The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland

hes that level elsewhere; and, if he is destined after a hundred and fifty years to

ur little party met in his ro

we had accepted an invitation to supper, before the holidays; and we were to hear his views on O'Neill's 'Guide, Philosopher and Friend', Boyton,-in other words the 'Wegwijzer tot de nederduitsche taal'. Long since Jack had, indeed, got other

INITE

ore dramatic of these; and to get the fine aroma of the others-there were still m

put us up to any nicetie

ule. This lent him a certain diffidence in regard to most points,-a diffidence which in the case of HET becam

ICH HET IS PREF

not

se of the Particles, especially het. Sufficient rules cannot be

it, are added are of the Neuter Gender; on this account, the e final, i

ogel: de groote paard. But it is correct to say, if the meaning admits it

ion, the effect is always to increase the

ay he harks back to any fundamental rule

T A PURE

ges on his readers to reserve their de

honest man yesterday; but it is very bad Dutch,-whatever custom may h

e gems a

o called because they are, commonly, put before the wo

If a substantive is added after them, they will make nonsense; wherea

ity of the rules. He says, for instance, that you can render I know by ik weet, and

f good standing who employ the Subjunctive form where we

IK KEF, EN

ne of hi

oet when you took up this book. I confess I should have liked to hear you going over your fifteen classes of

't have apologized for being too simple when he furnishes y

N TO TH

Jack; "but I tell you it's a book that has points.

reath. "We'll withdraw all we've said, if you'll prove to us, now, th

way, O'Neill," a boyish voice c

at home for a lad of his tender years-but as he had nothing more to say