I may add that in Southern French style Nyons is pronounced
"Nyonsse," just as Carpentras is termed "Carpentrasse."
CHAPTER VI
Brunswick--Its beauty--High level of culture--The Brunswick
Theatre--Its excellence--Gas vs. electricity--Primitive theatre
toilets--Operatic stars in private life--Some operas unknown in
London--Dramatic incidents in them--Levasseur's parody of
"Robert"--Some curious details about operas--Two fiery old Pan-
Germans--Influence of the teaching profession on modern Germany--
The "French and English Clubs"--A meeting of the "English Club"--
Some reflections about English reluctance to learn foreign tongues
--Mental attitude of non-Prussians in 1875--Concerning various
beers--A German sportsman--The silent, quinine-loving youth--The
Harz Mountains--A "Kettle-drive" for hares--Dialects of German--
The odious "Kaffee-Klatsch"--Universal gossip--Hamburg's
overpowering hospitality--Hamburg's attitude towards Britain--The
city itself--Trip to British Heligoland--The island--Some
peculiarities--Migrating birds--Sir Fitzhardinge Maxse--Lady
Maxse--The Heligoland Theatre--Winter in Heligoland.
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