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Spring Festival in Zurich and Society Notes
A collection of vivid sketches from Zurich's Sechseläuten festival and society life. Describes the procession, the Goddess of Spring, the burning of winter, guild parades, and entertaining revelry. Also includes remarks on debutante balls, aging dancers, and the notion of the earthwork term from Jamaica reinterpreted.
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Wallim Pell
Zurich
Boegg
Limmat
Beese
Unideaedt Pir
New York
Appleton’s Magazine