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LÂON, VIEW FROM THE PLAIN
CATHEDRAL CITIES
OF FRANCE
BY
HERBERT MARSHALL, R.W.S.
AND
HESTER MARSHALL
WITH SIXTY ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
BY HERBERT MARSHALL, R.W.S.
TORONTO
THE MUSSON BOOK CO., Limited
1907
COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
Published September, 1907
NOTE
The following chapters are the result of notes put together duringsummers spent in France in the course of the last five years. They arenot intended to mark out any particular geographical scheme, thoughconsidered as isolated suggestions they may possibly prove useful to theintending traveller; nor do they aim at covering all the Cathedralcities of France.
The authors are indebted for much valuable help from the followingbooks: Viollet-le-Duc’s “Dictionnaire de l’Architecture”; Mr. PhenéSpiers’s “Architecture East and West”; Mr. Francis Bond’s “GothicArchitecture in England”; Mr. Henry James’s “Little Tour in France”; Mr.Cecil Headlam’s “Story of Chartres”; Freeman’s “History of the NormanConquest” and “Sketches of French Travel”; Dr. Whewell’s “Notes on aTour in Picardy and Normandy”; M. Guilhermy’s “Itineraire archéologiquede Paris”; M. Hoffbauer’s “Paris à travers les ages”; M. Enlart’s“Architecture Réligieuse”; Mr. Walter Lonergan’s “Historic Churches ofParis”; the “Chronicles” of Froissart and Monstrelet; and to the lettersin The Times of its war correspondent, 1870 and 1871.
H. M. M. and H. M.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | A French Cathedral City | 1 |
| II | Boulogne to Amiens | 15 |