Copyright, 1908, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Published October, 1908


CONTENTS

PART I
CHAPTERPAGE
I.Boulogne to Amiens[1]
II.Beauvais and Rouen[15]
III.From Rouen to Fontainebleau[24]
IV.The Loire and the Indre[34]
V.Nohant to Clermont[48]
VI.In Auvergne[56]
VII.Royat to Bourges[66]
PART II
I.Paris to Poitiers[73]
II.Poitiers to the Pyrenees[95]
III.The Pyrenees to Provence[117]
IV.The Rhone to the Seine[143]
PART III
A Flight to the North-east[172]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Chauvigny: Ruins of castle[Frontispiece]
Facing page
Arras: Hôtel de Ville[2]
Amiens: West front of the Cathedral[6]
Amiens: Ambulatory of the Cathedral[10]
Beauvais: West front of the Cathedral[14]
Rouen: Rue de l’Horloge[18]
Rouen: The façade of the Church of Saint-Maclou[22]
Rouen: Monument of the Cardinals of Amboise in the Cathedral[26]
Le Petit Andely: View of the town and Château Gaillard[30]
Orléans: General view of the town[38]
Nohant: Château of George Sand[42]
Nohant: Garden pavilion[44]
Clermont-Ferrand: Notre-Dame du Port[50]
Orcival: The church[62]
Moulins: Place del’Hôtel-de-Ville and the Jacquemart tower[70]
Bourges: Apse of the Cathedral[74]
Château of Maintenon[76]
Neuvy Saint-Sépulcre: Church of the Precious Blood[84]
Neuvy Saint-Sépulcre: Interior of the church[88]
Poitiers: Baptistery of St. John[90]
Poitiers: The Church of Notre-Dame-la-Grande[92]
Angoulême: Façade of the Cathedral[96]
Thiers: View of the town from the Pont de Seychalles[98]
Bordeaux: Church of The Holy Cross[100]
Bétharram: The bridge[106]
Argelès-Gazost: The old bridge[108]
Salies de Béarn: View of old town[110]
St. Bertrand-de-Comminges: Pier of the Four Evangelists in the Cloister[116]
Albi: General view of the Cathedral[118]
Albi: Interior of the Cathedral[120]
Nîmes: The Baths of Diana—public gardens[122]
Carcassonne: The Porte de l’Aude[124]
Saint-Remy: The Mausoleum[126]
St. Maximin: Choir stalls in the church[130]
Toulon: The House of Puget[134]
Orange: The Arch of Marius[136]
Grignan: Gate of the castle[138]
Valence: The Cathedral[142]
Vienne: General view of the town[146]
Brou: Tomb of Margaret of Austria in the church[150]
Dijon: Mourners on the tomb of Jean Sans Peur[154]
Avallon: General view of the town[158]
Vézelay: Narthex of the Church of the Madeleine[160]
Sens: Apse of the Cathedral[168]
Noyon: Hôtel de Ville[186]
St. Quentin: Hôtel de Ville[188]
Laon: General view of the town and Cathedral[192]
Soissons: Ruined church of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes[196]

A MOTOR-FLIGHT
THROUGH FRANCE