Belgium: The Land of Art, Its History, Legends, Industry, and Modern Expansion (Classic Reprint)

What can an American see in Belgium? asked a twentieth-century friend. My answer was, What he has eyes to see. This little book, written after four journeyings in theL ow Countries between France and Germany, is intended to give pleasure to the reader at home, and to the traveler the means of enjoying what he sees. Furthermore, it shows how numerous and vital are the points of contact between American and Belgic history. No other land is richer in history or more affluent in art than is Belgium. In none have devout, industrious, patriotic and gifted sons told their countrys story more attractively. By pen and in print, on canvas, in mural decoration, in sculpture, in monuments of bronze and marble, in fireplaces and in wood-carving, the story may be read as in an illuminated missal. Belfries, town-halls, churches, guild-houses, have each and all a charm of their own.
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