... transport, of living and fashion, of daily life in towns and villages. There is both humour and moralism to be found in children’s books; they play ... relationship between reality and fantasy. A total of six hundred and fifty Dutch picture books, dating to the period 1810–1950, ... The Netherlands portal assembles a multi-institutional collection of Dutch children's literature (full books) in ...

... local authorities in Laren, and Eemnes and Blaricum villages close to it. There is a link to a third exhibition as well. That exhibition is in Teyler ... scenery depicted by the artists. Some rich new immigrants to villages like Laren might buy works of art by other new immigrants ... handkar, from 1917. He also painted a portrait of famous Dutch anarchist Domela Nieuwenhuis, and was a co-founder of the De ...

... that forms the population of most of our country places. Besides, there is no encouragement for ghosts in most of our villages, for they have scarcely had time to finish their first nap and turn themselves in their ... why we so seldom hear of ghosts except in our long-established Dutch communities. The immediate cause, however, of the prevalence of supernatural stories in these parts, was doubtless ...

... He plans to stay the night and quietly visit the villages the next day. Ten years after he first exposed China' ... and urged them to take action. But their response was to refuse him further entry to the villages. Two months later, during a long-weekend holiday when he calculated that ... a doctorate in physics. His half-Chinese, half-Dutch mother graduated from Columbia University. They returned to ...

... . As an ETT, I spent a large amount of time going into villages and meeting with village elders and headmen. I did more and better counter-insurgency sitting on my ... were doing the ETT thing in small numbers not too far from us. I don’t know where the Dutch were. So we need more forces in country if we’re going to do any good. When I was there, we always had the feeling that we would ...

... broad southern slopes, with their terraced ricefields and hundreds of villages, were the cradle of traditional Balinese society. This area ... remained on top, partly because of its early incorporations into the Dutch colonial regime. Ubud became internationally famous as ... centre, and a good base for exploring the area. Many other villages and monuments of historic and cultural interest are located on ...