| CHAPTER I. | Page |
| Monte Carlo | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| Our Departure from Nice—The Road to Aix—The City of King RenÉ | 8 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| The Road to Arles—The Camargue—Ruins of Arles—The "Aliscamps" | 17 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| The Route to Tarascon—Castle of King RenÉ—Beaucaire—NÎmes—Montpellier—An Accident—Narbonne, Ancient and Modern | 22 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| The Approach to Carcassonne—Its Picturesqueness—Its Restoration and History | 29 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| The Route to Toulouse—Great Machines on the Roads of France—Delights of an Auto—Toulouse—Its University—The ChÂteau de St. Elix | 36 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| The Death of a Dog—Encounters on the Highway—Travellers by the Way—People of the Provinces—Lourdes—Her Superstition and her Visions | 43 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| Pau and the Life there—Delightful Roads—Ancient Orthez—Madame and her Hotel—The ChÂteau of Bidache and its History | 49 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| The Route to Biarritz—Biarritz—The HÔtel du Palais | 58 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| The Road to the Mountains—St. Jean-Pied-de-Port—St. Jean-de-Luz—Marriage of Louis xiv—Island of Pheasants—The Roads in Spain—The Soldiers of Spain—San Sebastian | 62 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| Departures for the North—Crazy Chickens—Grand Roads—Dax—Rides through the Forests—French Scenery and People—Marmande—Automobile Club of France and its Work | 69 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| Rapid Motion—Beaumont—Races and Dashes—Cadouin and its Cloisters—The Route to Tulle | 76 |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| The Great Course of Belmont—Difficult Steering—The "Cup Gordon Bennett"—The Mountains to Clermont-Ferrand | 82 |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| Climbing a Mountain in an Auto—The ChÂteau of TournoËl—Its History—Descent of the Mountain | 86 |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| Ancient Town of Riom—The Route to Vichy—ChÂteau de Bourbon-Busset—Vichy—The Life there—Danger of Speeding—Arrival at Bourges | 95 |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| Ancient Bourges—Its Cathedral—House of Jacques Coeur—Louis XI. and the HÔtel Lallement—The HÔtel Cujas—The Ride to Meillant—Its Superb ChÂteau—Its Legend | 102 |
| CHAPTER XVII. |
| Departures from Bourges—The ChÂteau of Mehun—The Death of Charles VII—The Valleys of Touraine—Roads by the Loire—Entrance to Tours | 113 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. |
| Ride to Loches—An Accident—The Castle of Loches—Its History—The Cages of Louis XI.—Their Cost to the King—Agnes Sorel—The Mistresses of French Kings versus their Queens | 116 |
| CHAPTER XIX. |
| Automobiles in Tours—Departure from the City—The Road to Chinon—Romance and History of Chinon—The Abbey of Fontevrault—Richard Coeur de Lion and his Tomb—The Dead King Henry II | 130 |
| CHAPTER XX. |
| The Road to Angers—Cathedral and Tomb of King RenÉ—Castle of Black Angers—Cradle of the Plantagenets—History—To Chateaubriant in a Storm—A French Inn—Rennes and the Trial of Dreyfus—The Roads in Brittany—Arrival at St.-Malo—The Ride to Mont St.-Michel—Inn of the Poulard ÂinÉ—The Cathedral and Castle—Their History | 138 |
| CHAPTER XXI. |
| Arrival at Caen—William the Norman and Charlotte Corday—Church of St. Étienne—People and Railroads of Normandy—Rouen and its Churches—The Maid of Orleans, History or Legend?—Castle of Philippe Le Bel—Departure from Rouen | 149 |
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