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The Illustration titled UPPER FALL OF THE REICHENBACH (MEYRINGEN) in the list of Illustrations actually is THE STANDARD-BEARERS OF SCHWYZ, URI, UNTERWALDEN AND ZÜRICH. The original text has the wrong description in the list of illustrations.

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LAKE DWELLINGS, ZURICH LAKE, FROM A DESIGN BY DR. FERDINAND KELLER Frontispiece

MAP, SHOWING LAKE SETTLEMENTS AROUND ZURICH LAKE, BY MR. HEIERLI 2

(1) DECORATION ON SWORD HILT; (2 AND 3), STONE CELTS FOUND IN SWISS LAKE DWELLINGS (COPIED BY PERMISSION FROM "HARPER'S MAGAZINE") 4

(1) VESSEL; (2) SPECIMENS OF WOVEN FABRICS FOUND IN SWISS LAKE DWELLINGS (COPIED BY PERMISSION FROM "HARPER'S MAGAZINE") 7

SPECIMENS OF POTTERY FOUND IN SWISS LAKE DWELLINGS (COPIED BY PERMISSION FROM "HARPER'S MAGAZINE") 10

JOHANNISSTEIN, WITH RUINS OF CASTLE OF "HOHENRHÆTIA," NEAR THUSIS, GRAUBÜNDEN 16

HOUSE (FORMERLY CHAPEL) IN ROMAUNSH STYLE, AT SCHULS, LOWER ENGADINE, GRAUBÜNDEN 27

SILVER COIN, VERCINGETORIX (DR. IMHOOF, WINTERTHUR) 29

GOLD COIN, VESPASIAN [VESPASIANUS IMPERATOR-AETERNITAS] (DR. IMHOOF) 34

GOLD COIN OF SIXTEENTH CENTURY [ST. FELIX, ST. REGULA-SANCTUS CAROLUS] (DR. IMHOOF) 42

THE EIGER 52

GREAT MINSTER AND WASSERKIRCHE, ZURICH (APPENZELLER, ZURICH) 67

FURKA PASS 79

CATHEDRAL (EXTERIOR), LAUSANNE 92

CHÂTEAU DE VUFFLENS, VAUD (FOURTEENTH CENTURY) 102

BRONZE FIGURES FROM MAXIMILIAN MONUMENT, INNSBRUCK (ARTHUR OF THE ROUND TABLE, BRITAIN; THEODOBERT, DUKE OF BURGUNDY; ERNEST, DUKE OF AUSTRIA; THEODORIC, KING OF THE OSTROGOTHS) 106

THE OLD HABSBURG CASTLE, CANTON AARGAU 112

THALER OF THE THREE CANTONS (URI, SCHWYZ, AND UNTERWALDEN) 120

MAP OF OLD SWITZERLAND 138

UPPER FALL OF THE REICHENBACH (MEYRINGEN) 160

PORCH OF BERN MINSTER, WITH STATUE OF RUDOLF VON ERLACH 165

WINKELRIED'S MONUMENT, STANZ 174

ARMS OF URI 189

ST. JACQUES MONUMENT, BASEL, BY SCHLÖTH 196

ARMS OF SCHWYZ 198

ELIZABETH, WIFE OF ALBERT II.; MARIA OF BURGUNDY; ELEANOR OF PORTUGAL; KUNIGUNDE, SISTER OF MAXIMILIAN (FROM MAXIMILIAN MONUMENT, INNSBRUCK) 201

MAP OF GRANDSON 210

OLD WEAPONS AND ARMOUR IN ZURICH ARSENAL 214

INNER COURT OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY. LUTH CHAPTER OF ZURICH 220

ARMS OF UNTERWALDEN 229

MARBLE RELIEVI, MAXIMILIAN MONUMENT, INNSBRUCK 231

CITY WALLS OF MURTEN 235

CUSTOM-HOUSE, FREIBURG 240

SARNEN, BERN 244

CITY WALLS, LUCERNE 246

ULRICH ZWINGLI 256

MINSTER, BERN 270

THALER OF 1564 (ST. GALL) 289

HIGH ALTAR, CHUR CATHEDRAL 306

ROUSSEAU 329

PESTALOZZI 330

HALLER 333

LAVATER 340

THE LION OF LUCERNE 344

LA HARPE 348

REDING 354

DILIGENCE CROSSING THE SIMPLON PASS 362

INTERLAKEN, FROM THE FELSENEGG 386

POLYTECHNIKUM AT ZURICH 397

VIEW OF SION 404

LAW COURTS AT LAUSANNE 407

"VICTIMS OF THE WORK," ST. GOTHARD TUNNEL, FROM A BAS-RELIEF BY VELA (BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF SCULPTOR) 411

PORTRAIT OF GOTFRIED KELLER, THE POET 413

INTERIOR OF LAUSANNE CATHEDRAL 419

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