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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY NEW YORK
THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON
THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA TOKYO, OSAKA, KYOTO, FUKUOKA, SENDAI
THE MISSION BOOK COMPANY SHANGHAI
A SHORT HISTORY OF BELGIUM
BY LÉON VAN DER ESSEN, PH.D., LL.D. Professor of History in the University of Louvain Member of the Royal Academy of Archaeology of Belgium
Second Revised and Enlarged Edition with a Special Chapter on “Belgium During the Great War”
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Copyright 1916 and 1920 By The University of Chicago
All Rights Reserved
Published January 1916 Second Impression April 1916 Second Edition January 1920 Second Impression July 1920
Composed and Printed By The University of Chicago Press Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
TO ALBERT I King of the Belgians THE KNIGHT WITHOUT FEAR AND WITHOUT REPROACH