It was once possible to sail all the way to Rotterdam by either of the two lines of steamshipsfrom England-the Great Eastern, vi??? Harwich, and the Batavier, direct from London. But that ispossible now only by the Batavier, passengers by the better-known Harwich route being landednow and henceforward at the Hook at five A.M. I am sorry for this, because after a roughpassage it was very pleasant to glide in the early morning steadily up the Maas and graduallyacquire a sense of Dutch quietude and greyness. No longer, however ...
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It was once possible to sail all the way to Rotterdam by either of the two lines of steamshipsfrom England-the Great Eastern, vi??? Harwich, and the Batavier, direct from London. But that ispossible now only by the Batavier, passengers by the better-known Harwich route being landednow and henceforward at the Hook at five A.M. I am sorry for this, because after a roughpassage it was very pleasant to glide in the early morning steadily up the Maas and graduallyacquire a sense of Dutch quietude and greyness. No longer, however, can this be done, as theBatavier boats reach Rotterdam at night; and one therefore misses the river, with the little Page2villages on its banks, each with a tiny canal-harbour of its own; the groups of trees in the earlymist; the gulls and herons; and the increasing traffic as one drew nearer Schiedam and at lastreached that forest of masts which is known as Rotterdam.But now that the only road to Rotterdam by daylight is the road of iron all that is past, and yetthere is some compensation, for short as the journey is one may in its progress ground oneselfvery thoroughly in the characteristic scenery of Holland. No one who looks steadily out of thewindows between the Hook and Rotterdam has much to learn thereafter. Only changing skiesand atmospheric effects can provide him with novelty, for most of Holland is like that. He hasthe formula. Nor is it necessarily new to him if he knows England well, North Holland beingmerely the Norfolk Broads, the Essex marshlands about Burnham-on-Crouch, extended. Only inits peculiarity of light and in its towns has Holland anything that we have not at home.England has even its canal life too, if one cared to investigate it; the Broads are populous withwherries and barges; cheese is manufactured in England in a score of districts; cows range ourmeadows as they range the meadows of the Dutch. We go to Holland to see the towns, the 4pictures and the people. We go also because so many of us are so constituted that we never useour eyes until we are on foreign soil. It is as though a Cook's ticket performed an operation forcataract.Girl's HeadJan Vermeer of DelftFrom the picture in the MauritshuisBut because one can learn the character of Dutch scenery so quickly-on a single railwayjourney-I do not wish to suggest that henceforward it becomes monotonous and trite. One maylearn the character of a friend very quickly, and yet wish to be in his company continually.Holland is one of the most delightful countries to move Page 3about in: everything that happens init is of interest. I have never quite lost the sense of excitement in crossing a canal in the train andgetting a momentary glimpse of its receding straightness, perhaps broken by a brown sail. In acountry where, between the towns, so little happens, even the slightest things make a heightenedappeal to the observer; while one's eyes are continually kept bright and one's mind stimulated bythe ever-present freshness and clearness of the land and its air.
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Add this copy of A Wanderer in Holland to cart. $9.38, good condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1924 by Macmillan.
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Good. Lightly illustrated in b/w. 315 pages. 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Macmillan, 1924. Eighteenth edition, revised. A good copy--light rubbing to spine, soiling to rear cloth; minor foxing to endpapers and pastedowns, light penciling (primarily underlining and margin ticks).
Add this copy of A Wanderer in Holland to cart. $10.00, very good condition, Sold by JHRC / GHG rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Syracuse, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by Macmillan.
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Very good. No dust jacket. previous owner address label inside front cover, slight and staining on cover. xi, 309 p. illus. (part. col. ); impressed gilt decorative design on spine
Add this copy of A Wanderer In Holland to cart. $15.30, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2024 by Culturea.
Add this copy of A Wanderer in Holland to cart. $15.41, poor condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1920 by Methuen & Co.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Cocked. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN:
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Used-Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) 18th edition, revised, in red cloth with gilt; 20 colour illustrations by Herbert Marshall, + B&W copies of old masters; map front end paper. Owner's inscription on slightly yellowed half-title page; text clean; binding tight; spine faded, with worn gilt lettering, & light shelf-wear.
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Good in Good jacket. 19th. Good in good dust jacket. Front board bent in center, hinges weak. Dustwrapper has large chip missing at top of spine and another at top front corner.
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Very Good. Fourth edition. Octavo; 309, pp; color and b&w plates; 40-pp catalog of books available from publisher. Cloth with gilt titles on spine. VG.
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Add this copy of A Wanderer in Holland to cart. $22.99, very good condition, Sold by Bibliodditiques rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waterloo, ON, CANADA, published 1906 by Methuen.
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Very Good. Methuen & Co., London, 1906. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Fourth edition. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Gift inscription on half-title page. Red cloth-covered boards with some edge wear. Gilt lettering and design on spine. Front endpapers contain a map of Holland. Full colour frontis "Sunrise on the Maas". 40 page catalogue of other publications at rear of book. 20 colour illustrations, including frontis. 34 black and white illustrations. 303 pp.
