CONTENTS

I. Hans and Gretel 13

II. Holland 18

III. The Silver Skates 28

IV. Hans and Gretel Find a Friend 34

V. Shadows in the Home 42

VI. Sunbeams 50

VII. Hans Has His Way 55

VIII. Introducing Jacob Poot and His Cousin 59

IX. The Festival of Saint Nicholas 66

X. What the Boys Saw and Did in Amsterdam 76

XI. Big Manias and Little Oddities 86

XII. On the Way to Haarlem 94

XIII. A Catastrophe 98

XIV. Hans 102

XV. Homes 108

XVI. Haarlem, The Boys Hear Voices 116

XVII. The Man with Four Heads 123

XVIII. Friends in Need 129

XIX. On the Canal 137

XX. Jacob Poot Changes the Plan 144

XXI. Mynheer Kleef and His Bill of Fare 152

XXII. The Red Lion Becomes Dangerous 156

XXIII. Before the Court 169

XXIV. The Beleaguered Cities 173

XXV. Leyden 180

XXVI. The Palace and the Wood 187

XXVII. The Merchant Prince, and the Sister-Princess 190

XXVIII. Through the Hauge 204

XXIX. A Day of Rest 212

XXX. Homeward Bound 216

XXXI. Boys and Girls 220

XXXII. The Crisis 227

XXXIII. Gretel and Hilda 234

XXXIV. The Awakening 241

XXXV. Bones and Tongues 245

XXXVI. A New Alarm 249

XXXVII. The Father's Return 254

XXXVIII. The Thousand Guilders 259

XXXIX. Glimpses 265

XL. Looking for Work 269

XLI. The Fairy Godmother 275

XLII. The Mysterious Watch 281

XLIII. A Discovery 290

XLIV. The Race 299

XLV. Joy in the Cottage 316

XLVI. Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Higgs 325

XLVII. Broad Sunshine 328

XLVIII. Conclusion 334