Excerpt from Polish Letters Six weeks ago I embarked for Holland, and after a passage of thirty-six hours I arrived. Although the inhabitants of this country seem to have a very marked character, I was little impressed with the difference of national peculiarities in passing from England into Holland. I should have been incomparably more so had I traveled thither through France. The Dutchman has a repulsive manner. His behavior toward you is stem and dis agreeable. His demeanor is rustic; his man ners are awkward. He knows nothing of the amenities or the conventions of society. He cannot even make a bow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.