A tour through Holland
by John Carr
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- A TOUR THROUGH HOLLAND, ALONG THE RIGHT AND LEFT BANKS OF THE RHINE, TO THE SOUTH OF GERMANY, IN THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN OF 1806.
- TO HIS GRACE JOHN, DUKE OF BEDFORD.
- TO THE READER.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. A CONFESSION ... THE WAR ... AN ADOPTION ... CONFIDENCE IN FORTUNE SOMETIMES NECESSARY ... HATEFUL CHARACTER OF A SPY ... A MOTIVE FOR TRAVELLING ... A MORAL ... ANECDOTE OF A ROYAL DESCRIPTION ... MISERIES OF A DUTCH GALLIOT ... CALVIN AND SERVETUS ... RELIGION AND A ROPE’S END ... DUTCH ANECDOTE OF FORTITUDE ... ANECDOTE OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG ... APPEARANCE OF HOLLAND FROM THE SEA ... ITS COAST ... A DILEMMA ... THE MAAS RIVER ... ANECDOTE OF NAPOLEON ... OF A DUTCH WOMAN ... A DISASTER ... ROTTERDAM DESCRIBED ... LEANING HOUSES.
- CHAPTER II. THE BOOMPIES ... BAYLE ... PREROGATIVES OF GENIUS ... SPANISH INSCRIPTIONS ... A DUTCH DINNER ... DUTCH BEGGARS ... A GOOD BARGAIN ... ANECDOTES OF SOME MEMBERS OF THE BATAVIAN EXECUTIVE BODY ... ANECDOTES OF THE PASSION OF THE DUTCH FOR TRAFFIC ... ANECDOTE OF LORD NELSON AND THE DEY OF TUNIS ... HEREDITARY DRESSES ... THE EXCHANGE OF ROTTERDAM ... ANECDOTES OF THE ENGLISH THERE ... SEVERAL ANECDOTES OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF HOLLAND ... PUBLIC OPINION OF THEM ... DUTY OF A TOURIST.
- CHAPTER III. COMMISSION COUNTENANCES ... PHYSIOGNOMIES COMPARED ... HOMAGE PAID TO GENIUS ... ERASMUS’S STATUE ... INSCRIPTION ... REVOLUTIONARY WHIMS ... LEARNED GALLANTRY ... KISSES ... ANECDOTES OF ERASMUS ... CATHEDRAL OF SAINT LAWRENCE ... THE RIVAL ORGAN ... CHARITY SCHOOLS ... PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS ... EFFECTS OF EDUCATION ON THE PUBLIC MIND ... HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEDFORD ... MR. LANCASTER’S SCHOOL.
- ERASMUS.
- CHAPTER IV. THE COINS ... PRACTICE OF VAILS-GIVING IN HOLLAND ... FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SELLERS ... DUTCH PASSION FOR SCRUBBING AND MOPPING ... WHIMSICAL SARCASM OF A TRAVELLER ... SINGULAR OFFENCE OFFERED TO A CHAMBER-MAID ... DUTCH PRINTS OF LORD NELSON ... TREATMENT OF OUR COUNTRYMEN AT VERDUN ... DUTCH COMPARED WITH THE CHINESE ... PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF PAINTINGS ... BRIEF ANECDOTE OF THE VANDERWERFS ... REMARKS ON DUTCH AND FLEMISH SCHOOLS ... DORT ... ANECDOTES OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS THERE ... ANECDOTE OF COWPER ... INTERPOSITION OF PROVIDENCE.
- SILVER COINS.
- GOLD COINS.
- COINS.
- CHAPTER V. LICENSED BROTHELS ... REMARKS UPON THEM ... DUTCH LITERARY MEETING DESCRIBED ... SPITTING POTS ... PIPES, DUTCH EXTRAVAGANT IN THEM ... SMOKING ... HISTORICAL ANECDOTE OF TOBACCO ... GENERAL TEMPERANCE OF THE DUTCH ... ARBITRARY POWER OF POLICE MASTERS ... TRAVELLING IN HOLLAND VERY CHEAP AND VERY AGREEABLE ... CANAL TO DELFT ... DUTCH SAWING MILLS ... ENGLISH CIRCULAR MASONRY MILLS ... DUTCH LANGUAGE ... SPECIMEN OF THE ENGLISH, DUTCH, AND GERMAN LANGUAGES.
