Chief Towns. Dresden^ the capital, is on the Elbe.
It is one of the hancbomest towns in Europe. It con-
tains a magnificent palace, famished with a library of
150^000 volumes. It has yarioas manufactures, and
49,000 inhabitants.
Leipsic^ west of Dresden, is a celebrated mart of Ger-
man literature. At the fairs, which are held here three
times a year, immense numbers of books are sold and
bartered. The University at Leipsic is one of the most
famous in Europe. Population, 32,000.
Literature, Saxony is celebrated for ill schools, and
its literature. The German language is spoken here iu
its greatest purity, and many of the most celebrated
writers in that language received their education in
Saxony.
Government. The government is monarchy, ne:..rjy
absolute.
Religion. The religion of the great majority of th^
people is Lutheran.
Productions. The land iff well cultivated, and pro^
iluct^s ail kinds of grain and vegetables. The Erzge-
birge mountains, which separate Saxony from Bohemia,
contain valuable mines of silver, tin, lead, copper, and
iron.
HANOVER.
Situation. The kingdom of Hanover is in the north--
Avcst of Germany, bounded N. by the North sea aoM^



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Elbe ; E. and S. principally bj the Praniaa domif^o^ri
W. bj the kingdom of the Netherlands.
Chuf. Tow$u. Ha%ov9r^ the capital, is on the Leine,
a branch of the Weter. It has a magnificent palacie, a
large pnbBc library, yafioot manofactnrea, and 20,009
inhabitanti* Chuingtn is on the Leine, 60 milet S. of
Hanover. Its nniTorsity it one of the- mott celebrated
in the world. It has 6^ professors, a iibngry of C00,000
volumes, and more than lOOO itadents« Pepllla^oo^

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QimmimM. The king of Great Britain is Maf of
Hanover. The government is cendncted by a coanc^
of regency.
