See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. Haga Comitis)  , the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, about 21 M. from the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, with a junction station 91 m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.W. by S. of See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden . See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

Steam tramways connect it with the seaside villages of See also:

• SCHEVENINGEN

Scheveningen, Kykduin and 's Gravenzande, as well as with See also:

• DELFT

Delft, Wassenaar and Leiden, and it is situated on a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal from See also:

• ROTTERDAM

Rotterdam to See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam . Pop . (190o), 212,211 . The See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague is the chief town of the province, the usual See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court and See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic bodies, and the seat of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, the states-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, the high See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands, the council of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, the chamber of accounts and various other administrative bodies . The characteristics of the town are quite in keeping with its See also:

• POLITICAL

political position; it is as handsome as it is fashionable, and was rightly described by de See also:

• AMICIS, EDMONDO DE (1846-1908)

Amicis in his Olanda as See also:

• HALF

half Dutch, half See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French . The Hague has grown very largely in See also:

• MODERN

modern times, especially on its western See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, which is situated on the higher and more sandy See also:

• SOIL

soil, the south-eastern half of the town comprising the poorer and the business quarters . The main features in a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of the town are its See also:

• FINE

fine streets and houses and extensive avenues and well-planted squares; while, as a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, the neighbourhood of an attractive seaside resort, combined with the advantages and importance of a large town, and the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of beautiful and wooded surroundings, give it a distinction all its own . The See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval-looking See also:

• GROUP

group of government buildings situated in the Binnenhof (or "inner court"), their backs reflected in the See also:

• PRETTY

pretty See also:

• SHEET

sheet of See also:

• WATER

water called the Vyver, represent both historically and topographically the centre of the Hague . On the opposite side of the Vyver lies the parallelogram formed by the fine houses and magnificent See also:

• AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

avenue of trees of the See also:

• LANGE, ANNE FRANCOISE ELIZABETH (1772—1816)
• LANGE, ERNST PHILIPP KARL (1813—1899)
• LANGE, FRIEDRICH ALBERT (1828—1875)
• LANGE, JOHANN PETER (1802-1884)

Lange Voorhout, the Kneuterdyk and the Vyverburg, representing the fashionable See also:

• KERNEL (O.E. cyrnel, a diminutive of " corn," seed, grain)

kernel of the city . See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

Close by lies the entrance to the Haagsche See also:

• BOSCH (or Boa), JEROM (c. 1460-1518)

Bosch, or the See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, on one side of which is situated the See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

deer-See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park., and a little beyond on the other the zoological gardens (1862) . Away from the Lange Voorhout the fine Park Straat stretches to the " 1813 Plein " or square, in the centre of which rises the large See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument (1868) by Jaquet commemorating the See also:

• JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

jubilee of the restoration of Dutch See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence in 1813 .

Beyond this is the See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander Veld, used as a military See also:

• DRILL

drill ground, and close by is the entrance to the beautiful road called the Scheveningensche Weg, which leads through the " little See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods " to Scheveningen . Parallel to the Park Straat is the busy Noordeinde, in which is situated the royal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace . The palace was See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased by the States in 1595, rebuilt by the See also:

• STADTHOLDER (Du. stadhouder, a delegate or representative)

stadtholder See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William III., and extended by See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King William I. in the beginning of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . In front of the See also:

• BUILDING

building is an equestrian statue of William I. of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange by See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Nieuerkerke (1845), and behind are the gardens and extensive stables . The Binnenhof, which has been already mentioned, was once surrounded by a See also:

• MOAT

moat, and is still entered through See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient gateways . The See also:

• OLDEST

oldest portion was founded in 1249 by William II., count of Holland, whose son, Florens V., enlarged it and made it his residence . Several centuries later the stadtholders also lived here . The fine old See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall of the knights, built by Florens, and now containing the archives of the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, is the historic chamber in which the states of the Netherlands abjured their See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip II. of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and in front of which the See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey-headed states-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man Johan See also:

• VAN

van See also:

• OLDENBARNEVELDT, JOHAN VAN (1547-1619)

Oldenbarneveldt was executed in 1619 . Close by on the one side are the courts of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, and on the other the first and second See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

chambers of the states-general, containing some richly painted ceilings and the portraits of various stadtholders . Government offices occupy the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the buildings, and in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the, court is a See also:

• FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain surmounted by a statuette of William II., count of Holland (1227–1256) . In the adjoining Buitenhof, or " See also:

• OUTER

outer court," is a statue of King William II . (d .

