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The Cornell Reading-Courses 



" Through the gates of the Netherlands " by Waller; " A wanderer in 



Holland " by Lucas; "Brave little Holland," "The American inHolland," 



and " The Pilgrims in their three homes," by Griffis. 



Books taken home for swift reading may well be stories and novels; 



for example, " The black tuHp " by Dumas; " Joost Avelingh," " Greater 



glory," and other 

 novels by Maartens ; 

 " The cloister and the 

 hearth " by Reade ; 

 "The burgomaster ' s 

 wife " by Ebers. The 

 well-known " Hans 

 Brincker " might be 

 looked through once 

 more, for, although 

 not written for adults, 

 it is readable and 

 depicts Dutch life 

 faithfully. 



Longfellow's lively 

 ballad, "A Dutch 

 picture," must surely 

 be read aloud during 

 one evening, and a 

 game of proverbs may 

 be played with some 

 of the following Dutch 

 proverbs : 



God giveth the fowls 

 meat, but they must 

 fly for it. 



No crown ciireth 

 headache. 



Ride on, but look 

 about. 

 Fig. 59. — A Dutch street scene An idle person is the 



devil's pillow. 

 Velvet and silk arc strange herbs: they blow the fire out of the kitchen. 



The Dutch are at home on skates. At a favorable time, therefore, 

 the club might have one of its meetings at a suitable outdoor rendezvous 

 and imitate some Dutch skating feats. 



