Holland: The History of the Netherlands

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Julian, Hawthorne

Thomas Colley Grattan

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Published in 1859, Thomas Colley Grattan's work illustrates antebellum America through anecdote and reflection. Dublin-born Grattan (1791/2-1864) became a journalist and novelist after abandoning a potential military career in favour of settled life in France. In Paris Grattan contributed to literary magazines and became acquainted with various writers, including Washington Irving, to whom he dedicated his celebrated Highways and Byways (1823). After living in the Netherlands and Belgium, Grattan was made - with the support of King Leopold - British Consul in Boston, where he began these two volumes. Determined to tell 'the truth of the New World' so that Europe may understand it, Grattan asks serious questions about American life. Volume 1 describes his first impressions of America, life in New England, and issues ranging from political parties to domestic servants. Anyone interested in nineteenth-century America will find this work relevant and fascinating.

Civilized America: Volume 1

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Excerpt from High-Ways and by-Ways, or Tales of the Roadside: Picked Up in the French ProvincesI am answered, perhaps, that time is not given to all men in the same profuseness that where I have a year to spare, another may have but a month. Then, I reply, spend your month with profit. Measure at the end of it the minds you have analysed, not the league. You have driven over; and if you have but sauntered through one district of a foreign nation, in communion With the inhabitants, you are better informed than he who has galloped from Calais to Paris, and thence to Florence, Rome, and Naples, But a crusty opponent might say that this is all labor in vain, tell me that most men travel merely to talk of it, or that Voyager at an triste plaisir, i cite the Scotch proverb, Sen' a fool to France, and he'll come back a fool, -quote, gravely, if he will.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

High-Ways and by-Ways, or Tales of the Roadside: Picked Up in the French Provinces (Classic Reprint)

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<p>Grattan begins his history of the Netherlands in 50BC, describing the harsh landscape and the industrious people who lived on it. He takes the reader on a journey through time, from the invasion of the French and Spanish through the formation of Holland and the establishment of the Dutch monarchy. The history continues in detail through the many wars fought by the Dutch, ending in the joining of Holland and Belgium into a single country. History buffs will enjoy this detailed retelling of the making of a nation.</p>

Holland: The History of the Netherlands, With a Supplementary Chapter by Julian Hawthorne

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