"Cities of Belgium" by Grant Allen is a travel guide that deals with the Great Towns where objects of art and antiquity are numerous. The author also sheds light on topics like why the town grew to social or political importance and what were the stages by which it assumed its present shape. Also, what gave rise to that higher form of handicraft which we know as art, and towards what particular arts it especially gravitated. The contents include: Origins of the Belgian Towns Order of the Tour Origins of Bruges Origins of Ghent Origins of Brussels Origins of Antwerp

Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 - October 25, 1899) was a Canadian science writer and novelist, educated in England. He was a public promoter of evolution in the second half of the nineteenth century. After leaving his professorship, in 1876 he returned to England, where he turned his talents to writing, gaining a reputation for his essays on science and for literary works. A 2007 book by Oliver Sacks cites with approval one of Allen's early articles, "Note-Deafness" (a description of what became known as amusia, published in 1878 in the learned journal Mind). Allen's first books dealt with scientific subjects, and include Physiological Æsthetics (1877) and Flowers and Their Pedigrees (1886).

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