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Note This is Volume 4 of a 10-volume series the contents of which are as - photo 1
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 NetherlandsPart Two
IVCATHEDRALS AND CHATEAUX(Continued)
BAYEUX AND THE FAMOUS TAPESTRYBy Thomas Frognall Dibdin
THE CHATEAU OF HENRY IV. AT PAUBy H.A. Taine
CHATEAUX IN THE VALLEY OF THE LOIREBy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
AMBOISEBy Theodore Andrea Cook
BLOISBy Francis Miltoun
CHAMBORDBy Theodore Andrea Cook
CHENONCEAUXBy Francis Miltoun
FOIXBy Francis Miltoun
* * * * *
VVARIOUS FRENCH SCENES
MONT ST. MICHELBy Anna Bowman Dodd
CAENBy Thomas Frognall Dibdin
DOWN THE RIVER TO BORDEAUXBy H.A. Taine
THE GRANDE CHARTREUSEBy Thomas Gray
CARCASSONNEBy Henry James
BIARRITZBy Francis Miltoun
DOWN THE SANE TO LYONSBy Nathaniel Parker Willis
LYONSBy Thomas Gray
MARSEILLESBy Charles Dickens
THE LITTLE REPUBLIC OF ANDORRABy Francis Miltoun
GAVARNIEBy H.A. Taine
* * * * *
VIBELGIUM
BRUGESBy Grant Allen
A PEN PICTURE OF BRUGESBy William Makepeace Thackeray
GHENTBy Grant Allen
BRUSSELSBy Clive Holland
WATERLOOBy Victor Hugo
WATERLOO: A VISIT TO THE FIELDBy the Editor
ANTWERPBy T. Francis Bumpus
* * * * *
VIIHOLLAND
HOW THE DUTCH OBTAINED THEIR LANDBy Edmondo de Amicis
ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUEBy Edmondo de Amicis
HAARLEMBy Augustus J.C. Hare
SCHEVENINGENBy George Wharton Edwards
DELFTBy Augustus J.C. Hare
LEYDENBy Edmondo de Amicis
DORTRECHTBy Augustus J.C. Hare
THE ZUYDER ZEEBy Edmondo de Amicis
THE ART OF HOLLANDBy Edmondo de Amicis
THE TULIPS OF HOLLANDBy 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 FAADE 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 letterunder 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 building. The interior disappointed me. It is plain, solid, and divested of ornament.
Hard by the cathedral stood formerly a magnificent episcopal palace. Upon this palace the old writers dearly loved to expatiate. There is now, however, nothing but a good large comfortable family mansion; sufficient for the purposes of such hospitality and entertainment as the episcopal revenues will afford.
It is high time that you should be introduced in proper form to the famous Bayeux tapestry. Know then, in as few words as possible, that this celebrated piece of tapestry represents chiefly the Invasion of England by William the Conqueror, and the subsequent death of Harold at the battle of Hastings. It measures about 214 English feet in length, by about nineteen inches in width; and is supposed to have been worked under the particular superintendence and direction of Matilda, the wife of the Conqueror. It was formerly exclusively kept and exhibited in the cathedral; but it is now justly retained in the Town Hall, and treasured as the most precious relic among the archives of the city.
There is indeed every reason to consider it as one of the most valuable historical monuments which France possesses. It has also given rise to a great deal of archeological discussion. Montfauon, Ducarel, and De La Rue, have come forward successivelybut more especially the first and last; and Montfauon in particular has favored the world with copper-plate representations of the whole. Montfauon's plates are generally much too small; and the more enlarged ones are too ornamental.
It is right, first of all, that you should have an idea how this piece of tapestry is preserved, or rolled up. You see it here, therefore, precisely as it appears after the person who shows it, takes off the cloth with which it is usually covered. The first portion of the needle-work, representing the embassy of Harold from Edward the Confessor to William Duke of Normandy, is comparatively much defacedthat is to say, the stitches are worn away, and little more than the ground, or fine close linen cloth remains. It is not far from the beginningand where the color is fresh, and the stitches are, comparatively, preservedthat you observe the portrait of Harold.
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