. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. W ,i^. DUTCH GUARDS OF WILLIATIil TTI. CHAPTEK )e Butcl) or ^ftberlantitrsf. The Dutch chiefly Frisians and Saxons—Early inhabitants—Successive conquests—Ravages ofNorthmen—Counts of Holland—Alliance with England—Rise of municipalities-Burgundiandomination—Spanish tyranny—The Princes of Orange—Struggles for liberty—Dutch foreignenterprise—The Thirty Years War-Connexion wi
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. W ,i^. DUTCH GUARDS OF WILLIATIil TTI. CHAPTEK )e Butcl) or ^ftberlantitrsf. The Dutch chiefly Frisians and Saxons—Early inhabitants—Successive conquests—Ravages ofNorthmen—Counts of Holland—Alliance with England—Rise of municipalities-Burgundiandomination—Spanish tyranny—The Princes of Orange—Struggles for liberty—Dutch foreignenterprise—The Thirty Years War-Connexion with England—The Dutch great carrying trade—Hollands power diminishes—The French and the Dutch—Kingdom of the Netherlands—TheDutch of to-day—Distinctive character of the Dutch—Admirable qualities—Taciturnity,smoking and drinking—Seriousness and perseverance—Dikes and canals—Diminished mari-time importance—Physical appearance—A Dutch farmhouse—Cleanliness and substantialcomfort—Great commercial cities—Great colonial possessions—Dutch literature—Universi-ties—Dutch art. GEOGEAPHICALLY the Dutch are simplyNetherlanders, inhabitants of a delta. Theyare specially a Teu
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