FOREWORD
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE SPELL OF BELGIUM
CHAPTER I THE NEW POST
CHAPTER II DIPLOMATIC LIFE
CHAPTER III BRUSSELS BEFORE THE WAR
CHAPTER IV IN DAYS OF KNIGHT AND VILLAIN
CHAPTER V BATTLING FOR A KINGDOM
CHAPTER VI BELGIAN KINGS
CHAPTER VII POLITICS AND PLURAL VOTING
CHAPTER VIII BELGIUM'S WORKSHOPS
CHAPTER IX TAPESTRIES
CHAPTER X PRIMITIVES AND LATER PAINTERS
CHAPTER XI LA JEUNE BELGIQUE IN LETTERS
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII LEGENDS OF ANTWERP I Antigon; or, The Giant of Antwerp
CHAPTER XIV IN THE WALLOON COUNTRY
CHAPTER XV A LAST WORD I Synopsis of the War
FOOTNOTES:
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
THE SPELL OF BELGIUM
By
Isabel Anderson
THE SPELL OF BELGIUM
Grande Place and Belfry, Furnes
(See page 249)
The Spell of
Belgium
BY
Isabel Anderson
Author of “The Spell of Japan,” etc.
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DEDICATED
WITH AFFECTION TO
MY GODCHILD
CHARLES PELHAM GREENOUGH
MAY HE BE AS BRAVE AS
THE BELGIANS
