CHAP. I.
Anxiety to see France—Departure from Baltimore—Singular
Adventures of the Captain—Character—Employment during
the Voyage—Arrival at Liverpool—Stay—Departure for Calais
CHAP. II.
Morning View of Port—Arrival and landing—A Day at Calais—French
Market, and Prices of Provisions
CHAP. III.
Purchase of a Norman Horse—Visit in the Country—Family of
a French Gentleman—Elegance of French domestic Economy—Dance
on the Green—Return to Calais
CHAP. IV.
French Cottages—Ludicrous Exhibition—French Travellers—Chaise
de Poste—Posting in France—Departure from Calais—Beautiful
Vicinity of Boulogne
CHAP. V.
Boulogne—Dress of the Inhabitants—The Pier—Theatre—Caution
in the Exchange of Money—Beautiful Landscape, and
Conversation with a French Veteran—Character of Mr.
Parker's Hotel—Departure, and romantic Road—FÊte Champetre
in a Village on a Hill at Montreuil—Ruined Church and
Convent
CHAP. VI.
Departure from Montreuil—French Conscripts—Extreme Youth—Excellent
Roads—Country Labourers—Court for the Claims
of Emigrants—Abbeville—Companion on the Road—Amiens
CHAP. VII.
General Character of the Town—Public Walk—Gardens—Half-yearly
Fair—Gaining Houses—Table d'HÔtes—English at
Amiens—Expence of Living
CHAP. VIII.
French and English Roads compared—Gaiety of French Labourers—Breteuil—Apple-trees
in the midst of Corn-fields—Beautiful
Scenery—Cheap Price of Land in France—Clermont—Bad
Management of the French Farmers—Chantilly-Arrival
at Paris
CHAP. IX.
A Week in Paris—Objects and Occurrences—National Library—A
French Rout—Fashionable French Supper—Conceits—Presentation
at Court—Audience
CHAP. X.
Departure from Paris for the Loire—Breakfast at Palaiseau—A
Peasant's Wife—Rambouillet—Magnificent Chateau—French
CurÉ—Chartres—Difference of Old French and English
Towns—Subterraneous Church—Curious Preservation of
the Dead—Angers—Arrival at Nantes
CHAP. XI.
Nantes—Beautiful Situation—Analogy of Architecture with the
Character of its Age—Singular Vow of Francis the Second—Departure
from Nantes—Country between Nantes and Angers—Angers
CHAP. XII.
Angers—Situation—Antiquity and Face of the Town—Grand
Cathedral—Markets—Prices of Provisions—Public Walks—Manners
and Diversions of the Inhabitants—Departure from
Angers—Country between Angers and Saumur—Saumur
CHAP. XIII
Tours—Situation and general Appearance of it—Origin of the
Name of Huguenots—Cathedral Church of St. Martin—The
Quay—Markets—Public Walk—Classes of Inhabitants—Environs—Expences
of Living—Departure from Tours—Country
between Tours and Amboise
CHAP. XIV.
Lovely Country between Amboise and Blois—Ecures—Beautiful
Village—French Harvesters—Chousi—Village Inn—Blois—Situation—Church—Market—Price
of Provisions
CHAP. XV.
Houses in Chalk Hills—Magnificent Castle at Chambord—Return
from Chambord by Moon-light—St. Laurence on the
Waters
CHAP. XVI.
Comparative Estimate of French and English Country Inns—Tremendous
Hail Storm—Country Masquerade—La CharitÉ—Beauty
and Luxuriance of its Environs—Nevers—Fille-de-Chambre—Lovely
Country between Nevers and Moulins-Treading
Corn—Moulins—Price of Provisions
CHAP. XVII.
Country between Moulins and Rouane—Bresle—Account of the
Provinces of the Nivernois and Bourbonnois—Climate—Face
of the Country—Soil—Natural Produce—Agricultural Produce—Kitchen
Garden—French Yeomen—Landlords—Price
of Land—Leases—General Character of the French Provincial
Farmers
CHAP. XVIII.
Lyons—Town-Hall—Hotel de Dieu—Manufactories—Price of
Provisions—State of Society—Hospitality to Strangers—Manners—Mode
of Living—Departure—Vienne—French Lovers
CHAP. XIX.
Avignon—Situation—Climate—Streets and Houses—Public
Buildings—Palace—Cathedral—Petrarch and Laura—Society
at Avignon—Ladies—Public Walks-—Prices of Provisions—Markets
CHAP. XX.
Departure from Avignon—Olive and Mulberry Fields—Orgon—St.
Canat—French Divorces—Inn at St. Canat—Aix—Situation—Cathedral—Society—Provisions—Price
of Land—Marseilles—Conclusion

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