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Brave Little Holland and What She Taught Us, by William Elliot Griffis, Revised Edition 1894

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Brave Little Holland and What She Taught Us, by William Elliot Griffis, Revised Edition 1894

SYNOPSIS:  254 pages. Excerpt from book:  "My interest in Holland extends back to boyhood's days in Philadelphia, the city founded by the son of a Dutch mother, and partly settled by the learned and industrious Netherlanders who accompanied William Penn to America. Education at Rutgers College, begun and nourished by men of Dutch name and descent, who kept alive the memories of their ancestors was followed by a visit to Holland in 1869. Then came four years of life among the Japanese, whose only teachers of science and European civilization for over two hundred years had been Dutch men. Nine years' service as pastor of the First Reformed Dutch Church in Schenectady, N. Y., enabled me to become acquainted with the contents both of the deacon's chest at home and the rich collection of documents illustrating Dutch American history in the State Library and City Hall in Albany. During a residence of seven years in Boston, I made two literary journeys through Nederland and its libraries."

Publisher: Published for the Bay View Reading Club, Detroit, Michigan, by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston and New York. Houghton Mifflin published this for the Bay View Reading Club (founded 1893) which promoted reading as a home study activity.

Format: Hardback. No dust jacket. NOT an EX LIB.

Condition: Volume in Very Good condition. Red cloth boards with black graphic, and black and gold foil lettering. Minor soiling to covers, moderate soiling to page edges, owners' names and date (July 1911) written on inside front flyleaf. Some foxing and tanning to some pages. Occasional faint pencil underlining or annotation in margin, all erasable. Otherwise no markings, tears, or flaws. Tightly bound. A very attractive compact, solid little volume. This is VERY scarce in this format, most of what you find online are facsimile reprints from an original (this age) edition. Although this is a "Revised edition" it is still over 100 years old and in exceptional condition. The "reprints" come with a disclaimer concerning the accuracy of the text as digitized. No such disclaimer needed here! Photos illustrate condition of overall volume.

See Grading Scale page for explanation of grades. Photos of any obvious condition issues will be provided.

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