Berlin

Capital of Pru ia and of the German empire; on R. Spree. It is irregularly laid out, with wide streets and many open parks, supplied with water, and is sewered. It is the IMG:content-0498.png:[graphic] Schiller Square, Berlin. It contains seat of the national university, has an excellent school system, an academy of sciences, and numerous museums. many large publishing houses, and is an important center of manufactures and trade. Pop., 1891, 1,579,244.