Peter was dumb-foundered; but he embraced his wine-cup, as a mother will her child; and he said not a single word. "And now," spake the Lord to the others, " you shall be my guests this day. Let Peter entertain himself elsewhere, as well as he can; for bite or sup he shall not have at our banquet."

From that day to this, the schöppchen used on the shores of the Moselle has been named the Miserabelchen, or Little Miserable.

There is nothing more to relate of the city of Coblentz.

EHRENBREITSTEIN.

Ehrenbreitstein, known in the middle ages as Hermannstein, lies on the other side of the Rhine, and serves as a citadel to Coblentz. It is said to be one of the strongest fortresses in Europe; and is styled by native writers the "Gibraltar of Germany."

The derivation of its original name, Hermannstein, is not very clearly traced by antiquaries: some consider that it owes its origin to a temple, which, they say, once stood on the spot, dedicated to the German Mars, - Herrman; others allege that it comes from the circumstance of the death of Hermann, or Arminius, the national hero, which took place here in the time of Tiberius (A. D. 23-31); while a third party attribute it to the erection of a castle on the site of the old Roman structure, by Herrmann, archbishop of Treves. Of these, the first appears the most probable; but the second is by far the most romantic. The third can have no foundation in fact; for, notwithstanding the statement of Merian (Top. Archip. Mogunt. Trevir. Colon. 1646), no prelate of that name ever filled that see from the days of Eucharis (A. D. 100) to those of Clemens Wenceslaus, prince of Saxony (A. D. 1812). It is the second, therefore, that these pages adopt, less for its truth, than for the opportunity it offers of relating the history of the saviour of his country; of telling