Hans Brinker; Or The Silver Skates Read online

  CONTENTS

  I. HANS AND GRETEL 13

  II. HOLLAND 18

  III. THE SILVER SKATES 28

  IV. HANS AND GRETEL FIND A FRIEND 34

  V. SHADOWS IN THE HOME 42

  VI. SUNBEAMS 50

  VII. HANS HAS HIS WAY 55

  VIII. INTRODUCING JACOB POOT AND HIS COUSIN 59

  IX. THE FESTIVAL OF SAINT NICHOLAS 66

  X. WHAT THE BOYS SAW AND DID IN AMSTERDAM 76

  XI. BIG MANIAS AND LITTLE ODDITIES 86

  XII. ON THE WAY TO HAARLEM 94

  XIII. A CATASTROPHE 98

  XIV. HANS 102

  XV. HOMES 108

  XVI. HAARLEM, THE BOYS HEAR VOICES 116

  XVII. THE MAN WITH FOUR HEADS 123

  XVIII. FRIENDS IN NEED 129

  XIX. ON THE CANAL 137

  XX. JACOB POOT CHANGES THE PLAN 144

  XXI. MYNHEER KLEEF AND HIS BILL OF FARE 152

  XXII. THE RED LION BECOMES DANGEROUS 156

  XXIII. BEFORE THE COURT 169

  XXIV. THE BELEAGUERED CITIES 173

  XXV. LEYDEN 180

  XXVI. THE PALACE AND THE WOOD 187

  XXVII. THE MERCHANT PRINCE, AND THE SISTER-PRINCESS 190

  XXVIII. THROUGH THE HAUGE 204

  XXIX. A DAY OF REST 212

  XXX. HOMEWARD BOUND 216

  XXXI. BOYS AND GIRLS 220

  XXXII. THE CRISIS 227

  XXXIII. GRETEL AND HILDA 234

  XXXIV. THE AWAKENING 241

  XXXV. BONES AND TONGUES 245

  XXXVI. A NEW ALARM 249

  XXXVII. THE FATHER'S RETURN 254

  XXXVIII. THE THOUSAND GUILDERS 259

  XXXIX. GLIMPSES 265

  XL. LOOKING FOR WORK 269

  XLI. THE FAIRY GODMOTHER 275

  XLII. THE MYSTERIOUS WATCH 281

  XLIII. A DISCOVERY 290

  XLIV. THE RACE 299

  XLV. JOY IN THE COTTAGE 316

  XLVI. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THOMAS HIGGS 325

  XLVII. BROAD SUNSHINE 328

  XLVIII. CONCLUSION 334