CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

th is school th ere are several excellent p riv ate schools

w ith the privilege of sending alum ni to the U niversity,

of w hich

Bohrs

A cadem y in N ørregade is the

largest, n um berin g a b o u t 3 0 0 pupils.

Tw o schools

for the education o f the children o f Citizens, term ed

Borger-Dyden s

one in C hristian sh avn

(Hamme-

rich’s),

an d one in the City

(Rimestad’s)

are also

schools of note.

Mariboe’s, Friis3 s3 Melchior’s}

and "

Efterslægtens

” are also distinguished sc h o o ls:

these are term ed

R e a ls k o le r

because practical and

u sefu l know ledge are the p rim ary objects.

Am ong the m an y Institution s for the instruction

o f p oor children m ust be specified the

Sunday

Schools

in C hristianshavn, founded and endowed

b y P a sto r

Massmann

in 1800. T he ann ual m oving-

d ay is k ep t as a fe stiv a l, an d the distribu tio n of

prizes tak es place in one o f the M etropolitan

c h u rch e s, w hen the reigning Sovereign generally

atten ds.

Am ong the Institutions for E ducational p u r

poses m ay p ro p erly be included:

Det Kongelige Blinde-Institute The Royal

Asylum for the B lin d

founded in 1811 in the

reign o f F red erik V I., and situate a t the corner o f