Vienna

As he traces the sources of the Danube, the noblest and most picturesque river of Europe (though not blue), so Mr. Sedgwick traces the sources, the tributaries that created the spirit and the physical aspects of Vienna. It was Charlemagne who pushed the frontier of his empire eastward and formed the “Mark in Ostland.” After the Babenbergs, for seven centuries the Habsburg ruled. Vienna sprang from...