- CHAPTER VI. DEXTERITY OF BOATMEN ... OVERCHIE ... DUTCH GINGERBREAD ... A FRENCH SAYING ... DELFT CHINA ... DELFT ... DUTCHMAN’S REMARK ON THE WAR ... NEW CHURCH ... ANECDOTE OF GROTIUS ... AFFECTIONATE STRATAGEM ... GROTIUS’S REMARKS ON EDUCATION ... BARNEVELDT ... NOBLE FEMALE ANECDOTE ... THE CARILLONS ... CARILLONEURS ... DUTCH FRUGALITY TOWARDS THE DEAD ... REVOLUTIONARY MODERATION ... FIRMNESS OF MANUFACTURERS.
- CHAPTER VII. SPIRITED REMONSTRANCE ... ANECDOTE OF A REGICIDE ... INTERESTING ANECDOTE OF FRANK HALS AND VANDYKE ... A DUTCH BLOOMFIELD ... DELIGHTFUL PASSAGE TO THE HAGUE ... DUTCH DISCUSSION OF DESDEMONA’S WISH ... RYSWICK ... APPROACH TO THE HAGUE ... DUTCH REVIEW ... OLD AND NEW CONSTITUTIONS COMPARED ... BRIEF REVIEW OF THE ANCIENT CONSTITUTION OF HOLLAND ... ALSO OF THE POLITICAL HISTORY ... REMARKS ON THE PRINCES OF THE HOUSE OF ORANGE.
- CHAPTER VIII. REMARKS ON THE LAST STADTHOLDER ... ALSO ON THE PRINCESS OF ORANGE ... HER PRESUMPTION AND INDISCRETION ... HATRED OF THE DUTCH TO THE HOUSE OF ORANGE ... FETE AT THE HAGUE ON THE FLIGHT OF THAT FAMILY ... REASONS ASSIGNED FOR THE PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH ARMS ... FOR THE GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF BRITISH PROWESS ... CONDUCT OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT TOWARDS SOME OF THE SERVANTS OF THE OLD ... THE NEW CONSTITUTION OF HOLLAND.
- THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS.
- First Section. General Dispositions.
- Section II. Of Religion.
- Section III. Of the King.
- Section IV. Of the Law.
- Section V. Of the Judiciary Power.
- Treaty concluded between his Majesty the Emperor of the French and King of Italy, and the Assembly of their High Mightinesses representing the Batavian Republic.
- Of Oaths.
- Of the Publication.
- Royal Decree of the 25th of June, 1806, creating general directors for the different departments of the public administration.
- Royal Decree of the 1st of July, 1806, containing the Organization and the Attributes of the Council of State.
- Royal Decree of the 9th July, 1806, relative to the Presentation of the projected Laws of their High Mightinesses.
- Title III. Of the Education of the Princes and Princesses of the Imperial House.
- Of the Presentation of Petitions and Audiences.
- CHAPTER IX. GRAND ENTRY OF KING AND QUEEN INTO HOLLAND ... OPENING OF THE MEETING OF THEIR HIGH MIGHTINESSES ... ANECDOTE OF ROYAL ECONOMY ... THE HAGUE DESCRIBED ... LADY W. MONTAGU’S REMARKS REBUTTED ... PRETTY FEMALE FACES ... A DUTCH NURSERY ... DUTCH MODE OF INCREASING ANIMAL HEAT ... THE WOOD ... ITS SANCTITY ... THE PALACE FORMERLY CALLED THE HOUSE IN THE WOOD ... ANECDOTE OF KING WILLIAM THE THIRD ... UNOSTENTATIOUS HABITS OF THE ORANGE FAMILY ... CHARMING JAUNT TO SCHEVELING ... A MARINE HOTEL ... MR. FOX.
