Libraries of Hope / Well-Educated Heart

Stories of Holland and Spain

Generally speaking, the books are listed in beginners to advanced order.
HOLLAND
The Dutch Twins 
by Lucy Fitch Perkins (1911)
Holland 
by John Finnemore (1912)
Peeps at History
Holland 
by Beatrix Jungman (1913)
Peeps at Many Lands
Tales Told in Holland 
by Olive Miller
The Land of Pluck 
by Mary Mapes Dodge
Story of Little Jan 
by Helen Campbell (1905)
Stories from Dutch History 
by Arthur Dawson (1913)
Young People’s History of Holland 
by W. E. Griffis (1903)
The Netherlands 
by Mary MacGregor (1907)
Brave Little Holland, and What She Taught Us 
by William Griffis, (1922)
The Boy Travellers in Northern Europe 
by Thomas Knox (1892)
The World’s Story, Vol. 7 
by Eva March Tappan (1914)
The Story of Holland 
by J. E. Thorold Rogers (1890)
Story of the Nations Series
Famous Days and Deeds in Holland and Belgium 
by Charles Morris (1915)
A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After 
by Edward Bok (1921)
The true story of a Dutch immigrant to America
HISTORICAL FICTION, G. A. HENTY
By Pike and Dyke—A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic (1579)
SPAIN
The Little Spanish Dancer 
by Madeleine Brandeis
Spain 
by Edith Browne
Peeps at Many Lands Series
In Sunny Spain with Pilarica and Rafael 
by Katharine Lee Bates (1913)
Getting to Know Spain 
by Dee Day
The History of Spain for Young Persons 
by George Bennett (1949)
Historical Tales: Spain 
by Charles Morris (1902)
The World’s Story, Volume 5 
by Eva March Tappan (1914)
The Story of Spain 
by Edward Everett Hale and Susan Hale (1886)
Story of the Nations Series
THE MOORS IN SPAIN
Tales from the Alhambra 
by Josephine Brower
Adapted from Washington Irving; brief introduction to the Moors followed by Tales
Tales of the Alhambra, selected for use in the schools
Selected descriptions by Washington Irving
The Story of the Christians and Moors of Spain 
by Charlotte Yonge (1878)
The Story of the Moors in Spain 
by Stanley Lane-Poole (1888)
Story of the Nations Series
The Christian Recovery of Spain (711-1492) 
by Henry Edward Watts (1894)
Story of the Nations Series
In the Track of the Moors 
by Sybil Fitzgerald
Beautiful color illustrations
THE SPANISH MAIN
Stories of the Spanish Main 
by Frank Stockton (1913)
Pirates!
Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates (1921)
West Indies and the Spanish Main 
by James Rodway (1896)
HISTORICAL FICTION, G. A. HENTY
The Cornet of Horse: a tale of the Marlborough Wars (1703)
War of Spanish succession, Holland, Hapsburg, Hanover and Prussia against French and Spanish
The Bravest of the Brave, or With Peterborough in Spain (1705) 
War of Spanish succession, Spain and France and the British with their Allies, Earl Charles Mordaunt III of Peterborough
Held Fast for England, a tale of the siege of Gibraltar (1780)
Among Malay Pirates, a tale of adventure and peril (1810)
The Young Buglers, a tale of the Peninsular War (1810)
With the British Legion, a story of the Carlist Wars (1835)
BELGIUM
The Belgian Twins 
by Lucy Fitch Perkins (1917)
Little Philippe of Belgium 
by Madeleine Brandeis
When I Was a Boy in Belgium 
by Robert Jonkheere (1915)
True story of a boy’s life in Belgium and as a refuge during the War.
Belgium 
by Joseph Morris (1915)
Beautiful color illustrations. Beautiful Europe series.
Belgium by George Omond (1908)
Beautiful colorful illustrations. Text for older reader.