1849) , and the old Gevangen Poort, or See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison See also:

• GATE

gate (restored 1875), consisting of a See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower and gateway . It was here that the See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers Cornelis and See also:

• JAN

Jan de Witt were killed by the See also:

• MOB

mob in 1672 . On the opposite side of the Binnenhof is the busy square called the Plein, where all the tram-lines meet . See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

Round about it are the buildings of the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of justice and other government buildings, including one to contain the state archives, the large See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of the See also:

• WITTE, SERGE JULIEVICH, COUNT (1849— )

Witte Societeit, and the Mauritshuis . The Mauritshuis was built in 1633–1644 by Count See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice of See also:

• NASSAU

Nassau, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil, and contains the famous picture See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery of the Hague . The See also:

• NUCLEUS (Lat. for the kernal of a nut, nux, the stone of fruit)

nucleus of this collection was formed by the princes of Orange, notably by the stadtholder William V . (1748–1806) . King William I. did much to restore the losses caused by the removal of many of the pictures during the French occupation . Other See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic collections in the Hague are the municipal museum (Gernsente Museum), containing paintings by both ancient and moderh Dutch artists, and some antiquities; the fine collection of pictures in the Steengracht gallery, belonging to Jonkheer Steengracht; the museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, named after Count Meermann and See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Westreenen (d . 1850), containing some interesting See also:

• MSS

MSS. and specimens of See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• TYPOGRAPHY (i.e. writing by types)

typography and other curiosities; and the Mesdag Museum, containing the collection of the painter H . W . Mesdag (b .

1831) presented by him to the state . The royal library (1798) contains upwards of 500,000 volumes, including some early illuminated MSS., a valuable collection of coins and medals and some fine See also:

• ANTIQUE (Lat. antiquus, old)

antique gems . In addition to the royal palace already mentioned, there are the palaces of the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen-See also:

• DOWAGER (from the Old Fr. douagiere, mod. douairiere)

dowager, of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of Orange (founded about 1720 by Count Unico of Wassenaar Twiekels) and of the prince von Vied, dating from 1825, and containing some See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good early Dutch and Flemish masters . There are numerous churches of various denominations in the Hague as well as an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, a See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel and two synagogues, one of which is Portuguese . The Groote Kerk of St See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James (15th and 16th centuries) See also:

• HASA, EL (Ahsa, Al Hasa)

hasa fine vaulted interior, and contains some old stained See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, a carved wooden See also:

• PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit (1550), a large See also:

• ORGAN

organ and interesting sepulchral monuments, and some escutcheons of the knights of the See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden Fleece, placed here after the See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter of 1456 . The Nieuwe Kerk, or new church (first half 17th century), contains the tombs of the brothers De Witt and of the philosopher See also:

• SPINOZA, BARUCH (1632-1677)

Spinoza . Spinoza is further commemorated by a monument in front of the house in which he died in 1677 . The picturesque town hall (built in 1565 and restored and enlarged in 1882) contains a See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical picture gallery . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal other buildings are the provincial government offices, the royal school of See also:

• MUSIC

music, the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

• ART

art, the large building (1874) of the society for arts and sciences, the ethnographical See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute of the Netherlands Indies with fine library, the theatres, See also:

• CIVIL

civil and military hospitals, orphanage, lunatic See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum and other charitable institutions; the fine modern railway station (1892), the See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry and See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery and the See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks, and the See also:

• CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon foundry . The chief See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries of the town are See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron casting, See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper and See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead smelting, cannon See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding, the manufacture of See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture and carriages, liqueur distilling, lithographing and See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing . The Hague wood has been described as the city's finestornament . It is composed chiefly of oaks and alders and magnificent avenues of gigantic See also:

• BEECH

beech-trees .

