Chapter I: Front Matter

_HUMOUR SERIES_

EDITED BY W. H. DIRCKS

THE HUMOUR OF HOLLAND

ALREADY ISSUED

_FRENCH HUMOUR_
_GERMAN HUMOUR_
_ITALIAN HUMOUR_
_AMERICAN HUMOUR_

FANCY’S FAIRY TALE.

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THE
HUMOUR OF HOLLAND

TRANSLATED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY A. WERNER.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY DUDLEY HARDY AND OTHERS

LONDON
1893

WALTER SCOTT
LTD

CONTENTS.

PAGE
INTRODUCTION ix

THE KING’S DREAM—_Frederick Van Eeden_ 1

THE DOMINIE—_C. K. Elout_ 6

MY HERO—_Conrad van der Liede_ 35

NEWSPAPER HUMOUR 52

A RASCALLY VALET—_Multatuli_ 55

DROOGSTOPPEL INTRODUCES HIMSELF—_Multatuli_ 77

DROOGSTOPPEL PAYS A CHARITABLE VISIT—_Multatuli_ 83

APHORISMS—_Multatuli_ 90

OF SELF-DEPRECIATION—_Multatuli_ 93

OF EDUCATION, WITH PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS—_Multatuli_ 94

GOING INTO BUSINESS—_Multatuli_ 112

TWO PARABLES—_Multatuli_ 113

THERSITES AND PLATO—_Multatuli_ 115

EGOTISM—_Multatuli_ 115

THE STORY OF CHRESOS—_Multatuli_ 116

THE FAIRY TALE THAT FANCY TOLD WOUTER—_Multatuli_ 119

HALF-AN-HOUR AT THE HAIR-DRESSER’S—_Anon._ 125

IN THE LITTLE REPUBLIC—_L. H. J. Lamberts-Hurrelbrinck_ 139

NEWSPAPER HUMOUR 173

FICTION AT SEA—_A. Werumeus Buning_ 174

NEWSPAPER HUMOUR 178

FARMER GERRIT’S VISIT TO AMSTERDAM—_J. J. Cremer_ 184

NO SWORD—“_Humoristisch Album_” 197

A STUDENT’S LODGINGS SIXTY YEARS SINCE—_J. Van Lennep_ 200

A COLONIAL PRIZE-GIVING—_Annie Foore_ 205

HOW MATHIS KNOUPS TURNED “LIBERAL” AND THEN “CATHOLIC”
AGAIN—_Emile Seipgens_ 212

NEWSPAPER HUMOUR 232

THE CANDIDATE—_T. H. Hooijer_ 252

EPIGRAMS 257

THE VILLAGE ON THE FRONTIER—_Van Lennep_ 261

PROVERBS 290

A DUTCH PODSNAP—_Gerard Keller_ 293

ROUGH DRAFT OF A NEW SET OF REGULATIONS—_Uilenspiegel_ 346

THE STORY OF A BOUQUET—_Uilenspiegel_ 347

UNBIDDEN GUESTS—_Annie Foore_ 351

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF WRITERS 393