Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume IV

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 (of 10) - France and the Netherlands, Part 2

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Title: Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 (of 10)
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Note: This is Volume 4 of a 10-volume series, the contents of which are as follows: Volume 1: Great Britain and Ireland, Part 1 Volume 2: Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 Volume 3: France and the Netherlands, Part 1 Volume 4: France and the Netherlands, Part 2 Volume 5: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Part 1 Volume 6: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Part 2 Volume 7: Italy and Greece, Part 1 Volume 8: Italy and Greece, Part 2 Volume 9: Spain and Portugal Volume 10: Russia, Scandanavia and the Southeast

SEEING EUROPE WITH FAMOUS AUTHORS
IN TEN VOLUMES
VOL IV: FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS, PART TWO
SELECTED AND EDITED WITH INTRODUCTIONS ETC
BY
FRANCIS W. HALSEY
Editor of Great Epochs in American History Associate Editor of "The Worlds Famous Orations" and of "The Best of the World's Classics" etc
ILLUSTRATED
1914

CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV
France and the Netherlands--Part Two
IV--CATHEDRALS AND CHATEAUX--(_Continued_)
BAYEUX AND THE FAMOUS TAPESTRY--By Thomas Frognall Dibdin
THE CHATEAU OF HENRY IV. AT PAU--By H.A. Taine
CHATEAUX IN THE VALLEY OF THE LOIRE--By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
AMBOISE--By Theodore Andrea Cook
BLOIS--By Francis Miltoun
CHAMBORD--By Theodore Andrea Cook
CHENONCEAUX--By Francis Miltoun
FOIX--By Francis Miltoun
* * * * *
V--VARIOUS FRENCH SCENES
MONT ST. MICHEL--By Anna Bowman Dodd
CAEN--By Thomas Frognall Dibdin
DOWN THE RIVER TO BORDEAUX--By H.A. Taine
THE GRANDE CHARTREUSE--By Thomas Gray
CARCASSONNE--By Henry James
BIARRITZ--By Francis Miltoun
DOWN THE SA?NE TO LYONS--By Nathaniel Parker Willis
LYONS--By Thomas Gray
MARSEILLES--By Charles Dickens
THE LITTLE REPUBLIC OF ANDORRA--By Francis Miltoun
GAVARNIE--By H.A. Taine
* * * * *
VI--BELGIUM
BRUGES--By Grant Allen
A PEN PICTURE OF BRUGES--By William Makepeace Thackeray
GHENT--By Grant Allen
BRUSSELS--By Clive Holland
WATERLOO--By Victor Hugo
WATERLOO: A VISIT TO THE FIELD--By the Editor
ANTWERP--By T. Francis Bumpus
* * * * *
VII--HOLLAND
HOW THE DUTCH OBTAINED THEIR LAND--By Edmondo de Amicis
ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE--By Edmondo de Amicis
HAARLEM--By Augustus J.C. Hare
SCHEVENINGEN--By George Wharton Edwards
DELFT--By Augustus J.C. Hare
LEYDEN--By Edmondo de Amicis
DORTRECHT--By Augustus J.C. Hare
THE ZUYDER ZEE--By Edmondo de Amicis
THE ART OF HOLLAND--By Edmondo de Amicis
THE TULIPS OF HOLLAND--By Edmondo de Amicis

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME IV
THE PEACE PALACE AT THE HAGUE THE OLD PAPAL PALACE AT AVIGNON THE WALLS OF AVIGNON, BUILT BY THE POPES VAUCLUSE: THE "FOUNTAIN," OR THE SOURCE OF THE RIVER SORGUE THE PONT DU GARD, NEAR AVIGNON RHEIMS AMIENS THE FA?ADE OF RHEIMS CATHEDRAL THE BAYEUX CATHEDRAL ROUEN THE ROUEN CATHEDRAL THE CATHEDRAL OF CHARTRES ORLEANS THE CHATEAU OF BLOIS THE CHATEAU OF AMBOISE THE CHATEAU OF LOCHES MOUNT ST. MICHAEL IN CORNWALL, ENGLAND MONT ST. MICHEL IN NORMANDY, FRANCE CARCASSONNE THE LION'S MOUND AND OTHER MONUMENTS, WATERLOO RUINS OF THE CHATEAU HUGOMONT, WATERLOO THE HARBOR OF ROTTERDAM THE MONTALBAANS TOWER, AMSTERDAM CANAL AND HOUSES IN AMSTERDAM SCHEVENINGEN, HOLLAND ON THE PIER AT OSTEND UTRECHT THE EAST GATE OF DELFT LAKE AT THE HAGUE CANAL AT DORTRECHT

IV

CATHEDRALS AND CHATEAUX
(_Continued_)
BAYEUX AND ITS FAMOUS TAPESTRIES[A]
[Footnote A: From "A Bibliographical Tour in France and Germany."]
BY THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN
The diligence brought me here from Caen in about two hours and a half. The country, during the whole route, is open, well cultivated, occasionally gently undulating, but generally denuded of trees. Many pretty little churches, with delicate spires, peeped out to the right and left during the journey; but the first view of the cathedral of Bayeux put all the others out of my recollection.
There is, in fact, no proper approach to this interesting edifice. The western end is suffocated with houses. Here stands the post-office; and with the most unsuspecting frankness, on the part of the owner, I had permission to examine, with my own hands, within doors, every letter--under the expectation that there were some for myself. Nor was I disappointed.
But you must come with me to the cathedral, and of course we must enter together at the western front. There are five porticoes; the central one being rather large, and the two, on either side, comparatively small. Formerly, these were covered with sculptured figures and ornaments, but the Calvinists in the sixteenth, and the Revolutionists in the eighteenth century, have contrived to render their present aspect mutilated and repulsive in the extreme. On entering, I was struck with the two large transverse Norman arches which bestride the area, or square, for the bases of the two towers. It is the boldest and finest piece of masonry in the whole