Index:Things Seen In Holland (1912).djvu

Title	Things Seen in Holland
Author	Charles E. Roche
Year	1912
Publisher	Seeley, Service & Co., Limited
Location	London
Source	djvu
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Validated in	August 2013
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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

THE CHARM OF THE NETHERLANDS

PAGES

Fighting the Waters—Characteristics of Three Great Cities—Attractions of Provincial Towns -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

13-75

CHAPTER II

LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY

The Love of Tobacco—Eating and Drinking—Clubs and Country Residences -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

76-100

CHAPTER III

THE QUEEN AND HER PEOPLE

Costume—Festivals—Games—Golf of Dutch Origin -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

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CHAPTER IV

HOLLAND'S ARTISTIC SIDE

Art, Past and Present—Museums—"The Spaander"—Churches—Universities -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

139-170

CHAPTER V

HISTORY AND LANGUAGE

The House of Orange—National Heroes—Peculiarities of the Language—The Dutch in America—Spanish Vestiges -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

171-214

CHAPTER VI

ON MANY SUBJECTS

Trade—Cheese—Diamond-cutting—Bulbs—Peat—Pottery—Dutch Artists in England—Army and Navy—Standard Time -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

217-244

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

West of Dordrecht -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

Frontispiece

A “Polder” Scene -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

To face page 14

Characteristic Canal Scene -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''20

Knitting and Basking -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''24

A Back Street in Volendam -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''28

On the Schie -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''34

Canal Scene in Amsterdam -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''38

A “Street” in Amsterdam -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''44

The Nieuwe Markt of Amsterdam -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''48

A General View of Amsterdam -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''52

A Group of Windmills -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''58

Brielle's Stadhuis -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''62

In the Island of Walcheren -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''67

Utrecht's Cathedral Tower -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''68

The Haven of Volendam -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''71

Old Dutch Houses -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''72

Zaandam, near Amsterdam -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''78

A Dutch Milkman -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''84

At the Hague -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''90

The Binnenhof -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''96

Nijmegen's Market-Place -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''102

A Goes Milkcart -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''108

In Zuid Beveland -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''112

Ancient Mariners -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''118

“Three Little Maids are We” -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''122

The Frozen Zuider Zee -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''126

Young Holland -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''130

Fishermen's Winter Work -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''134

Young Volendammers Skating -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''140

Posing for a Photograph -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''144

In Winter Time -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''148

A Chat on the Dike -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''152

The Nieuwe Kerk at Delft -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''156

Delft's Market-Place -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''162

Delft's Town Hall -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''166

Back from Fishing -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''172

Alkmaar's Wharves -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''176

In a Shipping Quarter -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''182

Alkmaar -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''186

On the Fringe of the Dike -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''190

Off the Island of Marken -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''194

On the Way to Edam -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''198

Drawbridge at Edam -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''202

Hoorn's Famed Water Tower -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''208

In Medieval Hoorn -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''214

The Harbour of Marken -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''218

The Young Knitter -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''222

Katwijk-aan-Zee -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''228

A Shady Avenue -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''234

Unloading Peat -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

''238