Der fremde Vetter: Skizzen aus England

Name of traveller

Oscar Mysing

Reason for travel

• travelling as foreign correspondent for the German newspaper Kölnische Zeitung

Date of travel

undated, visit during a 2 1/2-year stay in London

In bezug auf ihre Konsonanten-Üppigkeit scheint die walisische Sprache mit dem Tschechischen in einem geheimen Wettbewerb zu stehen . . .. (Mysing 294)

Content

• the volume is a collection of essays resulting from over two years of journalistic exploration of the British Isles

• customs:
  • notes the mild character of the Welsh population
  • comments on an eisteddfod
• history: compares Wales of days gone by with the battlefield-like activity in the coalfields
• industry:
  • description of Cardiff Docks
  • Merthyr as central to the coal industry and notes the impact on the environment
  • visit to a mine
• language: notes on the Welsh language
• literature: notes how process of export of coal has changed since the travel accounts of the eighteenth century
• politics:
  
  • aware of union activity and the increased political power of the workers in their fight for better pay and conditions
  • comparison of Welsh union activities to the situation in France
  • living conditions of the miners described as harsh
• transport: travels to Wales via Severn Tunnel

Nationality of traveller

German

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

essay; travelogue

Citation

Mysing, Oscar. "Im Kampfgebiet der Kohle." Der fremde Vetter: Skizzen aus England. Berlin: Alfred Schall, 1914. 283-304. Print.