Windmills and Wooden Shoes

Today a number of the Dutch spellings for place names, people’s names and specific words have changed but the colloquial spellings of the era have been retained, however where the name has been spelt two or more different ways, the spellings have been altered to the most prolific usage.
CHAPTER XV Utrecht and ’S Hertogenbosch. This chapter is the only one with the word Chapter before it, and this has been retained.
The spelling of the word æsophagus on p. 30, appears to be acceptable in the late 1800’s, early 1900’s, so this spelling has been retained.
The veterans of the fishing fleet are among the most interesting inhabitants of Volendam, wearing fur hats in summer and waistband buttons made of old Dutch coins
By Blair Jaekel, F.R.G.S.
Author of
The Lands of the Tamed Turk
NEW YORK
McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY
1912
Copyright, 1912, by McBride, Nast & Company
Published February, 1912