Hippolyte Taine - A Tour Through the Pyrenees

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The Publishers take pleasure in acknowledging their indebtedness to Mr. Henry Blackburn for valuable hints in the arrangement of this volume.

CONTENTS

BOOK I.THE COAST.
CHAPTER I.BORDEAUX.ROY AN...................
II.LES LANDES.BAYONNE..............
III.BIARRITZ.SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ.....
BOOK II.THE VALLEY OF OSSAU.
CHAPTER I. DAX.OR THEZ.....................
II.PAU.............................
III.EAUX-BONNES...................
IV.LANDSCAPES.....................
V.EAUX-CHAUDES...................
VI.THE INHABITANTS.................
BOOK III.THE VALLEY OF LUZ.
CHAPTER I.ON THE WAY TO LUZ.................
II.LUZ..............................
III.SAINT-SAUVEUR.BAREGES.........
IV.CAUTERE..........................
V.SAINT-SATIN.......................
VI.GAVARNIE.........................
VII.THE BERGONZ.THE PIC DU MIDI...
VIII.PLANTS AND ANIMALS.............
BOOK. IV.BAGNRES AND LUCHON.
CHAPTER I.FROM LUZ TO BAGNRES-DE-BIGORRE...
II.BAGNRES-DE-BIGORRE..............
III.THE PEOPLE......................
IVTHE ROAD TO BAGNRES-DE-LUCHON....
VLUCHON.............................
VI.TOULOUSE.........................

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE PINES.....................................
THE RIVER AFTER A STORM.......................
THE PINES NEAR ROYAN..........................
THE BROAD RIVER...............................
BORDEAUX......................................
TAIL-PIECE....................................
LES LANDES....................................
LES LANDES (SECOND VIEW)......................
TAIL-PIECE....................................
A STREET IN BAYONNE...........................
BAYONNE HARBOR................................
P DE PUYANE..................................
THE BURNING CASTLE............................
HEAD-PIECE....................................
THE PIERCED ROCK..............................
TAIL-PIECE....................................
THE VILLA EUGENIE.............................
CLIFFS NEAR SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ.................
COAST NEAR SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ..................
TAIL-PIECE....................................
LOUIS XIV. AND ANNE OF AUSTRIA................
THE POLITENESS OF TO-DAY......................
THE POLITENESS OF OTHER DAYS..................
JE VOUS LE RENDS............................
A SPLENDID CREATION...........................
DAX...........................................
CASTLE OF ORTHEZ..............................
FROISSART.....................................
THAT STOUT CORNIFIC DOCTOR..................
COUNT DE FOIX AT SUPPER.......................
THE COUNT DE FOIXS HOSPITALITY...............
A FRENCH CONDUCTOR..........................
FOR HEAVENS SAKE DO NOT KILL GASTON........
GASTON IN THE TOWER OF ORTHEZ.................
COUNT DE FOIX.................................
TAILPIECE.....................................
CHAPTER-HEADING...............................
THE VALLEY OF OSSAU...........................
A DESTRUCTION OF SENTIMENT....................
AVENUE OF THE CHATEAU AT PAU..................
ARMS OF HENRY IV..............................
COURT OF THE CHATEAU AT PAU...................
PAU...........................................
JEANNE DALBRET...............................
A MORNINGS SPORT.............................
IN THE STREETS Of EAUSE.......................
SULLY.........................................
MARGUERITE OK NAVARRE.........................
ENTERTAINING THE LADIES.......................
THE PARK AT PAU...............................
PROTRACTING A REVERIE.........................
PIC DU MIDI OSSAU.............................
AN EXHORTATION................................
NEAR GAN......................................
THE VALLEY OK OSSAU...........................
ROAD TO EAUX BONNES...........................
THE PROMENADE.................................
NEAR EAUX BONNES..............................
A RAINY DAY AT EAUX BONNES....................
TAKING THE WATERS.............................
TAKING THE WATERS (SECOND VIEW)...............
MUSIC HAITI CHARMS..........................
A NATIVE GENIUS...............................
DOLCE FAR NIENTE.............................
OUR AMATEURS..................................
THE BEECHES...................................
THE SUMMIT OF THE GER.........................
TAIL-PIECE....................................
THE ART OK PLEASURE...........................
THE JEU DU CANARD...........................
PLEASURE WITHOUT THE ART......................
A LANDSCAPE.................................
EXCELSIOR.....................................
THE VALENTIN FALLS AT DISCOO..................
CASCADE OF THE VALENTIN.......................
PATH TO THE GORGE OF THE SERPENT..............
THE GAVE......................................
A DISTANT TALE................................
SOLITUDE......................................
A WATER POWER.................................
THE MIGHTY STREAM.............................
'PAPI........................................
A TOO DISTANT LANDSCAPE.......................
A VANTAGE-POINT...............................
THE PEAKS.....................................
ABOVE GABAS...................................
TO HIM WHO, IN LOVE OF NATURE...............
AMONG THE CLOUDS..............................
ROUTE TO EAUX CHAUDES.........................
ON THE ROAD TO EAUX CHAUDES...................
A WILD AND SUNNY NEST.......................
COLD AND SAD................................
NEAR EAUX CHAUDES.............................
EGYPT BEFORE THE COMING OF WARRIORS.........
SOMEBODYS JOVE...............................
THE INHABITANTS...............................
FIDDLERS THREE................................
A SORT OF ROUNDELAY.........................
THEY CLUMSILY BENT THE KNEE.................
FIVE OR SIX OLD WOMEN.......................
THE PEAK OF THE GER...........................
MEETING A LADY................................
A STOCK-DEALER................................
YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT.........................
DISINTERESTED HOSPITALITY.....................
AN AMATEUR SKETCH.............................
THE DEATH OF ROLAND...........................
A WELL-TO-DO PEASANT........................
CHIVALRIC WAR.................................
SCIENTIFIC WAR................................
THE BATTLE OF RONCEVAUX.......................
WHEN FIGHTING IS TO BE DONE.................
HENRY OF BEARN................................
AT THE HEAD OF THE ARMY.....................
VERY DARING.................................
MLLE. DE SGUR................................
GASSIONS BOB-TAIL............................
ON THE WAY TO LUZ.............................
A SMILING COUNTRY.............................
WHAT WE ALL HEARD THIS NIGHT.-..............
ORTHONS TRANSFORMATION.......................
LETTING THE DOGS LOOSE........................
THE RACE OF FAMILIARS AND FAIRIES...........