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Title: Peeps At Many Lands: Belgium

Author: George W. T. Omond

Illustrator: Amedee Forestier

Release Date: November 1, 2006 [EBook #19692]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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[Illustration: A PEASANT WOMAN OF THE ARDENNES.]

PEEPS AT MANY LANDS

BELGIUM

BY
GEORGE W. T. OMOND

ILLUSTRATED BY
AMEDEE FORESTIER

LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1909

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE SANDS OPPOSITE ENGLAND
II. INLAND: THE FLEMISH PLAIN
III. TRAVELLING IN BELGIUM
IV. SOME OF THE TOWNS: THE ARDENNES
V. BELGIAN CHILDREN: THE "PREMIERE COMMUNION"
VI. CHRISTMAS IN BELGIUM
VII. NEW YEAR'S DAY
VIII. PAGEANTS AND PROCESSIONS
IX. THE STORY OF ST. EVERMAIRE: A COUNTRY PAGEANT
X. THE CARNIVAL
XI. CHILDREN'S WINTER FESTIVALS
XII. THE ARCHERS: GAMES PLAYED IN BELGIUM
XIII. WHAT THE BELGIANS SPEAK
XIV. A SHORT HISTORY
XV. THE BELGIAN ARMY: THE CONGO

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

BY AMEDEE FORESTIER

A PEASANT WOMAN OF THE ARDENNES _frontispiece_
THE DUNES
A SHRIMPER ON HORSEBACK, COXYDE
THE VEGETABLE MARKET, BRUGES
ANTWERP
THE HOTEL DE VILLE, BRUSSELS
AT THE KERMESSE
A CHATEAU IN THE LESSE VALLEY
A FARMSTEADING
PLAYING "JEU DE BOULE" AT A FLEMISH INN
VILLAGE AND CANAL, ADINKERQUE
WATERLOO: THE FARM OF LA BELLE ALLIANCE AND THE
MOUND SURMOUNTED BY THE BELGIAN LION
A MILK-SELLER IN BRUGES _on the cover_

_Sketch-Map of Belgium._

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