The American in Holland; sentimental rambles in the eleven provinces of the Netherlands
1899
The American in Holland; sentimental rambles in the eleven provinces of the Netherlands
Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928
1899
viii, 1 leaf, 403, [1] pages 20 cm Holland in 1869: Down the Rhine into Holland -- North Holland: In Holland with a Japanese -- Amsterdam as brain stimulant -- The floral capital of Europe -- A sentimental trip to Bloemendaal -- In the Egmont country -- Charming little Zaandijk -- Friesland: The lion city of the North -- Quaint Hindeloopen -- Franeker, Sneek, and American precedents -- Dokkum and our pagan forbears -- Groningen: Groningen province and city -- Stories told by relics and arms -- Drenthe: Drenthe heaths and giants' graves -- The turf-yard of the kingdom -- Alone to Coevorden -- Over-Ijssel: Over-Ijssel, Steenwijk and Kampen -- Zwolle and Thomas a Kempis -- The glories of Deventer -- Gelderland: Glorious Arnhem -- The American artist in Holland -- From Harderwijk to Het Loo -- Utrecht: Utrecht province and city -- By the storied Rhine -- North Brabant: In the old generability, North Brabant -- Limburg: The valley of the Upper Maas -- Maastricht and Roermond -- Zealand: Middelburg, the home of freedom -- Flushing and Manhattan -- The little city of Goes -- South Holland: South Holland -- Rotterdam -- Gouda, Oudewater, and Woerden -- The city of Grotius and Orange -- The Count's hedge -- Classic Leyden -- The Inauguration of Queen Wilhelmina: Queen's month -- The joyous entry -- The royal inauguration
