A tour through Holland : $b along the right and left banks of the Rhine, to the south of Germany, in the summer and autumn of 1806

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.

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.

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.

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.