FRANCE

By Gordon Home

WITH 32 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR

1914



CONTENTS

  CHAPTER I Page
Introductory   1
  CHAPTER II  
The Genesis and Characteristics of the French 6
  CHAPTER III  
Family Life—Marriage and the Birth-rate 23
  CHAPTER IV  
How the French govern Themselves 49
  CHAPTER V  
On Education and Religion   67
  CHAPTER VI
Some Aspects of Paris and of Town Life in General 86
  CHAPTER VII  
Of Rural Life in France   114
  CHAPTER VIII  
The Rivers of France   143
  CHAPTER IX  
Of the Watering-Places   169
  CHAPTER X  
Architecture—Roman, Romanesque, and Gothic— in
        France 		193
  CHAPTER XI  
The National Defences   205
  INDEX
    213

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Western Façade of Amiens CathedralFrontispiece
Combourg, a typical Château of the Mediaeval Type8
In the Café Armenonville in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris17
In the Place du Théâtre Français, Paris24
Evening in the Place d'Iéna, Paris31
In the Centre of Paris40
The Market-Place and Cathedral at Abbeville48
Five-o'clock Tea in Paris64
Children of Paris in the Luxembourg Gardens71
Le Puy-en-Velay in the Auvergne Country75
La Roche, a Village of Haute Savoie78
A typical Cocher of Paris90
Autumn in the Champs Elysées, Paris95
A Breton Calvaire: the oratory of Jacques Cartier122
A Peasant Child of Normandy126
The Cathedral and part of the Old City of Chartres136
The Château of Amboise on the Loire144
Château Gaillard and a loop of the Seine150
Mont Blanc reflecting the sunset glow155
Evian les Bains on Lake Geneva158
The Chapel on the Bridge of St. Bénézet, Avignon162
Cap Martin near Mentone164
The Château of Chenonceaux168
St. Malo from St. Servan171
Monte Carlo and Monaco from the East174
Mont St. Michel at High Tide177
The Vegetable Market, Nice187
The Pyrenees from near Pamiers190
The Galerie des Glaces at Versailles192
The Roman Triumphal Arch at Orange194
French Destroyers200
Soldiers of France in Paris208





THE MOTOR ROUTES OF ENGLAND

WESTERN SECTION

By Gordon Home (Assisted By Charles H. Ashdown)

CONTENTS

TRUNK ROUTE
SECTION PAGE
I. London to Dunstable, 32 Miles 1
II. Dunstable to Atherstone, 72½ Miles 18
III. Atherstone to Shrewsbury, 59 Miles 29
LOOP No. 1
  (a) Shrewsbury to Chester, 39½ Miles 38
  (b) Chester to Mold and Rhyl, 35½ Miles 52
  (c) Rhyl to Shrewsbury, 86½ Miles 61
TRUNK ROUTE
IV. Shrewsbury to Llandudno, 81½ Miles 75
V. Llandudno to Bangor, 18¾ Miles 89
LOOP No. 2
  Bangor to Bettws-y-Coed, 20¼ Miles 98
TRUNK ROUTE
VI. Bangor to Dolgelley, 65¾ Miles 103
LOOP No. 3
  Dolgelley to Cemmaes via Tal-y-Llyn, 40 Miles 119
LOOP No. 4
  Cemmaes to Aberystwyth and Llangurig, 49¾ Miles 127
TRUNK ROUTE
VII. Dolgelley to Llangurig, 48¼ Miles 134
LOOP No. 5
  (a) Talgarth to St. David's, 117¼ Miles 142
  (b) St. David's to Hereford, 132¼ Miles 162
TRUNK ROUTE
VIII. Llangurig to Abergavenny, 68 Miles 180
IX. Abergavenny to Gloucester, 84¼ Miles 189
LOOP No. 6
  (a) Hereford to Shrewsbury, 54¾ Miles 219
  (b) Shrewsbury to Hereford, 81¼ Miles 232
LOOP No. 7
  Gloucester to Bath, Malmesbury, Evesham, Tewkesbury, and Gloucester, 153 Miles 243
TRUNK ROUTE
X. Gloucester to Oxford, 50 Miles 269
LOOP No. 8
  Oxford to Stratford-on-Avon, Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford, 110 Miles 280
TRUNK ROUTE
XI. Oxford to London, 67½ Miles 305
  Table of the Sovereigns of England, the Chief Events of their Reigns, and the Architectural Periods 320
  A List of Motor-Car Signs 323
  A List of Hotels 326
  Index 327

