The Rhine appears to have been one of the earliest of Continental “playgrounds” for British tourists--to have been such, indeed, long before Switzerland had been exploited. In the days of our grandfathers “everybody” went to the Rhine--it had become as it were the last relic of the grand tour which to earlier generations had been regarded as a necessary finishing off to every gentleman’s education. The past popularity of the Rhine is emphasized by the fact that the great river was utilized by both Thackeray and Hood as scenic background for literary purposes. What the Rhine was, the greater, the more beautiful, the grander and more fascinating Danube should become in these days of improved m…
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