Contents

[Preface] xi
Chapter I [Rotterdam] 1
Chapter II [The Dutch in English Literature] 19
Chapter III [Dordrecht and Utrecht] 30
Chapter IV [Delft] 48
Chapter V [The Hague] 63
Chapter VI [Scheveningen and Katwyk] 85
Chapter VII [Leyden] 94
Chapter VIII [Leyden’s Painters, a Fanatic and a Hero] 107
Chapter IX [Haarlem] 128Page vi
Chapter X [Amsterdam] 153
Chapter XI [Amsterdam’s Pictures] 173
Chapter XII [Around Amsterdam; South and South-East] 184
Chapter XIII [Around Amsterdam: North] 195
Chapter XIV [Alkmaar and Hoorn, The Helder and Enkhuisen] 206
Chapter XV [Friesland: Stavoren to Leeuwarden] 226
Chapter XVI [Friesland (continued): Leeuwarden and Neighbourhood] 235
Chapter XVII [Groningen to Zutphen] 250
Chapter XVIII [Arnheim to Bergen-op-Zoom] 261
Chapter XIX [Middelburg] 285
Chapter XX [Flushing] 294

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List of Illustrations

In Colour

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