- CHAPTER X. HISTORICAL ANECDOTE OF SCHEVELING ... ANECDOTE OF LORD NELSON ... A MARINE SCENE ... PASSION OF DUTCH FOR FLOWERS NOT SUBSIDED ... VENERATION OF DUTCH FOR STORKS ... CAUSES OF IT ... QUAILS AND SWANS ... HUMOROUS BLUNDER OF A DUTCH WAITER ... UNIVERSAL INDUSTRY ... DOGS AND GOATS ... THE THEATRE ... THEATRICAL ECONOMY ... PRODIGAL PROCREATION ... PRESENT STATE OF THE HAGUE ... STATE OF LITERATURE THERE ... BRIEF ANECDOTE OF DANIEL MYTENS ... OF JOHN HANNEMAN ... OF JOHN LE DUC, OR THE BRAVE.
- CHAPTER XI. VEGETABLE PROBLEMS ... APPROACH TO LEYDEN ... GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THAT TOWN ... THE TOWN-HALL ... CELEBRATED PICTURE OF LUCAS VAN LEYDEN ... ANECDOTE OF THAT PAINTER ... ALSO OF KAREL DE MOOR ... PICTURE OF THE SIEGE OF LEYDEN ... DESCRIPTION OF THAT HORRIBLE SIEGE ... GENEROUS AND HEROIC CONDUCT OF THE DUTCH WOMEN ... ALSO OF PETER ADRIAN ... THE MOUNT ... UNIVERSITY OF LEYDEN ... THE STUDENTS ... ANECDOTES OF BOERHAAVE ... PETER THE GREAT ... GENIUS AND DIFFIDENCE ... CONFIDENCE IN PROVIDENCE ... MONUMENT OF BOERHAAVE.
- CHAPTER XII. THE BOTANIC GARDEN ... THE CELEBRATED ANCIENT PALM ... BUSTS AND STATUES ... THEATRE OF ANATOMY ... LIBRARY AND PORTRAITS OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS ... MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ... ATTRACTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY ... ITS PRESENT CONDITION ... SEVERITY OF ITS EXAMINATIONS ... ANECDOTES OF REMBRANDT ... HIS GENIUS AND RAPACIOUSNESS ... A STRATAGEM ... CRITICISMS ON HIS WORKS ... MR. DESENFAN’S SPLENDID GALLERY OF PAINTINGS ... JOHN OF LEYDEN ... HIS AMBITION, CRUELTY, AND FATE ... DUTCH BOWING ... SAINT PETER’S CHURCH ... ANECDOTE OF RUSSIAN PRISONERS.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE PRESS OF LEYDEN ... ITS STAPLE TRADE ... ANECDOTES OF GERARD DOUW ... OF JEAN STEEN ... HIS SINGULAR PAINTING OF THE DELUGE ... ANECDOTES OF FRANCIS MIERES ... THE PICTORIAL CONTEST ... ANECDOTE OF VANDERWELDE ... THE VILLAGE OF RHYNSBURG ... SINGULAR RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION ... A CURIOUS CUSTOM ... EXPLOSION AT LEYDEN ... CONDUCT OF THE KING ... HAARLEM ... ITS CELEBRATED ORGAN DESCRIBED ... ANECDOTE OF HANDEL ... MR. HENRY HOPE’S HOUSE.
