LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1908

Contents

CHAPTER I
PAGE
Old Geneva[1]
CHAPTER II
The War of Independence[9]
CHAPTER III
The Reformation[13]
CHAPTER IV
The Expulsion of the Nuns[17]
CHAPTER V
The Rule of Calvin[23]
CHAPTER VI
The Triumph of the Theocracy[29]
CHAPTER VII
The University[33]
CHAPTER VIII
Professor Andrew Melvill[39]
CHAPTER IX
Théodore de Bèze[43]
CHAPTER X
War with Savoy[51]
CHAPTER XI
The Escalade[53]
CHAPTER XII
An Interval of Quiet[61]
CHAPTER XIII
Revolutions[65]
CHAPTER XIV
Literature and Science[71]
CHAPTER XV
Saussure[77]
CHAPTER XVI
Men of Letters[89]
CHAPTER XVII
Songs and Squibs[93]
CHAPTER XVIII
Religious Revival[95]
CHAPTER XIX
Romanticism[99]
CHAPTER XX
Later Men of Letters[105]
CHAPTER XXI
Voltaire[107]
CHAPTER XXII
Voltaire and the Theatre[111]
CHAPTER XXIII
Visitors to Ferney[119]
CHAPTER XXIV
Coppet[123]

List of Illustrations

1.Sunset on Mont Blanc from above Geneva. J. H. L.[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
2.L’Église de la Madeleine, Geneva. M. H. L.[6]
3.The Last Snow on the Wooded slopes. M. H. L.[10]
4.Geneva from the Arve. M. H. L.[20]
5.The Bay of Meillerie. J. H. L.[26]
6.Evian les Bains, Hte. Savoie. M. H. L.[34]
7.The Glaciers des Bossons, Chamonix. J. H. L.[38]
8.Yvoire, Hte. Savoie. M. H. L.[44]
9.La Roche, Hte. Savoie. J. H. L.[50]
10.The Castle of Etrembières, Hte. Savoie. J. H. L.[56]
11.Nyon Castle, looking across the Lake to Mont Blanc. J. H. L.[62]
12.Montenvers and Aiguilles Verte and Dru. J. H. L.[68]
13.The Jura Range from Thonon, Hte. Savoie. J. H. L.[74]
14.The Aiguille and Dôme du Goûter, Mont Blanc. M. H. L.[80]
15.The Statue of Jean Jacques Rousseau on the Island in the Rhone, Geneva, from Hôtel des Bergues. J. H. L.[90]
16.The Head of Lake Annecy, Hte. Savoie. J. H. L.[96]
17.Nernier, Hte. Savoie. M. H. L.[100]
18.The Chateau de Prangins. M. H. L.[110]
19.A Vaudoise: Summer. M. H. L.[120]
20.The Tricoteuse: Winter. M. H. L.[128]