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[ The Christmas Kalends of Provence] 1
[ A Feast-day on the Rhône] 133
[ The Comédie Française at Orange] 209

Illustrations

["'TO THE HEALTH OF THE COUNT!'"]Frontispiece
[AT THE WELL]Facing p.6
[PLANTING SAINT BARBARA'S GRAIN]"14
[ELIZO'S OLD FATHER]"74
[MAGALI]"100
[THE PASSING OF THE KINGS]"112
["THE BLIND GIRL"—NOËL]"118
[THE LANDING-PLACE AT TOURNON]"166
[THE DEFILE OF DONZÈRE]"190
[THE ROUMANILLE MONUMENT]"198
[AVIGNON]"204
[GENERAL VIEW OF THE THEATRE]"210
["IT LOOKED TREASONS, CONSPIRACIES ANDMUTINOUS OUTBURSTS"]"236
[THE GREAT FAÇADE]"238
[SCENE FROM THE FIRST ACT OF "ŒDIPUS"]"248
[SCENE FROM THE SECOND ACT OF "ANTIGONE"]"256

The Christmas Kalends
of Provence

I

Fancy you've journeyed down the Rhône,
Fancy you've passed Vienne, Valence,
Fancy you've skirted Avignon—
And so are come en pleine Provence.