- CHAPTER XIV. ANECDOTES OF LAWRENCE COSTER ... ART OF PRINTING HOW DISCOVERED ... ITS ORIGINALITY DISPUTED ... FEMALE FORTITUDE AND PRESENCE OF MIND ... SIEGE OF HAARLEM ... HEROIC CONDUCT OF THE WOMEN ... BRIEF ANECDOTE OF WOUVERMANS ... OF BAMBOCCIO ... FATAL EFFECTS OF SEVERE CRITICISM ... ANECDOTES OF NICHOLAS BERGHEM AND HIS TERMAGANT WIFE ... OF RUYSDAAL ... ENORMOUS SLUICES ... APPROACH AMSTERDAM ... ITS GENERAL APPEARANCE ... A SLEY ... ERASMUS’S WHIMSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THAT CITY ... THE STADT-HOUSE ... SILENCE REPRESENTED AS A FEMALE ... THE TOWER ... CLOCKS, SINGULAR MODE OF STRIKING THE HOUR.
- CHAPTER XV. DUNGEONS IN THE STADT-HOUSE ... TREATMENT OF THE PRISONERS ... HALL OF JUSTICE ... THE TORTURE ... CRIMINAL TRIALS ... CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ... ANECDOTE OF A MALEFACTOR ... THE BANK ... ITS FORMER AND PRESENT STATE ... POPULAR TUMULT ... EFFECTS OF DIFFUSIVE EDUCATION ... PUBLIC FETE AT AMSTERDAM ... DANCING DUTCHMEN ... THE BEGUINES ... LADIES OF HOLLAND ... HOUSE RENT ... THE WATER OF AMSTERDAM.
- CHAPTER XVI. POLICE ... FIRES ... LAWS RELATING TO DEBTORS ... DITTO TO BANKRUPTS ... THE AANSPREEKERS ... SINGULAR CUSTOM ... THE TROKENKORB ... THE STREETS ... INSALUBRITY OF STAGNANT CANALS ... SOCIETIES FOR RECOVERING DROWNED PERSONS ... NOBLE CONDUCT OF THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER ... POLISH GRATITUDE ... AUSTRIA ... THE EXCHANGE ... A DUTCH MERCHANT ... HERRING FISHERY.
- CHAPTER XVII. FORMER COMMERCE OF THE DUTCH ... BATAVIA ... ANECDOTES OF NATIONAL FRUGALITY ... EXCHANGE AND BANKING BUSINESS ... COMMERCIAL HOUSE OF MESSRS. HOPE ... JEW FRUIT-SELLERS ... MARINE SCHOOL ... THE RASP-HOUSE ... THE WORKHOUSE ... THE PLANTATION ... PRIESTS HOW SUPPORTED ... PARISH REGISTERS ... THE POOR ... LITERARY SOCIETIES ... FELIX MERITIS ... MODERN DUTCH PAINTERS.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE DUTCH THEATRE ... THEATRICAL TRAFFIC ... THE RONDELL ... SINGULAR VILLAGE OF BROCK ... SAARDAM ... COTTAGE OF PETER THE GREAT ... CLIMATE, DIVISIONS, AND POPULATION OF HOLLAND ... JOURNEY TO ZEYST ... DUTCH FOND OF COFFEE ... SMALL FARMS ... PICTURE OF A DUTCH PEASANT’S NEST ... EFFECTS OF INDUSTRY ... PALACE OF SOESTDYKE ... PYRAMID RAISED IN HONOUR OF BONAPARTE ... SOCIETY OF HERRENHUTHERS ... THEIR HOUSE AND INTERNAL ARRANGEMENTS DESCRIBED.
- INSCRIPTION ON THE GRAND FRONT.
- INSCRIPTION ON THE SECOND FRONT.
- Battles gained by the Emperor.
- INSCRIPTION ON THE THIRD FRONT.
- ON THE FOURTH FRONT.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE MALL OF UTRECHT ... A GASCONADE ... THE RHINE ... CONQUEST OF UTRECHT ... THE CATHEDRAL ... BEAUTIFUL LINES ... ANECDOTES OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS BORN AT UTRECHT ... THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS ... A DIRECTION ... THE CITY OF ARNHEIM ... ANECDOTE OF BECK ... DUTCHY OF BERG ... CLEVES ... ANECDOTE OF FLINK ... A TEDIOUS FORM ... ANECDOTE OF BROWN BREAD ... THE CONTRAST ... THE RECEPTION ... BONAPARTE’S HATRED OF ENGLISH.
