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Europe notes on Belgium and French railways
A travelogue describes Belgium as fertile and prosperous with extensive irrigation and labor by women, contrasts Brussels’ evolving trade lines, and details Liege and Tournay’s rail routes. It reflects on Belgium’s agriculture, wooded hills, beet crops, and the growth of rail networks shaping economic fortunes across Europe. The piece also touches on Parisian ferment over constitutional revision, French politics, and speculative impacts on the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Selbs
Tcaly
Switzerland
Europe
Liege
Tirlemont
Malmnes
Mediin
Antwerp
Malmes
Brussels
Namuc
Ghent
Bourges
Lonsdoc
Paris
Germany
Namur
Charleroi
Mons
New York Tribune
Pants
Cologne
Verviers
Rhenish
Prussia
Arnis
Italy
Gibraltar
Flanders
New Jersey
France
Tournay
Beleum
Valenciennes
Douai
Calis
Fesg
Meeckirk
Rhine
Louis Napoleon
Leck
Jobo Bull
Brother Jonathan
Crystal Palace
Bunker Hill
England
John Bull
Nicaragua
London
Cnrress Posden
Gazette
Duke of Wellington
Hobbs
Bramah
Chubb
A. C. Hobbs
New York
Piccadilly
Tobbs
Messrs. Bramah
Professor Cowper
Dr. Black
Mr. Rennie
Prof. Cowper
Hol Hs
Messia
Gret
Hobbe
Friann
A, C. Honns