A Wanderer in Holland

A Wanderer in Holland, by E. V.
Lucas

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Title: A Wanderer in Holland
Author: E. V. Lucas
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A Wanderer in Holland
By

E.V. Lucas
With Twenty Illustrations in Colour By
Herbert Marshall
And Thirty-Four Illustrations After Old Dutch Masters

Contents

Preface I Rotterdam II The Dutch in English Literature III Dordrecht
and Utrecht IV Delft V The Hague VI Scheveningen and Katwyk VII
Leyden VIII Leyden's Painters, a Fanatic and a Hero IX Haarlem X
Amsterdam XI Amsterdam's Pictures XII Around Amsterdam; South
and South-East XIII Around Amsterdam: North XIV Alkmaar and
Hoorn, The Helder and Enkhuisen XV Friesland: Stavoren to
Leeuwarden XVI Friesland (continued): Leeuwarden and
Neighbourhood XVII Groningen to Zutphen XVIII Arnheim to
Bergen-op-Zoom XIX Middelburg XX Flushing

List of Illustrations
In Colour
Sunrise on the Maas Rotterdam Gouda The Great Church, Dort Utrecht
On the Beach, Scheveningen Leyden The Turf Market, Haarlem St.
Nicolas Church, Amsterdam Canal in the Jews' Quarter, Amsterdam
Volendam Cheese Market, Alkmaar The Harbour Tower, Hoorn
Market Place, Weigh-house, Hoorn The Dromedaris Tower, Enkhuisen
Harlingen Kampen Arnheim The Market Place, Nymwegen
Middelburg
In Monotone

Girl's Head. Jan Vermeer of Delft (Mauritshuis) The Store Cupboard.
Peter de Hooch (Ryks) From a Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl
Portrait of a Youth. Jan van Scorel (Boymans Museum, Rotterdam)
The Sick Woman. Jan Steen (Ryks) From a Photograph by Franz
Hanfstaengl The Anxious Family. Josef Israels View of Dort. Albert
Cuyp (Ryks) From a Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl The
Never-Ending Prayer. Nicholas Maes (Ryks) From a Photograph by
Franz Hanfstaengl A Lady. Paulus Moreelse (Ryks) Pilgrims to
Jerusalem. Jan van Scorel (Kunstliefde Museum, Utrecht) View of
Delft. Jan Vermeer (Mauritshuis) From a Photograph by Franz
Hanfstaengl The School of Anatomy. Rembrandt (Mauritshuis) From a
Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl A Young Woman. Rembrandt
(Mauritshuis) The Steen Family. Jan Steen (Mauritshuis) From a
Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl The Menagerie. Jan Steen
(Mauritshuis) From a Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl Portrait of G.
Bicker, Landrichter of Muiden. Van der Heist (Ryks) From a
Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl The Syndics. Rembrandt (Ryks)
From a Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl The Oyster Feast. Jan Steen
(Mauritshuis) From a Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl The Young
Housekeeper. Gerard Dou (Mauritshuis) From a Photograph by Franz
Hanfstaengl Breakfast. Gabriel Metsu (Ryks) From a Photograph by
Franz Hanfstaengl The Groote Kerk. Johannes Bosboom (Boymans
Museum, Rotterdam) The Painter and His Wife (?). Frans Hals (Ryks)
From a Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl Group of Arquebusiers. Frans
Hals (Haarlem) From a Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl The Cat's
Dancing Lesson. Jan Steen (Ryks) From a Photograph by Franz
Hanfstaengl The "Night Watch". Rembrandt (Ryks) From a Photograph
by Franz Hanfstaengl The Reader. Jan Vermeer (Ryks) From a
Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl Milking Time. Anton Mauve
Paternal Advice. Gerard Terburg (Ryks) From a Photograph by Franz
Hanfstaengl The Spinner. Nicholas Maes (Ryks) From a Photograph by
Franz Hanfstaengl Clara Alewijn. Dirck Santvoort (Ryks) Family
Scene. Jan Steen (Ryks) From a Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl The
Little Princess. Paulus Moreelse (Ryks) From a Photograph by Franz
Hanfstaengl The Shepherd and His Flock. Anton Mauve Helene van
der Schalke. Gerard Terburg (Ryks) From a Photograph by Franz
Hanfstaengl Elizabeth Bas. Rembrandt (Ryks) From a Photograph by

Franz Hanfstaengl

Preface
It would be useless to pretend that this book is authoritatively
informing. It is a series of personal impressions of the Dutch country
and the Dutch people, gathered during three visits, together with an
accretion of matter, more or less pertinent, drawn from many sources,
old and new, to which I hope I have given unity. For trustworthy
information upon the more serious side of Dutch life and character I
would recommend Mr. Meldrum's Holland and the Hollanders. My
thanks are due to my friends, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Lüden, for saving me
from many errors by reading this work in MS.
E.V.L.

A WANDERER IN HOLLAND
Chapter I
Rotterdam
To Rotterdam by water--To Rotterdam by rail--Holland's monotony of
scenery--Holland in England--Rotterdam's few merits--The life of the
river--The Rhine--Walt Whitman--Crowded canals--Barge life--The
Dutch high-ways--A perfect holiday--The canal's influence on the
national character--The florin and the franc--Lady Mary Wortley
Montagu--The old and the poor--Holland's health--Funeral
customs--The chemists' shops--Erasmus of Rotterdam--Latinised
names--Peter de Hooch--True aristocracy--The Boymans
treasures--Modern Dutch art--Matthew