Contents

Part 1General Information—The Grand Tour
Chapter 1 [An Appreciation Of The Automobile]
Chapter 2 [Travel Talk]
Chapter 3 [Roads And Routes]
Chapter 4 [Hotels And Things]
Chapter 5 [The Grand Tour]
Part 2Touring In France
Chapter 1 [Down Through Touraine: Paris To Bourdeaux]
Chapter 2 [A Little Tour In The Pyrenees]
Chapter 3 [In Languedoc And Old Provence]
Chapter 4 [By Rhône And Saône]
Chapter 5 [By Seine And Oise—A Cruise In A Canot-Automobile]
Chapter 6 [The Road To The North]
Part 3On Britain's Roads
Chapter 1 [The Bath Road]
Chapter 2 [The South Coast]
Chapter 3 [Land's End To John O'Groats]
Part 4In Belgium, Holland, And Germany
Chapter 1 [On The Road To Flanders]
Chapter 2 [By Dykes And Windmills]
Chapter 3 [On The Road By The Rhine]
Appendices
Appendice 1 [Warning Road Signs]
Appendice 2 [A Short Account Of Some Famous European Road Races And Trials]
Appendice 3 [Route Maps Of Three Great European Events]
Appendice 4 [Increase In Average Speed In Automobile Events Of The Last Five Years]
Appendice 5 [Some Famous Hill Climbs Abroad]
Appendice 7 [The Automobike Industry In France]
Appendice 8 [Hours Of Moonlight]
Appendice 9 [The Length Of Days]
Appendice 10 [The Touring Club De France]
Appendice 11 [Motor Car Regulations And Customs Duties In Europe]
Appendice 12 [Some Notes On Map-Making]
Appendice 13 [A List Of European Map And Road Books]
Index

Part I
General Information—The Grand Tour

Chapter I

An Appreciation of the Automobile

We have progressed appreciably beyond the days of the old horseless carriage, which, it will be remembered, retained even the dashboard.

To-day the modern automobile somewhat resembles, in its outlines, across between a decapod locomotive and a steam fire-engine, or at least something concerning the artistic appearance of which the layman has very grave doubts.