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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] |