Hoorn also has the most satisfying little houses I saw in Holland--streets of them.

And of all the costumes of Holland I remember most vividly the dead black dress and lace cap of a woman who suddenly turned a corner here--as if she had walked straight from a picture by Elias.
The Harbour Tower is perhaps Hoorn's finest building, its charm being intensified rather than diminished by the hideous barracks close by.

St.Jan's Gasthuis has a facade of beautiful gravity, and the gateway of the home for Ouden Vrouwen is perfect.

The museum in the Tribunalshof is the most intimate and human collection of curiosities which I saw in Holland--not a fossil, not a stuffed bird, in the building.

Among the pictures are the usual groups of soldiers and burgomasters, and the usual fine determined De Ruyter by Bol.