There is nothing in North Holland to-day as unstudied as that.

I doubt if you could now find three trees of such individuality and courage.
When I was first at The Hague, seven years ago, I stayed not, as on my last visit, at the Oude Doelen, which is the most comfortable hotel in Holland, but at a more retired hostelry.

It was spacious and antiquated, with large empty rooms, and cool passages, and an air of decay over all.

Servants one never saw, nor any waiter proper; one's every need was carried out by a very small and very enthusiastic boy.

"Is the hroom good, sare ?" he asked, as he flung open the door of the bedroom with a superb flourish.