The Story of Belgium

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Excerpt from The Story of Belgium: With a Chapter on the Congo Free State Dear Sir Henry, In placing your name in the front of this sketch of Belgium's history, I should at the same time "show cause" why the little volume was written. The explanation is really very simple. Three years ago, when I went to live in Brussels, I looked in vain for a compendious history of Belgium. There was nothing in English, and nothing really very good in French. Imagining that some of my compatriots might feel a like need, I devoted my leisure time to studying the authorities with the view of trying to supply that want. The book, consequently, pretends to no originality of research. Its one aim is to occupy a place that was "to let." Beyond the works cited in the course of the narrative, I desire to express my particular indebtedness to, of course, the imperishable pages of Motley, and the equally learned, if less brilliant, volumes of that eminent Belgian historian, M. T. Juste, and the "Histoire des Beiges et de leur civilisation" of M. V. Mirguet. For the chapter dealing with Belgium in Africa, I am a borrower from the "Publications de l'Etat Indépendant du Congo, " and from your own invaluable works. 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.