. 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 . ILLUSTRATED. Copyright, 1915,By The Page Company All rights reserved First Impression, April, 1915 THE COLONIAL PRESSC. H. SIMONDS COMPANY, BOSTON, APR 17 1915 © To ALBERT I., King of the Belgians, the guiding star of a brave nation and the hero of the Battle of Flanders in the Great War, this book is dedicated PUBLISHEES NOTE Lord Beaconsfield once s
. 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 . ILLUSTRATED. Copyright, 1915,By The Page Company All rights reserved First Impression, April, 1915 THE COLONIAL PRESSC. H. SIMONDS COMPANY, BOSTON, APR 17 1915 © To ALBERT I., King of the Belgians, the guiding star of a brave nation and the hero of the Battle of Flanders in the Great War, this book is dedicated PUBLISHEES NOTE Lord Beaconsfield once said: * Flanders liasbeen trodden by the feet and watered bytbe blood of countless generations of Britishsoldiers. This famous passage — which hasreceived a new confirmation to-day — is typicalof many references among English writers andstatesmen to Flanders as a general term cover-ing all of what is now known as the citizens of that brave little Kingdom,however, and among most Continental writers,Flanders is recognised as being the name of onlythe northern part of Belgium. Small as thatcountry is, it has for centuries been bi-lingual,the northern portion speaking Flemish, thesouthern French; and for centuries the hi
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