Chapter II: Foreword: I. the New Post

II. DIPLOMATIC LIFE

III. BRUSSELS BEFORE THE WAR

IV. IN DAYS OF KNIGHT AND VILLAIN

V. BATTLING FOR A KINGDOM

VI. BELGIAN KINGS

VII. POLITICS AND PLURAL VOTING

VIII. BELGIUM'S WORKSHOPS

IX. TAPESTRIES

X. PRIMITIVES AND LATER PAINTERS

XI. LA JEUNE BELGIQUE IN LETTERS

XII. MOTORING IN FLANDERS

XIII. LEGENDS OF ANTWERP

XIV. IN THE WALLOON COUNTRY

XV. A LAST WORD

I SYNOPSIS OF THE WAR

II LETTERS FROM THE FRONT

III AMERICAN RELIEF WORK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

GRANDE PLACE AND BELFRY, FURNES (_in full colour_) _Frontispiece._.

MAP OF BELGIUM

THE ROYAL PALACE, BRUSSELS

BURGOMASTER MAX

AMERICAN LEGATION, BRUSSELS

LIBRARY, AMERICAN LEGATION, BRUSSELS

MARIE JOSÉ, THE LITTLE PRINCESS

COMTESSE DE FLANDRE

PALAIS D'URSEL

M. CARTON DE WIART, MINISTER OF JUSTICE

A FLEMISH _KERMESSE_ (_in full colour_)

YSAYE

HOUGOMONT

COMTE DE FLANDRE, SECOND SON OF KING ALBERT

ANCIENT BOURSE, ANTWERP

THÉÂTRE DE LA MONNAIE, BRUSSELS

LEOPOLD I

LEOPOLD II

KING ALBERT

QUEEN ELIZABETH

BARON DE BROQUEVILLE

AN OLD LACEMAKER (_in full colour_)

BRUSSELS POINT LACE

"SINCE THE WAR BEGAN, DOGS HAVE BEEN OF GREAT SERVICE IN DRAGGING
THE MITRAILLEUSES"

DIANA TAPESTRY

DAVID AND GOLIATH TAPESTRY

"L'HOMME À L'OEUILLET."--VAN EYCK

ST. LUKE PAINTING THE MADONNA.--VAN DER WEYDEN

PORTRAIT OF A MAN AND HIS WIFE.--RUBENS

CHARLES I AND HIS FAMILY.--VAN DYCK

MAURICE MAETERLINCK

EMILE VERHAEREN

CORNER OF THE COURTYARD, PLANTYN-MORETUS MUSEM, ANTWERP

LAC D'AMOUR, BRUGES

COUNT EGMONT'S TOWER, HERZÈLE

SAND DUNES, NIEUPORT (_in full colour_)

CLOTH HALL, YPRES, AFTER BOMBARDMENT

SPIRE OF THE CATHEDRAL, ANTWERP

CATHEDRAL, ANTWERP

INTERIOR OF AN OLD HOUSE, ANTWERP

WELL OF QUENTIN MATSYS, ANTWERP

A VILLAGE IN THE ARDENNES (_in full colour_)

PRINCE HENRI DE CROŸ

GENERAL VIEW OF LIÈGE

CHÂTEAU DE WAULSORT ON THE MEUSE (_in full colour_)

ROCK OF BAYARD, DINANT

OLD HOUSES ON THE SAMBRE, NAMUR

CITADEL, NAMUR (_in full colour_)

NIEUPORT (_in full colour_)

CARDINAL MERCIER

THE BELGIAN ARMY

BELGIAN REFUGEES

THE CHÂTEAU OF ARDENNE

CROWN PRINCE LEOPOLD, DUC DE BRABANT

THE BELGIAN ARMY AT LA PANNE

THE _HARPALYCE_

MADAME VANDERVELDE

THE SPELL OF BELGIUM