Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938 · London : Methuen · leaf 26
-cans being scoured on the banks, and thegood-wives washing, and saturnine smokers in black velvetslippers passing the time of day ; through big towns, by rowsof sombre houses seen thiough a delicate screen of leaves;under low bridges crowded with children ; through naiTOwlocks; ever moving,… … THE FLORIN AND THE FRANC 7 thing just as it was in Rembrandts day and just as it willbe five hundred years hence. Holland when all is said is a country of canals. It mayhave cities and pictures, windmills and cows, quaint build-ings, and quainter costumes, but it is a country of canalsbefore all.…
Art, Dutch · Netherlands -- Description and travel
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