_Notre-Dame au-delà de la Dyle+_ 268 _Saint Michel et Sainte Gudule+_ 271 _Sainte Gudule--The Lady Chapel+_ 281 _St. Peter's, Louvain, Chapel of St. Charles*_ 295 _Interior of Mechlin Cathedral+_ 301 _Mechlin Cathedral+_ 303 _De Dijle te Mechelen*_ 307 _Notre-Dame de Hal Baptistery Gates*_ 311 _Hôtel de Ville, Louvain+_ 321 _Tête de Femme en Pleurs, attributed to_ _facing_ 333 _Roger Van Der Weyden, Brussels Gallery_ _'Pièta', attributed to Roger Van Der Weyden,_ _facing_ 335 _Brussels Gallery_ _'The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus' by_ _facing_ 339 _Dierick Boudts, at Saint Peter's, Louvain_ _The Wings of the Saint Anne Triptych by_ _facing_ 347 _Quentin Metsys, in the Brussels Gallery (shut)_ _The Wings of the Saint Anne Triptych by_ _facing_ 348 _Quentin Metsys, in the Brussels Gallery (open)_ _The Central Panel of the Saint Anne Triptych by_ _facing_ 350 _Quentin Metsys, in the Brussels Gallery_ _From S. Rombold's, Malines*_ 357 _At Mechlin+_ 361 _By the Dyle at Mechlin+_ 364 _Guild Halls in the Market-Place at Brussels+_ 369 _Notre-Dame d'Hanswyck, Malines+_ 372 _Saints Pierre et Paul, Malines+_ 373 _La Porte de Hal, Brussels+_ 374 _Tailpiece+_ 375 _Plan of Brussels_ _follows_ 375 Those illustrations marked * are by G. GILLIAT-SMITH. Do. do. + are by KATHARINE KIMBALL. [Illustration: Brussels] The Story of Brussels CHAPTER I _In the Days before Brussels was Built_