watchmaker, is here, but the watches are made in Switzerland.

DRESDEN.-Paintings and photographs. It is the best place in Europe for paintings on porcelain. Porcelain.-To be had at the Government warehouse, Schloss Strasse. Pianofortes.-The Saxons have recently made great improvements in the manufacture of pianofortes. Instruments equalling those made by the best houses in New York and London are sold here by first-class houses at prices greatly below those of England and America. Visitors desiring pianos for use in Europe, or to take home, will do well to test those of the celebrated and reliable house of Carl Roenisch, Dresden, Neustadt. Mr Roenisch, jun., who has been engaged in business in the United States and England for years, speaks English, and takes pleasure in exhibiting these beautiful instruments.

DUBLIN.--Irish poplins and household linens are specialties of Dublin.

DUSSELDORF.-Oil paintings of the famous Dusseldorf school. The first house is E. Schulte, 42 Allee Strasse, whose collection is one of the best in Europe. Many of the pictures which are famous in American collections were sold by this house. The testimonials received by Mr Schulte from many prominent Americans attest his high character as a dealer.

EDINBURGH.-Scotch tweeds, tartans, Shetland goods, and Scotch jewellery are specialties of Edinburgh. Clan tartans, Shetland goods, &c. Connoisseurs in old and rare books are recommended to pay a visit to G. P. Johnson, 33 George Street, or William Brown, 26 Princes Street.

FLORENCE.-Painting, statuary, mosaics, see text, p. 659. FRANKFORT-ON-THE- MAIN.-The best place in Germany for the Rhine and other wines of the country, the largest dealers being here. The largest house and one of the most reliable is Manskopf-Sarasin, 15 to 17 Junghof Strasse, near the Rossmarkt, who export largely to America. Old and rare books-Jos. Baer & Co., Rossmarkt.

GENEVA.-Watches, musical boxes, jewellery, wood carvings are specialties of Geneva. The first manufacturers of watches are Patek, Phillippe & Co., 23 Grand Quai. Musical boxes, H. Bremond, Place des Alpes. Jewellery, Hungerland & Thorel, 4 Quai de la Poste.

GENOA.-Silver filigree jewellery. Best house, Mossa, in the Hotel d'Italie. Other dealers in the Via Órifici. Genoese velvets may be purchased as cheaply at Paris or London.

INTERLAKEN.-Wood carvings.

One of the best and cheapest
The chief shops are in the

markets for this beautiful ware.
principal street of the town.

LONDON.-London has few specialties, properly so called, but being the largest mart in the world for almost every article of trade, being the resort of purchasers from all parts of the globe, and enjoying the advantages of free-trade in almost every kind of goods, it has become the best and cheapest shopping place in the world. Among the articles habitually purchased here by travelling Americans is clothing for both sexes; tailoring is exceedingly good and cheap. In ladies' dress, the first houses compete in style with the best Paris makers; but at prices considerably below those paid at Paris by foreigners. A very marked change in the art of dressing has taken place in London within a few years, due to the employment of French "artists," and the weekly importation of French "styles.' Those interested in the matter of ladies' dress should visit a few of the best London houses, being careful not to omit the old established and reputable house of Marshall & Snelgrove. Furs.-London is the great centre of the fur trade, and nowhere are they so good and cheap. A reliable house, painstaking and reasonable, is that of The International Fur Store, 163 Regent Street. Books.London is the first of all book marts, and good shops for new and old books abound in nearly every street. Royal Scotch Warehouse, Scott Adie, 115 Regent Street. English watches are admittedly the best.-The old established house of Barraud & Lunds, 41 Cornhill, near the Royal Exchange, holds the very first rank as manufacturers of fine watches, and may be implicitly relied upon. At the annual trial of watches in 1881-1882, at Yale College, Conn., U. S., a watch by this firm, taken unselected from their London stock, was declared by Prof. Waldo to have "received the highest sum of marks for its temperature, position, and daily variation adjustments of any watch entered for the observatory trials of that year.' Other specialties of London are mentioned at p. 138 of this Guide Book.

LYONS. Although this is the greatest manufacturing place of dress silks, the goods are not sold retail at lower prices than at Paris or London.

MALTA.-Maltese laces; silver filigree and carvings in stone (statuettes, &c.).

MAYENCE.-Rhine wines.

MILAN.-Gloves.

Moscow. Silver table-ware and jewellery.

MUNICH.-Paintings. American and English tourists have found

this one of the best places for the purchase of fine oil paintings. The best house is Wimmer & Co., 3 Brienner Strasse, dealers of old repute. Paintings on glass for churches and private houses.