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Distant View of Bettws-y-Coed. Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
2. Lichfield Cathedral 32
3. Shrewsbury House, Chester 65
4. Swallow Falls, near Bettws-y-Coed 72
5. Conway from Benarth 89
6. Conway Valley 96
7. Distant View of Penmaenmawr 113
8. Snowdon from Traeth Mawr 120
9. Hereford Cathedral from the Banks of the Wye 176
10. The Wye, Symond's Yat, near Monmouth, Herefordshire 185
11. Coming Night, near Beddgelert 201
12. Tintern Abbey 208
13. Church Porch at Northleach 281
14. Stratford-on-Avon 288
15. Ford's Hospital, Coventry 297
16. Magdalen Tower and Bridge, Oxford 304

LIST OF PLANS

PAGE
1. St. Albans 7
2. Dunstable 16
3. Shrewsbury 77
4. Chester 44
5. Conway 91
6. Carnarvon 106
7. Hereford 177
8. Worcester 237
9. Gloucester 212
10. Tewkesbury 265
11. Cheltenham 271
12. Oxford 307
13. Warwick 291
14. Leamington 294
15. Coventry 299
16. Bath 251
  Chester Cathedral 46
  Valle Crucis Abbey 72
  Carnarvon Castle 107
  St. David's Cathedral 159
  Gloucester Cathedral 215





THE MOTOR ROUTES OF FRANCE

To The Châteaux Of Touraine, Biarritz,   The   Pyrenees,   The Riviera, And The  Rhone  Valley

By Gordon Home

With 16 Full-Page Illustrations In Colour

CONTENTS

SECTION   PAGE
I. Havre to Rouen, Dieppe to Rouen, and Calais and Boulogne to Rouen 1
II. Rouen to Evreux 27
III. Evreux to Chartres 50
IV. Chartres to Orleans 62
V. Orleans to Tours 80
VI. Tours to Poitiers 116
VII. Poitiers to Angoulême 138
VIII. Angoulême to Bergerac 152
IX. Bergerac to Mont-de-Marsan 167
X. Mont-de-Marsan to Biarritz 175
XI. Biarritz to Pamplona and San Sebastian, Spain 193
XII. Biarritz to Pau 218
XIII. Pau to St. Gaudens 227
XIV. St. Gaudens to Carcassonne 241
XV. Carcassonne to Montpellier 254
XVI. Montpellier to Aix-en-Provence 272
XVII. Aix-en-Provence to Cannes 292
XVIII. Cannes to San Remo 305
XIX. Aix-en-Provence to Avignon 324
XX. Avignon to Valence 320
XXI. Valence to St. Étienne 346
XXII. St. Étienne to Moulins 356
XXIII. Moulins to Briare 364
XXIV. Briare to Melun 375
XXV. Melun to St. Germain-en-Laye 383
XXVI. St. Germain-en-Laye to Gisors 390
XXVII. Gisors to Rouen 400
XXVIII. Gisors to Dieppe 417
Hints on Touring in France, by John L. Kirk 420
French and Italian Road Warnings 426
A Table of the Dates of the Chief Events in French History 430
Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z 435

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

IN COLOUR
1. Chartres Frontispiece
  FACING PAGE
2. Caudebec-en-Caux 12
3. The Towers of St. Ouen, Rouen 40
4. The Road near Rouen 49
5. Amboise 105
6. The Château of Chenonceaux 112
7. The Limestone Cavern on the Road near Mas d'Azil 248
8. The Pyrenees in Spring 257
9. Narbonne 265
10. The Castle at Tarascon 272
11. On the Coast of the Estérels 305
12. Cap Martin 312
13. The Mouth of the Roya at Ventimiglia 321
14. An Arched Street in Apricale, Italy 328
15. The Roman Arch at Orange 344
16. Château Gaillard, Normandy 412
IN BLACK AND WHITE
1. Rouen Cathedral from the South 57
2. Approaching Chartres 64
3. Old Gabled Houses at Tours 121
4. The Street of Narvate 128
5. Shoeing a Bullock in the Basque Country 201
6. One of the Gates of Pamplona 208
7. The Limestone Gorge in the Pyrenees between Pamplona and Tolosa 217
8. The Fortified Bridge at Orthez 224
9. A picturesque Corner of St. Lizier 243
10. The Cloisters at St. Lizier 246
11. On the Ramparts of the Cité of Carcassonne 259
12. The Arcaded Square of Mirepoix 262
13. The Greek Theatre at Arles 289
14. The Romanesque Bridge at Avignon 296
15. The Tour de l'Horloge at Moulins 361
16. The Fifteenth Century Fireplace in the Hôtel du Grand Cerf at Le Grand Andely 368
IN THE TEXT
Plan of the Château of Blois, p. 95.
How Biarritz was visited in 1813, p. 188.
Twenty-eight Route Maps.
Thirty-one Town Plans.
AT END OF BOOK

Folding Map of France, showing all the routes described and other alternative routes to which some reference is given.