increased its wealth and importance; while the rise of Antwerp as a great European port has also done much to develop its resources. At the present day Belgium ranks as one of the most thickly populated, richest, and on the whole most liberal-minded countries of Europe. Its neutrality is assured by the Treaty of London, and its army exists only to repel invasion in case that neutrality should ever be violated. I N D E X Académie des Beaux-Arts, 46. Adoration of the Lamb, The, 81-88. Adoration of the Magi, The, 41, 201. Alva, Duke of, 124, 225. Antiquities, 48, 96. Antwerp, 164-215. Armour, Collection of, 150. Assumption, The, 173. Austrian Netherlands, The, 227. Battle of the Spurs, 67. Béguinages, 45, 32. Belfries, 25, 70. Bol, 134, 137. Boulevards, 149. Bouts, Dierick, 52, 116, 120, 161, 162. Brabo, Legend of, 206. Bruges, 22-64. Brussels, 98-163. Burgundy, Dukes of, 18, 219-222. Cathedrals, 49-53, 77-89, 138-145, 163, 168-176. Caxton, 214. Charles I., of England, 89. Charles II., of England, 27, 47. Charles V., Emperor, 96, 97, 223. Charles the Bold, 55, 221. Chimney-piece, 32. Christ à la Paille, The, 199. Colard Mansion, 24, 46. Cologne, School of, 17, 173. Counts of Flanders, 17. Coup de Lance, The, 198. Cranach, 123. Crucifixion, The, 202. De Crayer, 133. Descent from the Cross, The, 171. De Vos, 197, 199. Education of the Virgin, The, 200. Edward III., of England, 67. Egmont, Count, 147, 225. Elevation of the Cross, The, 175. Entombment, The, 192. Ethnographical Museum, 150. Flanders, History of, 217-219. Fountain, 206. French Revolution in Belgium, 227. Gateways, 47, 74, 75, 150. Gerard David, 30, 62, 63. Gerard Dou, 134. Ghent, 66-97. Godfrey de Bouillon, 146. Gossaert, 108. Guild Halls, 47, 74, 102, 206. Guimard, 148. Hals, Frans, 135, 136, 203. Hand of Antwerp, 206. Hanseatic League, 14, 15, 22, 209. Hobbema, 134. Holbein the Younger, 112, 182. Hondecoeter, 136. Hoorn, Count, 147, 225. Hôtels-de-Ville, 28, 71, 100, 158, 205. Italian Pictures, 137, 138. John of Gaunt, 75, 91. Jordaens, 127. Laeken, 156. Lamb, The Adoration of the, 81-88. Leys, 204, 206. Louvain, 156-163. Lucas van Leyden, 189. Mabuse, 108, 182. Maes, Nicolas, 133, 134. Magi, Adoration of the, 41, 201. Malines, 163. Mary of Burgundy, 18, 33, 55. Matsys, Quentin, 122, 169, 181, 184, 192. Memling, 35, 38-44, 69, 117, 118, 182, 185, 188, 191. Michael Angelo, 56. Modern Belgian Pictures, 147, 204. Moretus, 173, 207. Orange, William of, 225. Palais de Justice, The, 32, 148. Parma, Duke of, 225. Parma, Margaret of, 224. Perugino, 138. Philip II., 224. Plantin-Moretus Museum, 207. Pourbus, Peter, 50. Rembrandt, 136, 203. Rood-Loft, 161. Rubens, 88, 128, 129, 131, 171, 173, 175, 177, 178, 195, 198-202, 213, 215. Ruysdael, 134, 204. St. Bavon, Legend of, 77. Ste. Gudule, Legend of, 138. Ste. Ursula, Legend of, 36, 37. Spaniards’ Castle, The, 91. Spanish Rule in Flanders, 222-226. Steen, Jan, 136, 137.