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LAUSANNE
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME
MONTREUX
Painted by J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis Described by Francis Gribble Containing 20 full-page Illustrations in Colour and a Sketch-Map. Square Demy 8vo., cloth, gilt top Price 7/6 net (Post free, price 7/11)
GENEVA
Painted by J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis Described by Francis Gribble Containing 20 full-page Illustrations and a Sketch-Map. Square Demy 8vo., cloth, gilt top Price 7/6 net (Post free, price 7/11)
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LAUSANNE CATHEDRAL FROM MONTBENON
LAUSANNE
PAINTED BY J. HARDWICKE LEWIS & MAY HARDWICKE LEWIS DESCRIBED BY FRANCIS GRIBBLE
LONDON ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1909
Contents
PAGE
CHAPTER I
The Rule of Savoy and Berne1
CHAPTER II
Emigrants and Immigrants11
CHAPTER III
Gibbon15
CHAPTER IV
Madame de Montolieu—Dr. Tissot39
CHAPTER V
Benjamin Constant and Madame de Staël45
CHAPTER VI
The Revolution61
CHAPTER VII
The English Colony—The Educational Advantages65
CHAPTER VIII
Vinet and Sainte-Beuve—Juste Olivier75
CHAPTER IX
Nyon83
CHAPTER X
The French Shore89
CHAPTER XI
History of the French Shore—Felix V95
CHAPTER XII
St. Francis de Sales99
CHAPTER XIII
Joseph de Maistre105
Index109
List of Illustrations
1.Lausanne Cathedral from MontbenonFrontispiece
FACING PAGE
2.Mont Blanc from above Morges4
3.Morges and the Lake from the Road to Vufflens8
4.Château de Vufflens, above Lausanne12
5.The Spires of St. François, Lausanne16
6.Château de Prangins20
7.Lausanne, looking East26
8.The Market Place, Lausanne32
9.La Tour de Haldimand—Ouchy—Lausanne38
10.Lausanne from the Signal44
11.In the Forest of Sauvabelin, above Lausanne50
12.Château de Blonay56
13.The Rhone Valley from Mont Pelerin62
14.A Street in St. Saphorin68
15.The Dents du Midi and La Tour from "Entre deux Villes"74
16.Lutry80
17.Cully from Epesse—Autumn86
18.Grandvaux from Cully92
19.The Rhone Valley from Chexbres98
20.The Church of St. Martin, Vevey104