Things Seen in Holland
he was wounded at Auerstädt, and he again fought at Waterloo with the Dutch-Belgian Legion. William II. was succeeded by William III. in 1849. The latter was the father of Queen Wilhelmina, and at his death, in 1890, the male line of the House of Nassau-Orange became extinct. During the minority of the Queen, her mother, Queen Emma, the King's second wife, acted as Regent. The heir to the Dutch Crown is Princess Juliana, born on April 30, 1909.
Besides the explorers already named, the record must be preserved of Barentz and Heemskerk, who discovered Novaya Zemblya, and whose fortitude has been immortalized by the Dutch poet Tollens.
“Dutch courage” is of the best, and when the Hollander sings his National Anthem, “Voor Vaderland en Vorst” (“For Fatherland and Prince”), he may trium-
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