PREFACE
Reading edition
to
"TRAVELLING EDITION."
In issuing the Travelling Edition of "Normandy Picturesque," the publishers deem it right to state that the body of the work is identical with the Christmas Edition; but that the Appendix contains additional information for the use of travellers, some of which is not to be found in any Guide, or Handbook, to France.
The descriptions of places and buildings in Normandy call for little or no alteration in the present edition, excepting in the case of one town, concerning which the Author makes the following note:—
"The traveller who may arrive at Pont Audemer this year, with 'Normandy Picturesque' in his hand, will find matters strangely altered since these notes were written; he will find that a railway has been driven into the middle of the town, that many old houses have disappeared, that the inhabitants have left off their white caps, and have given up their hearts to modern ways.
"Such changes have come rapidly upon Pont Audemer, but we must not, in consequence, alter our description of it; for the old houses and the old customs are dear memories, and the more worth recording because the reality has faded before our eyes."
London, May, 1870.
CONTENTS.
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chap.I.—On the Wing1
"II.—Pont Audemer13
"III.—Lisieux35
"IV.—Caen—Dives51
"V.—Bayeux83
"VI.—St. Lo—Coutances—Granville109
"VII.—Avranches—Mont St. Michael135
"VIII.—Vire—Mortain—Falaise162
"IX.—Rouen185
"X.—The Valley of the Seine217
"XI.—Architecture and Costume243
"XII.—The Watering Places of Normandy265
Appendix282
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Joan of Arc's house at Rouen By S. Prout. Frontispiece
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II.—Market-place at Pont AudemerS. P. Hall
(From a sketch by A. E. Browne.) 14
"A Sketch at Pont AudemerM. Tibialong18
"Old Houses at Pont AudemerA. E. Browne29
III.—Wood-carving at LisieuxA. E. Browne40
IV.—Church of St. Pierre, CaenM. Clerget54
"A Sketch, at CaenM. Tibialong64
"Old Woman of CaenM. Tirard69
V.—Bayeux CathedralH. Blackburn83
"Corner of House at BayeuxA. E. Browne86
"Ancient Tablet in CathedralH. Blackburn90
"Facsimile of Bayeux TapestryA. Severn103
VI.—A Sketch, at CherbourgM. Tibialong110
"Exterior Pulpit at St. Lo
(From a Photograph) 116
"A 'Toiler of the Sea'S. P. Hall132
"Mont St. MichaelH. Blackburn135
VII.—Church near AvranchesH. Blackburn144
"Ancient CrossH. Blackburn147
VIII.—Clock Tower at VireH. Blackburn171
IX.—Rouen CathedralM. Clerget194
X.—Market-women—Lower NormandyS. P. Hall
(From a sketch by A. E. Browne.) 217
XI.—Modern houses at HoulgateH. Blackburn253
"'The Wrestlers'Gustave Doré257
Transcriber's Note: It is regretted that the illustrations in this book did not reproduce as well as hoped.