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  THE STANDARD GALLERIES

  HOLLAND




[Illustration: JAN VERMEER
View of Delft]




  THE STANDARD GALLERIES

  HOLLAND

  BY

  ESTHER SINGLETON

  _Author of "Dutch and Flemish Furniture," "Great Pictures
  Described by Great Writers," etc., etc._

  WITH FORTY-SIX ILLUSTRATIONS

  [Illustration: A. C. McClurg & Co Logo]

  CHICAGO
  A. C. MCCLURG & CO.
  1908

  COPYRIGHT
  A. C. MCCLURG & CO.
  1908

  Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England

  _All rights reserved_

  Published October 10, 1908

  THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.




_Preface_


When a tourist who, having mapped out his itinerary in accordance with
the time at his disposal for a European trip, arrives at a city for
seeing which he has allowed two or three days at the utmost, the first
question he puts to a fellow traveller, the hotel clerk, or his Baedeker
is, "What must I see