Mary Mapes Dodge
Hans Brinker
Children's Classics
Books
OK Publishing, 2020
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EAN 4064066309930
Table of Contents
Introducing Jacob Poot and His Cousin
The Festival of Saint Nicholas
What the Boys Saw and Did in Amsterdam
Big Manias and Little Oddities
Mynheer Kleef and His Bill of Fare
The Red Lion Becomes Dangerous
The Merchant Prince and the Sister-Princess
Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Higgs
To my father
James J. Mapes
this book is dedicated
in gratitude and love
Preface
This little work aims to combine the instructive features of a book of travels with the interest of a domestic tale. Throughout its pages the descriptions of Dutch localities, customs, and general characteristics have been given with scrupulous care. Many of its incidents are drawn from life, and the story of Raff Brinker is founded strictly upon fact.
While acknowledging my obligations to many well-known writers on Dutch history, literature, and