NAPLES.-Coral jewellery. The largest houses are in the Chaiia and the adjoining street, Sta. Catarina. Shell jewellery.Nearly all the dealers are near the San Carlo Theatre. Gloves, called Kid but really of lambskin, very cheap. NEUCHATEL.-Sparkling wines, or Swiss champagne, of Bouvier frères, much esteemed.

NICE.-Wood-work, inlaid, beautiful and cheap.

NUREMBURG.-Toys. There are some good shops for the sale of old books and antiquities. The wood-carvings are very fine, resembling much those of Switzerland, but generally of superior workmanship.

PARIS. The number of articles which are not peculiar to Paris, but which are usually purchased there, is so great as to render the publication of a list of them impossible. Buyers of diamonds will find it greatly to their interest to call upon the American house of Tiffany & Co., at 36bis Avenue de l'Opera, where the tourist is always welcome. Their well-known New York house keep here large collections of diamonds, pearls, and coloured gems. Selections can be made from paper, or in settings. Of their own make of silver-ware, so much appreciated for gifts in Europe, they also have a large selection. Articles bought can be packed and shipped to the care of their New York house, for any part of the United States, and have the advantage of being bought of a house that either at home or here is a guarantee of excellence. There are so many deceptions practical in jewels, that it is a great safeguard to deal with a house of established character; and Tiffany & Co. have long made it a practice to give their customers a written guarantee for any goods purchased, which will always be recognised by either the Paris house, or the house in New York. Tiffany & Co. are the only American tradesmen who have received the warrant as Jewellers and Silversmiths to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales. American tourists who desire to present pieces of artistic American silver to friends in Europe can find a considerable stock of the artistic silver for which Tiffany & Co. received the Grand Prize and the Cross of the Legion of Honour at the Exposition Universelle of 1878. Bessand & Co. (formerly Parissot), Maison de la Belle Jardiniere. Forwarded free to the provinces when amount is over 25 fcs. 2 Rue du Pont Neuf. Bon Marché. Magasius du Louvre. At these establishments really good articles can be had at very moderate prices. Even to non-intending purchasers they should be visited as among the sights of Paris.

PRAGUE. Bohemian glass.

There are several good houses.

Garnet jewellery, better and cheaper than elsewhere.
Gloves, called "Kid," but made of lambskin like those of
Naples, very good and cheap.

ROME. The articles purchased here by tourists are, paintings, original and copies of the masters, statuary, mosaic, jewellery, cameos, Roman scarves. Louis Rosi, 82, Piazza di Spagna, is admittedly at the head of his profession as a cutter of cameos. There are many large jewellers, first among whom is the celebrated CASTELLANI, whose shop should be visited.

SORRENTO. Wood-work, inlaid boxes, &c. The principal manufactories may all be visited in a short walk from either of the hotels. Silk hosiery is a specialty of Sorrento and is very good and cheap.

SPA. The Spa wood-work resembles that of Sorrento. It is made generally in the form of fancy boxes.

ST GALL.-Swiss embroideries, very beautiful and cheap. Best house, Adolphe Naef.

ST PETERSBURG.-Beautiful silver table-ware.

Malachite jewel

lery and ornaments. For names of reliable houses it is safe to consult Mr Schmitz of the Hotel d'Angleterre, or the proprietor of either of the best hotels.

TURIN.-Remarkable imitations of diamonds and other precious stones, Fratelli Panighetti, No. 10 Via di Po. Vermouth, Italian wines.

VENICE. Venetian glass, very beautiful and much cheaper here than elsewhere. The most important house is the "Venice and Murano Company," the beautiful facade of of whose palace is one of the attractions of the Grand Canal. Dr Salviati (trading also as Salviati and Co.) has a place of business on the Grand Canal, next door to the Grand Hotel. Antiquities, curiosities, and objets d'art.Guggenheim & Co., Grand Canal. Tourists should beware of gondoliers, whose interests it is to recommended them to second-class establishments in order to obtain a commission on their purchases.

VIENNA. The ornamental leather and bronze work of Vienna is much esteemed. It is made in great variety. The largest house is Kleins, in the Graben, but his prices are very high. There are many smaller and more moderate houses in the Graben and adjoining streets. Meerschaum goods are manufactured in Vienna on a large scale. The ornamental stationery of Vienna is very beautiful and cheap.

ZURICH.

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Lace curtains, muslin embroideries, edgings, &c., &c., are made in great quantities near Zurich, and are sold by many dealers in the town at very low prices.