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BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Bibliography for Belgium and Holland.
Among recent E
tioned the ‘History of Be
1902); ‘The Story of Belg
Constitution of Belgium’, translated, with notes, by J. M. Vincen
(Philadelphia, 1898); ‘The Cities of Belgium’, by Giant All
(London, fone ‘Belgian Life in Town and Country’, by D.C. Boulge
(London, 1904); ‘Belgium and the Belgians’, by C. Scudamore (Lon-
don, 1901)
The following are some of the most recent English books or
Holland: ‘The Story of Holland’, by J. E. T. Rogers (London, 188
‘The Heart of Holland’, ‘Picturesque Holland’, and ‘The Dead
of the Zuyder Zee’, ll three translated from the French of Henr
Havard; ‘Holland’, trans. from the Italian of LZ. de Amicis ( ¢
1883); ‘Through Holland’, by C. W. Wood (London, 187
glish books relating to Belgium may | 1
gium’, by D. C. Boulger (Part I; London,
ium’, by C. Smythe (London, Ae 100): ‘TI
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in Holland and Scandinavia’ , by A.J. C. Hare (London, 1885) ; ‘Dutch
Life in Town and Country’, by P. M. Hough (London, 1901); ‘Hol-
land and the Hollanders’, by D. S. Meldrum (2nd edit., Londor
4899); ‘The American in Holland’, by W. E. Griffis (Boston, 1899)
It is hardly necessary to mention J. L. Motley’s ‘The Rise of the
Dutch Republic’ and ‘History of the United Netherlands’. Mo otleys
Dutch Nation’ is a condensation of the former brought do
1908, by W. E. Griffis.
Those who take an interest in Flemish and Dutch Art ma
referred to Crowe and Cavalcaselle’s ‘Karly Flemish Painters’ (
3rd ed., 1879), Conway's ‘Early Flemish Artists’ (1887), or Burger’
‘Musées de la Hollande’ (4860-61); and to works by Max Rooses,
Fromentin, Guiffrey (these in French), Bode, Bredius, Burckhardt
Max Friedldnder, Vosmaer, Karl Neumann, K. Voll, etc. (in German).
Among recent works on modern art are C, Lemonnier’s “Histo
des Beaux-Arts en Belgique’ (Brussels, 1884), R. Muther’s ‘
Belgische Malerei im xrx. Jahrhundert’ (Berlin, 1904), W. Gensel’s
‘Constantin Meunier’ (Leipzig, 1907), Hymans’s ‘Belgische Kuns
des x1x. Jahrhunderts’ (Leipzig, 1907), G. H. Marius’s ‘De Hol-
Jandsche Schilderkunst in de negentiende eeuw’ (The Hague, 1904),
E. Hessling’s ‘La Sculpture Belge Contemporaire’ (Berlin, 1903).
and Destree’s ‘Renaissance of Sculpture in Belgium’.
Maps. The best maps of Belgium ae those Widaued by the Institut
Cartographique Militaire on the scales of 1: 20,000 (430 sheets at 41!/2 fr.
plain, 2 fr. coloured), 4: 40,000 (2 sheets = 2 to 5 fr. per sheet, according
to style), 1:100,000 (26 sheets, in course of publication), and 41: 160, 000
(six sheets at 9 fr. plain, 12-45 fr. coloured; cyclists’ edition 18 fr.). The
Institut has also published a ‘Carte Géologique du Sol de la Belgique’, by
A. Dumont, on a scale of 1:460,000 (9 sheets, not sold separately; 40
The best map of Holland is the Yopographische en Militaire Kaa
van het Koningts7 der Nederlanden, uitgegeven door het Ministerie van Oorlog
(1: 50,000; 62 sheets at 11/2 fl.). Mention may also be made of the Topo-
gr aphische Atlas van het Koningrijk der Nederlanden (1:200,000; 19 sheets,
not sold separately, 12 fl.). |