. The spell of Flanders; an outline of the history, legends and art of Belgium's famous northern provinces, being the story of a twentieth century pilgrimage in a sixteenth century land just before the outbreak of the great war . esses the church of St. Nicholas,which has a noble square tower, also churches are disappointing within, al-though the former is, no doubt, of great interestto architects as an example of the ogival style,while the latter is Gothic and dates from thefourteenth century. The choir stalls in are notable examples of the Flemishwoodcarvers art,
. The spell of Flanders; an outline of the history, legends and art of Belgium's famous northern provinces, being the story of a twentieth century pilgrimage in a sixteenth century land just before the outbreak of the great war . esses the church of St. Nicholas,which has a noble square tower, also churches are disappointing within, al-though the former is, no doubt, of great interestto architects as an example of the ogival style,while the latter is Gothic and dates from thefourteenth century. The choir stalls in are notable examples of the Flemishwoodcarvers art, although far less ancient thanthe church itself. If the time of your stay is midsummer, asit will be if you come to Furnes to see the Pro-cession, do not go away without a day on thedunes at Coxyde. This beach is less wellknown, as yet, than those at Ostende, Heyst andBlankenburghe farther to the east but it is in-creasing in popularity very rapidly. A landcompany, with head offices at Brussels, is en-gaged in erecting summer houses among thedunes which look too American in architectureand manner of construction for this countrywhere houses are generally built as if intendedto last a thousand years. A little chemin de fer. Dixmude and Furnes 93 vicinal runs from Furnes to Coxyde. In ad-dition to the splendid beacli and the dunes,which have a dreary grandeur that is alwaysfascinating, the shrimp fishermen, or pecheursde crevettes, will make the short trip well worthwhile. These weather-beaten men, with their roughoilskin hats and suits, are the modern repre-sentatives of an ancient Flemish industry —shrimp fishing having been carried on alongthese coasts literally from time are very picturesque, both while at workon horseback dragging in their nets, and whilelounging along the shore, pipe in mouth. JeanDelvin has a fine painting representing themin the Museum at Ghent, while one of the mostpowerful of Meuniers statues is devoted to thesame subject.
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