| | CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I. | Introductory | [13] |
| II. | The Evolution of French Gardens | [14] |
| III. | The Royal Hunt in France | [43] |
| IV. | The Palais de la Cité and Tournelles | [61] |
| V. | The Old Louvre and Its History | [75] |
| VI. | The Louvre of Francis I and Its Successors | [85] |
| VII. | The Tuileries and Its Gardens | [106] |
| VIII. | The Palais Cardinal and the Palais Royal | [131] |
| IX. | The Luxembourg, the Elysée and the Palais Bourbon | [151] |
| X. | Vincennes and Conflans | [168] |
| XI. | Fontainebleau and Its Forest | [180] |
| XII. | By the Banks of the Seine | [203] |
| XIII. | Malmaison and Marly | [215] |
| XIV. | Saint Cloud and Its Park | [229] |
| XV. | Versailles: The Glory of France | [244] |
| XVI. | The Gardens of Versailles and the Trianons | [260] |
| XVII. | Saint Germain-en-Laye | [279] |
| XVIII. | Maintenon | [296] |
| XIX. | Rambouillet and Its Forest | [309] |
| XX. | Chantilly | [324] |
| XXI. | Compiègne and Its Forest | [342] |
| | Index | [363] |
| Terrace of Henri IV, Saint Germain | [Frontispiece] |
| The Louvre, the Tuileries and the Palais Royal of To-day | [12] |
| "Jardin Français—Jardin Anglais" | [15] |
| Henri IV in an Old French Garden | [20] |
| Parterre de Diane, Chenonceaux | [27] |
| Plan of Sunken Garden (Jardin Creux) | [30] |
| A Parterre | [32] |
| Bassin de la Couronne, Vaux-le-Vicomte | [42] |
| A "Curée aux Flambeaux" | [46] |
| An Imperial Hunt at Fontainebleau | [52] |
| Rendezvous de Chasse, Rambouillet | [56] |
| Bird's Eye View of Old Paris (Map) | [74] |
| The XIV Century Louvre | [82] |
| The Louvre | [90] |
| Original Plan of the Tuileries (Diagram) | [106] |
| Salle des Marechaux, Tuileries | [116] |
| The Galleries of the Palais Royal | [146] |
| Bourbon-Orleans Descendants of Louis Philippe (Diagram) | [146] |
| Palais du Luxembourg | [154] |
| Door in Throne Room, Luxembourg | [156] |
| The Petit Luxembourg | [156] |
| The Luxembourg Gardens | [158] |
| The Throne of the Palais Bourbon | [161] |
| Vincennes Under Charles V | [168] |
| Chateau de Vincennes | [172] |
| A Hunt under the Walls of Vincennes | [174] |
| Conflans | [176] |
| Original Plan of Fontainebleau | [180] |
| From Paris to Fontainebleau (Map) | [180] |
| Palais de Fontainebleau | [186] |
| Salle du Throne, Fontainebleau | [190] |
| Fragments from Fontainebleau | [192] |
| Cheminée de la Reine, Fontainebleau | [194] |
| Monument to Rousseau and Millet at Barbison | [200] |
| Chateau de Bagatelle | [204] |
| Chateau de Malmaison | [218] |
| The Gardens of Saint Cloud | [236] |
| The Cascades at Saint Cloud | [240] |
| Cour de Marbre, Versailles | [264] |
| The Potager du Roy, Versailles | [270] |
| The Bassin de Latone, Versailles | [272] |
| The Fountain of Neptune, Versailles | [274] |
| Petit Trianon | [276] |
| Laiterie de la Reine, Petit Trianon | [277] |
| Saint Germain (Diagram) | [280] |
| The Valley of the Seine, from the Terrace at Saint Germain | [288] |
| Fauteuil of Mme. de Maintenon | [297] |
| Chateau de Maintenon | [300] |
| Aqueduct of Louis XIV at Maintenon | [306] |
| Chateau de Rambouillet (Diagram) | [309] |
| Laiterie de la Reine, Rambouillet | [312] |
| Chateau de Rambouillet | [316] |
| Chantilly (Diagram) | [325] |
| Statue of Le Notre, Chantilly | [326] |
| Chateau de Chantilly | [336] |
| Compiègne (Diagram) | [343] |
| Napoleon's Bedchamber, Compiègne | [352] |
| Cours de Compiègne | [356] |
