692 pp. A history of the Netherlands (Holland and Belgium). CONTENTS: The Ancient Netherlands; Early Struggles for Freedom; The Spanish Rule; William of Orange; The Inquisition in the Netherlands; The Image-Breakers; Philips Deceitful Policy; Alva in the Netherlands; Execution of Counts Egmont and Horn; The Drowned Land; Heroic Defence of Haarlem; The Siege of Leyden; The "Spanish Fury"; Don John of Austria; Prince Alexander of Parma; Attempts on the Life of Orange; The "French Fury"; Assassination of William the Silent; Desperate Condition of the United Provinces; The Siege of Antwerp; Leicester's Misrule; A Flood of Treachery; Schenck's Death-Struggle; The Daring Capture of Breda; Maurice of Nassau's Triumphs; The Archdukes Ernest and Albert; Rule of Albert and Isabella; The Battle of Nieuport; The Siege of Ostend; The Two Spinolas; The Republic at Bay; The Twelve Years' Truce; Trial and Execution of Barneveld; Escape at Grotius; The Stadtholder, Frederick Henry; Weakness of the Spanish Netherlands; Dutch War with England; Massacre of the De Witts; Decline of the Dutch Republic; Rise of Constitutional Government; The Netherlands of To Day.
