THE FIELDS of
FRANCE

BY
MADAME
MARY DUCLAUX
(A MARY F ROBINSON)
AUTHOR of “THE LIFE of RENAN” “COLLECTED
POEMS” “THE RETURN TO NATURE” ETC
WITH TWENTY ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR
BY
W B MACDOUGALL

LONDON CHAPMAN
AND HALL LTD 1905

First published in Crown 8voSeptember, 1903
ReprintedDecember,1903
ReprintedFebruary,1904
ReprintedOctober, 1904
New Edition, in Crown Quarto, with numerous
additions, and Illustrations by W. B. Macdougall		September, 1905

To
MY DEAR
M O T H E R
LIKE ME, A LOVER OF
THE FIELDS OF FRANCE

CONTENTS

PAGE
[A FARM IN THE CANTAL][1]
[A MANOR IN TOURAINE][45]
[THE FRENCH PEASANT][77]
[THE FORESTS OF THE OISE][133]
[A LITTLE TOUR IN PROVENCE][167]
[HOW THE POOR LIVED IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY][195]
[THE MEDIÆVAL COUNTRY HOUSE][239]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[I.] LOCHESFrontispiece
[II.] PUY MARY Facing page[ 6]
[III.] THE FARM AT OLMET”[14]
[IV.] THE CÈRE AT VIC”[22]
[V.] THE OLD HOUSE AT OLMET”[30]
[VI.] TRÉMOULET”[38]
[VII.] THE COMMANDERIE AT BALLAN”[50]
[VIII.] TOURS”[64]
[IX.] AMBOISE”[80]
[X.] CHENONCEAUX”[96]
[XI.] AZAY-LE-RIDEAU”[112]
[XII.] LUYNES”[126]
[XIII.] SENLIS”[136]
[XIV.] VIEW FROM LA MONTAGNE DE LA VERBERIE”[142]
[XV.] VIEUX MOULIN”[148]
[XVI.] THE LAKES OF LA ROUILLIE”[154]
[XVII.] PIERREFONDS”[160]
[XVIII.] THE PALACE OF THE POPES AT AVIGNON”[174]
[XIX.] THE CASTLE OF BEAUCAIRE AT TARASCON”[182]
[XX.] THE ALISCAMPS AT ARLES”[192]

A FARM IN THE CANTAL A FARM IN THE CANTAL
(Haute-Auvergne)
1902