EVERHARDES JOHANNES See also:

• EVERHARDES JOHANNES POTGIETER (1808-1875)

POTGIETER (1808-1875)  , Dutch See also:

• PROSE

prose writer and poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ZWOLLE

Zwolle, in Overyssel, on the 17th of See also:

• JUNE

June 18o8 . He started See also:

• LIFE

life in a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant's 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 at See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp . In 1831 he made a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to See also:

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

Sweden, described in two volumes, which appeared at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam in 1836-1840 . Soon afterwards he settled in Amsterdam, engaged in commercial pursuits on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, but with more and more inclination towards literature . With Heije, the popular poet of 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 in those days, and Bakhuizen See also:

• VAN

van den Brink, the rising historian (see also GROEN VAN PRINSTERER), See also:

• POTGIETER, EVERHARDES JOHANNES (1808-1875)

Potgieter founded De Muzen (" The See also:

• MUSES, THE (Gr. Mo6o-at, the thinkers)

Muses," 1834-1836), a See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review, which was, how-ever, soon superseded by De Gids (" The See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

Guide "), a monthly, which became the leading See also:

• MAGAZINE

magazine of Holland . In it he wrote, mostly under the See also:

• INITIALS (Lat. initialis, of or belonging to a beginning, initium)

initials of " W . D—g," a See also:

• GREAT

great number of articles and poems . The first collected edition of his poems (1832-1868) appeared in 2 vols . (See also:

• HAARLEM

Haarlem, 1868-1875), preceded by some of his contributions to De Gids, in 2 vols. also (Haarlem, 1864), and followed by 3 vols. of his Studien en Schetsen (" Studies and Sketches," Haarlem, 1879) . Soon after his-See also:

• DEATH

death (Feb . 3, 1875) a more comprehensive edition of Potgieter's Verspreide en Nagelaten Werken (" See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous and See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

Posthumous See also:

• WORKS

Works ") was published in 8 vols. by his friend and literary executor, Johan C . Zimmerman (Haarlem, 1875-1877), who likewise supervised a more See also:

• COMPLETE

complete edition of Potgieter's writings which appeared at Haarlem in 1885-1890 in 19 vols .

Of Potgieter's Het Noorden in Omtrekken en Tafreelen (" The See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North in Outlines and Pictures ") the third edition was issued in 1882, and an edition de luxe of his poems followed at Haarlem in 1893 . Under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Personen en Onderwerpen (" Persons and Subjects ") many of Potgieter's criticisms had collectively appeared in 3 vols. at Haarlem in 1885, with an introduction by Busken-See also:

• HUET, PIERRE DANIEL (1630-1721)

Huet . Potgieter's favourite See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master among the Dutch See also:

• CLASSICS

classics was Hoeft, whose peculiarities in See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style and See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language he admired and imitated . The same vein of altruistic, if often exaggerated and biased, abhorrence of the wonted conventionalities of literary life runs through all his writings, even through his private See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with Huet, parts of which have been published . Potgieter remained to his death the irreconcilable enemy of the Dutch " See also:

• JAN

Jan Salie," as the Dutchman is nicknamed who does not believe in the regeneration of the Dutch See also:

• PEOPLE

people . Potgieter held up the Netherlanders of the See also:

• GOLDEN

golden See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of the saa _}'a r So7T o, Ca°m,um SuansiiN - Pra,,,um PA...Pra°num See also:

• WARE

Ware + - of See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

Standard Voltaic See also:

• CELL (from Lat. cella, probably from an Indo-European kal —seen in Lat. celare, to hide; another suggestion connects the word with Lat. cera, wax, taking the original meaning to refer to the honeycomb)

Cell . 16th and 17th centuries as See also:

• MODELS

models to be emulated . In these views he essentially differed from Huet . Yet the two See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends worked harmoniously together; and when Potgieter reluctantly gave up De Gids in 1865, it was Huet whom he See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose as his successor . Both then proceeded to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and were See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• DANTE

Dante festivities at See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, which in Potgieter's See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case resulted in a poem in twenty stanzas, Florence (Haarlem, 1868) . In Holland Potgieter's See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence has been very marked and beneficial; but his own style, that of ultra-purist, was at times somewhat forced, See also:

• STILTED

stilted and not always easily understood . (H .