The Humour of Holland

About this eBook

Editor

Dircks, W. H. (Will H.)

Title

The humour of Holland

Credits

MFR, Richard Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Dutch wit and humor

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 64761

Release Date

March 8, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HUMOUR OF HOLLAND
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION. — THE KING’S DREAM.
4. 4.THE DOMINIE. [3]
5. 5.MY HERO.
6. 6.NEWSPAPER HUMOUR.
7. 7.A RASCALLY VALET.
8. 8.DROOGSTOPPEL INTRODUCES HIMSELF.
9. 9.DROOGSTOPPEL PAYS A CHARITABLE VISIT.
10. 10.APHORISMS.
11. 11.OF SELF-DEPRECIATION.
12. 12.OF EDUCATION, WITH PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.
13. 13.GOING INTO BUSINESS.
14. 14.TWO PARABLES.
15. 15.THERSITES AND PLATO.
16. 16.EGOTISM.
17. 17.THE STORY OF CHRESOS.
18. 18.THE FAIRY TALE THAT FANCY TOLD WOUTER. Fancy’s Fairy Tale.
19. 19.HALF-AN-HOUR AT THE HAIR-DRESSER’S. — I. — II.
20. 20.IN THE LITTLE REPUBLIC.
21. 21.NEWSPAPER HUMOUR .
22. 22.FICTION AT SEA.
23. 23.NEWSPAPER HUMOUR.
24. 24.FARMER GERRIT’S VISIT TO AMSTERDAM.
25. 25.NO SWORD!
26. 26.A STUDENT’S LODGINGS SIXTY YEARS SINCE.
27. 27.A COLONIAL PRIZE-GIVING.
28. 28.HOW MATHIS KNOUPS TURNED “LIBERAL” AND THEN “CATHOLIC” AGAIN.
29. 29.NEWSPAPER HUMOUR.
30. 30.THE CANDIDATE.
31. 31.EPIGRAMS.
32. 32.THE VILLAGE ON THE FRONTIER. [26] — CHARACTERS. — Act I.
33. 33.PROVERBS.
34. 34.A DUTCH PODSNAP.
35. 35.ROUGH DRAFT OF A NEW SET OF REGULATIONS.
36. 36.THE STORY OF A BOUQUET.
37. 37.UNBIDDEN GUESTS. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII.
38. 38.BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF WRITERS.

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