- CHAPTER XX. DUSSELDORF DESCRIBED ... ITS INHABITANTS ... THE GRAND DUCAL COURT ... ANECDOTE OF MURAT ... A DOUBLE ENTENDRE ... THE FLYING BRIDGE ... COLOGNE ... A CONTRABAND PEEP ... THE CATHEDRAL ... A COLLECTION OF GODS ... A BON MOT ... PRIESTLY MUMMERY ... ANECDOTE OF AN ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE ... ANECDOTE OF REUBENS AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED PERSONS ... PRESENT STATE OF COLOGNE.
- CHAPTER XXI. REMARKS ON THE FRENCH ARMY ... ORIGIN OF THE CONSCRIPTION ... ROBESPIERRE ... FRENCH SOLDIERS ... POLICY OF THE GENERALS ... MILITARY VANITY ... BULLETINS ... MODE OF ATTACK ... RHENISH CONFEDERATION ... ACT OF IMPERIAL ABDICATION.
- CHAPTER XXII. IMPERIAL REGULATION NECESSARY TO BE KNOWN ... THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU DES DILIGENCES PAR EAU ... SINGULAR ADVENTURE ... A SCRAPE ... A STRATAGEM ... PASSAGE TO BONN ... A DISCOVERY ... EXCELLENT EFFECT OF BRANDY ... THE CITY OF BONN ... THE MALL ... EFFECT OF BLACK ... PRESENT STATE OF BONN ... THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS ... THE MONASTERY ... ANECDOTE OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE ... BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.
- CHAPTER XXIII. BASALT MOUNTAINS ... ANDERNACH ... ANECDOTE OF GENERAL HOCHE ... RHENISH FLOATS ... SINGULAR ACCIDENT ... FRENCH POLICE ... NEUWEID ... THE RHINE BOAT ... TOMB OF GENERAL MARCEAU ... ANECDOTE OF FRENCH HEROISM ... COBLENTZ ... ITS SURRENDER TO THE FRENCH ARMS ... ANEDOTE OF FRENCH VIVACITY ... THE ROCK AND FORTRESS OF EHRENBREITSTEIN ... THE GRIFFON ... STUPENDOUS FRENCH ROADS ... BOPPART.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE YOUNG CONSCRIPT ... SINGULAR FRENCH ANECDOTE ... ST. GOAR ... ITS HISTORY ... OBERWESEL ... THE PALATINATE ... A CELEBRATED VINEYARD ... A REGALE ... BACHARACH ... BACCHUS ... THE RHYNGAU SONG ... RÜDESHEIM ... ROMAN DERIVATIONS ... THE PRIORY OF JOHANNESBERG ... VINEYARDS CLASSED ... GRAPES CLASSED.
- CHAPTER XXV. BIBERICH ... CHARLEMAGNE’S PALACE ... BRIDGE OF BOATS ... MAYENCE ... HORRORS OF WAR ... THE ART OF PRINTING ... THE HOCKHEIM HILLS ... REMARKS ON OLD HOCK ... THE TOOTH-BRUSH ... FRANCFORT ... SPLENDID TABLE D’HOTE ... INAUGURATION OF THE PRINCE PRIMATE ... ANECDOTES OF THE FRENCH ... THE FAIR.
- CHAPTER XXVI. BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE OF OFFENBACH ... BRAVERY OF THE HESSIANS ... ANECDOTES OF MARESCHAL AUGERAU ... EXCURSION TO DARMSTADT ... MINUTE-POSTS ... DARMSTADT ... LAW’S DELAY IN GERMANY ... AGREEABLE MANNERS OF THE GERMANS ... NATIONAL ANTIPATHIES ... RETURN TO FRANCFORT ... GLOOMY APPEARANCE OF THE CONTINENT ... FRENCH ARMY ON ITS MARCH AGAINST THE PRUSSIANS ... RETURN TO LONDON.
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