an idealist and mystic, who as a stylist is
unapproached by any of his contemporaries.

No account of modern Holland would be complete without a notice of the
great revival of Dutch painting, which has taken place in the past half
century. Without exaggeration it may indeed be said that this modern
renascence of painting in Holland is not unworthy to be compared with
that of the days of Rembrandt. The names of Joseph Israels, Hendrik
Mesdag, Vincent van Gogh, Anton Maure, and, not least, of the three
talented brothers Maris, have attained a wide and well-deserved
reputation. And to these must be added others of high merit: Bilders,
Scheffer, Bosboom, Rochussen, Bakhuysen, Du Chattel, De Haas and
Haverman. The traditional representation of the Dutchman as stolid,
unemotional, wholly absorbed in trade and material interests, is a
caricature. These latter-day artists, like those of the 17th century,
conclusively prove that the Dutch race is singularly sensitive to the
poetry of form and colour, and that it possesses an inherited capacity
and power for excelling in the technical qualities of the painter's
art.

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FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 1: Hollandais, Hollaender, Olandesi, Olandeses,
etc.]

[Footnote 2: In French books and documents, Jacqueline.]

[Footnote 3: Bois-le-duc.]

[Footnote 4: By English and French writers generally
translated Grand Pensionary.]

[Footnote 5: It must be remembered that the States-General
and the Holland Estates sat in the same building.]

[Footnote 6: Adam Smith, _Wealth of Nations_, I, 101.]

[Footnote 7: Busken Huet, _Land van Rembrant_, III, 175.]

[Footnote 8: _Acte van Seclusie._]

[Footnote 9: Nassauischer Erbverein.]

[Footnote 10: Charles White, _The Belgic Revolution_, 1835,
vol. 1, p. 106.]

[Footnote 11: _Correspondence secrete des Pays-Bas_. Julian
received his report of the conversation direct from Count
Bylandt by permission of the king.]

[Footnote 12: From Van Maanen's private papers. See
Colenbrander's _Belgische Omwenteling_, p. 139.]

[Footnote 13: The ratification by the Powers took place on
the following dates:--France and Great Britain, January 31;
Austria and Prussia, April 18; Russia, May 4, 1832.]

[Footenote 14: The Prince of Orange had married Anna
Paulovna, sister of Alexander I, in 1