ent Place: Dixmude 56

The Great Jube, or Altar Screen: Dixmude 58

The Fish Market: Dixmude 60

No. 4, Rue de Dixmude: Ypres 72

Arcade of the Cloth Hall: Ypres 76

Gateway, Wall, and Old Moat: Ypres 80

The Belfry: Commines 88

The Towers of St. Winoc: Bergues 94

The Tower of the Templars: Nieuport 100

The Town Hall--Hall of the Knights Templar: Nieuport 103

Tower in the Grand' Place: Nieuport 104

The Town Hall: Alost 112

The Belfry: Courtrai 120

The Broel Towers: Courtrai 124

The Museum: Termonde 138

The Cathedral: Louvain 148

The Town Hall: Louvain 150

The Town Hall: Douai 158

The Town Hall: Oudenaarde 164

Old Square and Church: Oudenaarde 166

The Fish Market: Ypres 172

The Church of Our Lady of Hanswyk 190

Malines

[Illustration: VANISHED TOWERS _and_ CHIMES OF FLANDERS]

Malines

The immense, flat-topped, gray Gothic spire which dominated the
picturesque line of low, red-tiled roofs showing here and there above
the clustering, dark-green masses of trees in level meadows, was that of
St. Rombauld, designated by Vauban as "the Eighth Wonder of the World,"
constructed by Keldermans, of the celebrated family of architects. He it
was who designed the Bishop's Palace, and the great town halls of
Louvain, Oudenaarde, and Brussels, although some authorities allege that
Gauthier Coolman designed the Cathedral. But without denying the power
and artistry of this latter master, we may still believe in the
well-established claim of Keldermans, who showed in this great tower the
height of art culminating in exalted workmanship. Keldermans was
selected by Marguerite and Philip of Savoie to build t