List of Illustrations

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A Peasant Girl of Touraine [Frontispiece]
Itinerary of the Loire (Map) [1]
A Lace-maker of the Upper Loire [5]
The Loire Châteaux (Map) [9]
The Ancient Provinces of the Loire Valley and Their Capitals (Map) [15]
The Loire near la Charité [19]
Coiffes of Amboise and Orléans [21]
The Châteaux of the Loire (Map) [31]
Environs of Orléans (Map) [39]
The Loiret [42]
The Loire at Meung [46]
Beaugency [51]
Arms of the City of Blois [58]
The Riverside at Blois [59]
Signature of François Premier [60]
Cypher of Anne de Bretagne, at Blois [62]
Arms of Louis XII. [65]
Central Doorway, Château de Blois [67]
The Châteaux of Blois (Diagram) [69]
Cypher of François Premier and Claude of France, at Blois [72]
Native Types in the Sologne [89]
Donjon of Montrichard [92]
Arms of François Premier, at Chambord [99]
Plan of Château de Chambord [103]
Château de Chambord [105]
Château de Cheverny [110]
Cheverny-sur-Loire [113]
Chaumont [116]
Signature of Diane de Poitiers [118]
The Loire in Touraine [134]
The Vintage in Touraine [142]
Château d'Amboise [148]
Sculpture from the Chapelle de St. Hubert [165]
Cypher of Anne de Bretagne, Hôtel de Ville, Amboise [168]
Château de Chenonceaux [178]
Château de Chenonceaux (Diagram) [179]
Loches [189]
Loches and Its Church [192]
Sketch Plan of Loches [198]
St. Ours, Loches [199]
Tours [202]
Arms of the Printers, Avocats, and Innkeepers, Tours [205]
Scene in the Quartier de la Cathédrale, Tours [208]
Plessis-les-Tours in the Time of Louis XI. [213]
Environs of Tours (Map) [219]
A Vineyard of Vouvray [223]
Mediæval Stairway and the Château de Luynes [224]
Ruins of Cinq-Mars [229]
Château de Langeais [233]
Arms of Louis XII. and Anne de Bretagne [237]
Château d'Azay-le-Rideau [244]
Château d'Ussé [249]
The Roof-tops of Chinon [253]
Rabelais [256]
Château de Chinon [259]
Cuisines, Fontevrault [265]
Château de Saumur [277]
The Ponts de Cé [284]
Château d'Angers [289]
Environs of Nantes (Map) [297]
Donjon of the Château de Clisson [307]
Berry (Map) [313]
La Tour, Sancerre [317]
Château de Gien [318]
Château de Valençay [322]
Gateway of Mehun-sur-Yevre [324]
Le Carrior Doré, Romorantin [326]
Église S. Aignan, Cosne [331]
Pouilly-sur-Loire [332]
Porte du Croux, Nevers [335]

Castles and Châteaux

of Old Touraine

and the Loire Country