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CONTENTS

SECTION PAGE
[I.][Havre to Rouen, Dieppe to Rouen, and Calais and Boulogne to Rouen][1]
[II.][Rouen to Evreux][27]
[III.][Evreux to Chartres][50]
[IV.][Chartres to Orleans][62]
[V.][Orleans to Tours][80]
[VI.][Tours to Poitiers][116]
[VII.][Poitiers to Angoulême][138]
[VIII.][Angoulême to Bergerac][152]
[IX.][Bergerac to Mont-de-Marsan][167]
[X.][Mont-de-Marsan to Biarritz][175]
[XI.][Biarritz to Pamplona and San Sebastian, Spain][193]
[XII.][Biarritz to Pau][218]
[XIII.][Pau to St. Gaudens][227]
[XIV.][St. Gaudens to Carcassonne][241]
[XV.][Carcassonne to Montpellier][254]
[XVI.][Montpellier to Aix-en-Provence][272]
[XVII.][Aix-en-Provence to Cannes][292]
[XVIII.][Cannes to San Remo][305]
[XIX.][Aix-en-Provence to Avignon][324]
[XX.][Avignon to Valence][320]
[XXI.][Valence to St. Étienne][346]
[XXII.][St. Étienne to Moulins][356]
[XXIII.][Moulins to Briare][364]
[XXIV.][Briare to Melun][375]
[XXV.][Melun to St. Germain-en-Laye][383]
[XXVI.][St. Germain-en-Laye to Gisors][390]
[XXVII.][Gisors to Rouen][400]
[XXVIII.][Gisors to Dieppe][417]
[Hints on Touring in France, by John L. Kirk][420]
[French and Italian Road Warnings][426]
[A Table of the Dates of the Chief Events in French History][430]
[Index]:[A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[L],[M],[N],[O],[P],[Q],[R],[S],[T],[U],[V],[W],[Y],[Z][435]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

IN COLOUR
[1.][Chartres][Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
[2.][Caudebec-en-Caux][12]
[3.][The Towers of St. Ouen, Rouen][40]
[4.][The Road near Rouen][49]
[5.][Amboise][105]
[6.][The Château of Chenonceaux][112]
[7.][The Limestone Cavern on the Road near Mas d’Azil][248]
[8.][The Pyrenees in Spring][257]
[9.][Narbonne][265]
[10.][The Castle at Tarascon][272]
[11.][On the Coast of the Estérels][305]
[12.][Cap Martin][312]
[13.][The Mouth of the Roya at Ventimiglia][321]
[14.][An Arched Street in Apricale, Italy][328]
[15.][The Roman Arch at Orange][344]
[16.][Château Gaillard, Normandy][412]
IN BLACK AND WHITE
[1.][Rouen Cathedral from the South][57]
[2.][Approaching Chartres][64]
[3.][Old Gabled Houses at Tours][121]
[4.][The Street of Narvate][128]
[5.][Shoeing a Bullock in the Basque Country][201]
[6.][One of the Gates of Pamplona][208]
[7.][The Limestone Gorge in the Pyrenees betweenPamplona and Tolosa][217]
[8.][The Fortified Bridge at Orthez][224]
[9.][A picturesque Corner of St. Lizier][243]
[10.][The Cloisters at St. Lizier][246]
[11.][On the Ramparts of the Cité of Carcassonne][259]
[12.][The Arcaded Square of Mirepoix][262]
[13.][The Greek Theatre at Arles][289]
[14.][The Romanesque Bridge at Avignon][296]
[15.][The Tour de l’Horloge at Moulins][361]
[16.][The Fifteenth Century Fireplace in the Hôtel du Grand Cerf at Le Grand Andely][368]
IN THE TEXT
[Plan of the Château of Blois], [p. 95.]
[How Biarritz was visited in 1813], [p. 188.]
Twenty-eight Route Maps.
Thirty-one Town Plans.
AT END OF BOOK

Folding Map of France, showing all the routes described and otheralternative routes to which some reference is given.

THE
MOTOR ROUTES OF FRANCE