From the moment that the original "notes" began to be written, the one and sole impulse and desire has been to suggest, to hint to the imagination that which can never be really told of the poetry, the idealism, the glory, the sadness, and the great joy of this wondrous land of Sun and Wind and Dream.
Contents
| PAGE | ||
| PREFACE | [7] | |
| CHAPTER | ||
| I. | THE SPELL OF PROVENCE | [17] |
| II. | AVIGNON | [29] |
| III. | A SEVERE CRITIC—UZÈS AND BARBENTANE | [49] |
| IV. | PETRARCH AND LAURA | [67] |
| V. | THE CITIES OF THE LAGOONS | [81] |
| VI. | THE BIRTH OF CHIVALRY | [93] |
| VII. | THE GAY SCIENCE | [111] |
| VIII. | ORANGE AND MARTIGUES | [131] |
| IX. | ROMANTIC LOVE | [143] |
| X. | ARLES | [159] |
| XI. | SONG, DANCE, AND LEGEND | [171] |
| XII. | TARASCON | [189] |
| XIII. | THE PONT DU GARD | [209] |
| XIV. | A HUMAN DOCUMENT | [219] |
| XV. | BEAUCAIRE AND ITS LOVE-STORY | [229] |
| XVI. | CARCASSONNE, THE ALBIGENSES AND PIERRE VIDAL | [241] |
| XVII. | MAGUELONNE | [261] |
| XVIII. | THE SPIRIT OF THE WILDERNESS | [269] |
| XIX. | ROSES OF PROVENCE | [283] |
| XX. | AN INN PARLOUR | [295] |
| XXI. | LES BAUX | [307] |
| XXII. | RAIMBAUT DE VACQUEIRAS AND GUILHELM DESBAUX | [321] |
| XXIII. | THE SORCERESS OF THE ALPILLES | [335] |
| XXIV. | ACROSS THE AGES | [349] |
| XXV. | THE SONG OF THE RHONE | [373] |
| XXVI. | THE CAMARGUE | [385] |
| XXVII. | "ARTISTS IN HAPPINESS" | [401] |
List of Illustrations
| Cloisters of St. Trophine, Arles | (E. M. Synge) | [Frontispiece] |
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| A Provençal Road | (Joseph Pennell) | [19] |
| Pont de St. Benézet, Avignon | (E. M. Synge) | [32] |
| Palace of the Popes and Cathedral | " | [35] |
| Chartreuse du Val-de-Bénédiction, Villeneuve-les-Avignon | " | [43] |
| Castle of St. André, Villeneuve-les-Avignon | " | [45] |
| Chateauneuf, near Avignon | " | [53] |
| Rienzi's Tower, Avignon | " | [57] |
| Street at Uzès | " | [61] |
| Gateway, Barbentane | " | [63] |
| Vale and Source of the Sorgue, Vaucluse | " | [71] |
| Mill in Vale of the Sorgue at Vaucluse | " | [78] |
| On the Durance | " | [85] |
| Aigues Mortes from the Camargue | " | [86] |
| At the Port of Aigues Mortes | " | [96] |
| Church at Barbentane | (E. M. Synge) | [101] |
| Castle of Montmajour, Arles | " | [106] |
| View from St. Gilles, in the Camargue | " | [115] |
| Façade of Church, St. Gilles | (Joseph Pennell) | [117] |
| Outside the Church, Saintes Maries | " | [119] |
| The Church of Les Saintes Maries at Night | " | [122] |
| Farm in Provence | " | [126] |
| Roman Gateway at Orange (on the Lyons Road) | " | [134] |
| Looking down the Grande Rue, Martigues | " | [135] |
| On the Grand Canal, Martigues | " | [137] |
| Church at Martigues | " | [138] |
| Boats, Martigues | " | [139] |
| The Portal of the Church, Martigues | " | [140] |
| A Square at Nimes | " | [145] |
| In the Camargue, from the Railway | (E. M. Synge) | [149] |
| Old Bridge at St. Gilles | " | [155] |
| St. Trophime, Arles | (Joseph Pennell) | [161] |
| Les Aliscamps, Arles | " | [166] |
| Arles from the River | " | [169] |
| Roman Theatre, Arles | (E. M. Synge) | [170] |
| Tarascon from Beaucaire, showing King René's Castle | " | [192] |
| The Château of King René, Tarascon | (Joseph Pennell) | [198] |
| Entrance to King René's Castle, Tarascon | (E. M. Synge) | [205] |
| The Pont du Gard | (E. M. Synge) | [213] |
| The Roman Tour Magne, Nimes, from the Fountain Garden | (Joseph Pennell) | [215] |
| View from Visigoth Tower, Beaucaire | (E. M. Synge) | [232] |
| Visigoth Tower, Castle of Beaucaire | " | [235] |
| Beaucaire from Tarascon | (Joseph Pennell) | [238] |
| Roman Fountain at Nimes | " | [244] |
| Entrance Towers, Carcassonne | (E. M. Synge) | [247] |
| The Ramparts, Carcassonne | " | [253] |
| Maguelonne from the Lagoon | " | [265] |
| Church of Maguelonne | " | [267] |
| On the Verge of La Crau | " | [273] |
| Base of Monument of Marius, St. Remy | (Joseph Pennell) | [285] |
| Roman Arch, St. Remy | " | [287] |
| La Croix de Vertu, St. Remy | (E. M. Synge) | [291] |
| Grove at St. Remy | " | [299] |
| Roman Monuments, St. Remy | " | [303] |
| Quarry in Valley below Les Baux | " | [310] |
| Daudet's Windmill | (Joseph Pennell) | [315] |
| Les Baux from the Road to Arles | (E. M. Synge) | [317] |
| Window in Ruined House of a Seigneur of Les Baux | " | [319] |
| Les Baux from the Road to St. Remy, showing Platform in Front of Church of St. Vincent | " | [331] |
| At Les Baux | (E. M. Synge) | [337] |
| Les Baux from Level of the Town | " | [341] |
| Old House, St. Remy | " | [345] |
| The Church Door, Saintes Maries | (Joseph Pennell) | [353] |
| La Lice, Arles | " | [359] |
| A Provençal Farm | (E. M. Synge) | [366] |
| Cow-boys of the Camargue | (Joseph Pennell) | [371] |
| Anglore on the River Bank | (E. M. Synge) | [379] |
| Porch of Church of St. Gilles in the Camargue | " | [388] |
| Aigues Mortes, looking along the Walls | " | [391] |
| The Church of Les Saintes Maries seen from the Camargue | (Joseph Pennell) | [394] |
| Cross in Village Square at Les Saintes Maries | (E. M. Synge) | [396] |
| Les Saintes Maries | " | [398] |
CHAPTER I
THE SPELL OF PROVENCE
"Aubouro-te, raço Latino—
Emé toun péu que se desnouso
A l'auro santo dou tabour,