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A series of travel essays that move through Dutch cities, towns and countryside, combining itinerary and impression. The writer records visits to canals, markets, beaches, museums and galleries, offering vivid portraiture of urban scenes, rural landscapes and local customs. Extended reflections on paintings and painters sit alongside anecdotal sightings of wildlife, street life and provincial characters, while market days, cheese fairs and seaside resorts receive descriptive attention. The narrative balances informed art commentary with light humor and personal observation to convey the visual culture, architecture and everyday rhythms of the places explored.

I

Ireland, Samuel, quoted, 26, 60, 120, 166, 178, 233

Israels, Joseph, 14,145, 251

J

Jan of Leyden, 113118

Jansen, Zacharias, 291

Jaureguy, 50

Juffer Lysse, 249

K

Kampen, 255

Katwyk, 92

Kermis, The, 104, 301

Keyer, Trijntje, 201

Knipperdollinch, 115

Koster, Laurens, 136

L

Lange Jacob, 231

Laren, 187

Leeuwarden, 235249

— Guide-book, 245

Leeuwenhoek, Antony van, 57

Lennep, Mr. Van, quoted, 152

Leyden, 94127

Lighthouse, The, 220

Lohengrin, 277

Longfellow, H.W., 149, 263

Love-making, 198, 228

Lucas van Leyden, 123

Luther, 135, 252

M

Mabuse, 286

Maes, Nicolas, 34, 178

Mandeville, Bernard, 40

Maris, James, 14, 181

— Matthew, 14, 145, 181

Marken, 195

Marnix, Elizabeth, 57

Marssum, 247

Marvell, Andrew, 1922

Mary, Queen of Scots, 219

Maurice, Prince, 37, 74

Mauritshuis, The, 6669

Mauve, Anton, 14, 187, 205

Max Havelaar, 167

Maximilian of Burgundy, 293

Medemblik, 223

Mendoza quoted, 193

Mermaid, The, 202

Mesdag, H.W., 14, 70, 251

Mesdag Museum, 70

Metsu, Gabriel, 121

Michel, Georges, 71

Middelburg, 285, 301

Mieris, Franz van, 120

— William van, 120

Monnickendam, 198

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, quoted, 8, 277

Motley quoted, 5054, 124, 137143, 189, 194, 209, 215, 216, 258, 296, 298

Muiden, 194

Muiderburg, 194

“Multatuli,” 167

Münster, 114

Music Halls, 287

N

Naarden, 188

Nieuwediep, 220

Noordwyk, 93

Nottingham, 277

Nymwegen, 276

O

Osterlen, the shipowner, 202

Overbury, Sir Thomas, 25 Page 308

P

Pacheco, 298

Paint, Green, 204, 245, 289

Parma, Prince of, 50

Pearson, Prof. Karl, quoted, 113

Peat, 253

Peter the Great, 205

Philip II., 296

Phillips, Sir Richard, 28

Planetarium, The, 244

Poffertjes, 105

Poppema, Bauck, 248

Postcards, Picture, 260

Potter, Paul, 66, 224

Printing, 136

Prior, Matthew, 81

Proverbs, 279

Purmerend, 203

Q

Queen-Mother, 16

R

Radbod, 223

Regent Pieces, 146

Rembrandt, 64, 66, 107, 118, 119, 157, 176178, 183

Rhine, The, 3, 276

Rotterdam, 118

Ruisdael, Jacob van, 149

Ryks Museum, 175180

Rynsburg, 92

S

St. Jacobie Parochie, 238, 240

Santvoort, Dirck van, 133

Schalcken, Godfried, 119

Scheffer, Ary, 35

Scheveningen, 9092

Schouten, Willem, 215

Scorel, Jan van, 14, 46, 147

Sidney, Sir Philip, 257

Sieges, 137, 209, 283, 288

Six, Jan, 182

Sneek, 231

Souburg, 295

Spanish War, 37, 124, 137, 189, 209, 215, 258, 280, 281, 283, 288, 296

Spinoza, 92

Stedelijk Museum, 181

Stavoren, 226

Steen, Jan, 109113

Steengracht, Baron, his pictures, 70

Stoofjes, 22

Stork, The, 15, 240

Suasso Rooms, 181

Synod of Dort, 37

T

Tasman, Abel, 215

Temple, Sir William, 25, 224, 282

Terburg, Gerard, 179, 253

Texel, 223, 262

Tholen, 204, 284

Through Noord-Holland quoted, 133, 136, 144, 166, 187, 194, 197, 202, 203, 208

Tobacco, 232

Tortures, 78

Trams, 159

Tromp, Admiral, 56

Tulipe Noire, La, 39, 129

Tulips, 128

U

Urk, 257

Utrecht, 4347

V

Veere, 292

Venice, 33, 153

Venne, Van der, 287

Vermeer of Delft, 12, 58, 6768, 178

Villa Names, 132

Visscher, Anna, 266

— Roemer, 262

— Tesselschade, 262

Volendam, 202

Vondel, 214, 265

Vyver, The, 66

W

Wafelen, 105

Walcheren, 285

Waxworks, 259

Werf, Van der, 124

Whitman, Walt, 4 Page 309

Widow’s Corn, The, 227

Wild Girl of Kampen, The, 255

Wilhelmina, Queen, 160

William the Silent, 4955, 127, 213, 288, 296

Windmills, 204

Wine, 8

Woudrichem, 40

Z

Zaandam, 204

Zaandvoort, 132

Zeeland, 285

Zutphen, 257

Zuyder Zee, 199, 202, 214, 226

Zwolle, 253

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