THE WESTERN FAÇADE OF AMIENS CATHEDRAL.


CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I]Page
Introductory 1
[CHAPTER II]
The Genesis and Characteristics of the French6
[CHAPTER III]
Family Life—Marriage and the Birth-rate23
[CHAPTER IV]
How the French govern Themselves49
[CHAPTER V]
On Education and Religion 67
[CHAPTER VI]
Some Aspects of Paris and of Town Life in General86
[CHAPTER VII]
Of Rural Life in France 114
[CHAPTER VIII]
The Rivers of France 143
[CHAPTER IX]
Of the Watering-Places 169
[CHAPTER X]
Architecture—Roman, Romanesque, and Gothic— in
France
193
[CHAPTER XI]
The National Defences 205
[INDEX]
213

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS