CHAPTER VI.

Dexterity of boatmen: Overchie: Dutch gingerbread: a French saying: Delft china: Delft: Dutchman’s remark on the war: new church: anecdote of Grotius: affectionate stratagem: Grotius’s remarks on education: Barneveldt: noble female anecdote: the carillons; carilloneurs: Dutch frugality towards the dead: revolutionary moderation: firmness of manufactures 56