Excerpt from The Life of the Moselle: From Its Source in the Vosges Mountains to Its Junction With the Rhine at Coblence The Rhine! The Rhine! Is quoted by every one, and admired or abused at every fireside, but the Moselle is almost Wholly unexplored. Lying, as she does, Within a district absolutely overrun With summer tourists, it is altogether inexplicable that a river presenting scenery unsurpassed in Europe should be so neglected by those Who in thousands pass the mouth of her stream. When the Roman Poet Ausonius visited Germany, it was not the Rhine, but the Moselle Which most pleased him; and although glorious Italy was his home, yet he could spare time to explore the Moselle, and extol the loveliness of her waters in a most eloquent poem. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.