Together with the See also:

• HAARLEM

Haarlem wood it is thought to be a remnant of the immense See also:

• FOREST

forest which once extended along the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . At the end of one of the avenues which penetrates into it from the town is the large summer club-house of the Witte Societeit, under whose auspices concerts are given here in summer . Farther into the wood are some pretty little lakes, and the famous royal See also:

• VILLA

villa called the Huis ten Bosch, or " house in the wood." This villa was built by Pieter See also:

• POST

Post for the Princess Amelia of Solms, in memory of her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband the stadtholder, See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry of Orange (d . 1647), and wings were added to it by Prince William IV. in 1748 . The chief See also:

• ROOM

room is the Orange See also:

• SALOON

Saloon, an octagonal hall 50 ft. high, covered with paintings by Dutch and Flemish artists, chiefly of incidents in the See also:

• LIFE

life of Prince Frederick . In this room the See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

International See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

Peace See also:

• CONFERENCE

Conference had its sittings in the summer of 1899 . The collections in the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese and See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese rooms, and the grisailles in the dining-room painted by Jacobus de Wit (1695–1754), are also noteworthy . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of the Hague is in some respects singular . In the 13th century it was no more than a See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting-See also:

• LODGE
• LODGE, EDMUND (1756-1839)
• LODGE, H
• LODGE, HENRY CABOT (1850– )
• LODGE, SIR OLIVER JOSEPH (1851– )
• LODGE, THOMAS (c. 1558–1625)

lodge of the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of Holland, and though Count See also:

• FLORIS, FRANS

Floris V . (b . 1254–1296) made it his residence and it thus became the seat of the supreme court of justice of Holland and the centre of the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, and from the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of William of Orange onward the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the states-general, it only received the status of a town, from King See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte, early in the 19th century . In the latter See also:

• PART

part of the 17th and the first half of the 18th century the Hague was the centre of See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy .

Among the many See also:

• TREATIES

treaties and conventions signed here may be mentioned the treaty of the Triple See also:

• ALLIANCE

Alliance (See also:

• JANUARY

January 23, 1688) between See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden and the Netherlands; the See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert of the Hague (See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 31, 1710) between the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

Emperor, England and Holland, for the See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance of the See also:

• NEUTRALITY

neutrality of the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish provinces in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany during the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers against Sweden; the Triple Alliance (January 4, 1717) between See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, England and Holland for the See also:

• GUARANTEE (sometimes spelt " guarantie " or " guaranty "; an O. Fr. form of " warrant," from the Teutonic word which appears in German as wahren, to defend or make safe and binding)

guarantee of the treaty of See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht; the treaty of peace (Feb . 17, 1717) between Spain, See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy and See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, by which the first-named acceded to the principles of the Triple Alliance; the treaty of peace between Holland and France (May 16, 1795); the first " Hague See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention," the out-come of the " peace conference" assembled on the initiative of the emperor See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas II. of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia (See also:

• JULY

July 27, 1899), and the See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of conventions, the results of the second peace conference (See also:

• JUNE

June 1 See also:

• OCTOBER

October 18, 1907) . The international court of See also:

• ARBITRATION (Lat. arbitrari, to examine or judge)
• ARBITRATION, INTERNATIONAL

arbitration or Hague Tribunal was established in 1899 (see See also:

• EUROPE

EUROPE: History; ARBITRATION, INTERNATIONAL) . The Palace of Peace designed to be completed in 1913 as the seat of the tribunal, on the Scheveningen avenue, is by a French architect, L . M . Cordonnier, and A . See also:

• CARNEGIE
• CARNEGIE, ANDREW (1837– )

Carnegie contributed £300,000 towards its cost .