The world's story; a history of the world in story, song and art, edby Eva March Tappan . Breda. This town had been taken in 1590 by thestratagem of the turf boat, and now, in 1625, was forced tosurrender to Spain. The illustration is a reproduction of oneof the most famous of historical paintings. It is often calledThe Lances, because of the wilderness of lances at theright. It pictures the moment when the Dutch commanderis presenting Spinola with the keys of the surrendered bows submissively before the victorious foe; but Spinola,instead of grasping the keys, lays his hand in friendl
The world's story; a history of the world in story, song and art, edby Eva March Tappan . Breda. This town had been taken in 1590 by thestratagem of the turf boat, and now, in 1625, was forced tosurrender to Spain. The illustration is a reproduction of oneof the most famous of historical paintings. It is often calledThe Lances, because of the wilderness of lances at theright. It pictures the moment when the Dutch commanderis presenting Spinola with the keys of the surrendered bows submissively before the victorious foe; but Spinola,instead of grasping the keys, lays his hand in friendly wiseupon the shoulder of his brave opponent. The figures in thepicture are not at all numerous, but yet the idea of a largenumber of people is given by the masses of troops indicatedin the middle distance. Behind Spinola are the Spanishtroops with their lances. The background is a wide stretchof flat country, bounded by the distant ocean. Here and thereare fortifications. Near the head of the Spanish generalshorse stands a man wearing a plumed hat. This representsthe artist THE ESCAPE OF HUGO DE GROOT[1621] BY FREDERICK SPENCER BIRD One of the greatest names in Holland, in connection withthe literature of his time, is that of Hugo de Groot, orGrotius, as he is commonly called. When a mere youthhe is said to have successfully maintained theses inphilosophy, mathematics, and jurisprudence. He hasleft behind him several volumes of Latin poems, theo-logical works, and a standard treatise on internationallaw called De Jure Belli et Pacis. The story of hisescape from the Castle of Loevestein, where he wassentenced to be imprisoned for life, for the part he tookin the political and theological disputes which agitatedhis native country, is well worth recording. In so farthat his devoted wife devised and helped to carry outthe plan for regaining his freedom, the anecdote remindsone of the Earl of Nithsdales escape from the Tower ofLondon, in 1715, which was effected by the a
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