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In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc By: S. Baring-Gould (1834-1924) |
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IN TROUBADOUR LAND. A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc. by S. Baring Gould, M.A., AUTHOR OF "MEHALAU," "JOHN HERRING," "OLD COUNTRY LIFE," ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY J. E. ROGERS.
"What is this life, if it be not mixed with some delight? And what delight
is more pleasing than to see the fashions and manners of unknown
places? You know I am no common gadder, nor have oft troubled you with
travell." Tom of Reading , 1600.
1891.
PREFACE.
With Murray, Bædeker, Guide Joanne, and half a dozen others all
describing, and describing with exactness, the antiquities and scenery the
writer of a little account of Provence and Languedoc is driven to give much
of personal incident. When he attempts to describe what objects he has
seen, he is pulled up by finding all the information he intended to give in
Murray or in Bædeker or Joanne. If he was in exuberant spirits at the time,
and enjoyed himself vastly, he is unable, or unwilling, to withhold from
his readers some of the overflow of his good spirits. That is my apology to
the reader. If he reads my little book when his liver is out of order, or
in winter fogs and colds he will call me an ass, and I must bear it. If he
is in a cheerful mood himself, then we shall agree very well together. S. BARING GOULD. LEW TRENCHARD, DEVON, October 28, 1890.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. The Tiber in Flood Typhoid fever in Rome Florence A Jew
acquaintance Drinking in Provence Buying bric à brac with the Jew the
carro on Easter Eve Its real Origin My Jew friend's letters Italian
dolce far niente CHAPTER II. THE RIVIERA. No ill without a counterbalancing advantage An industry peculiar to
Italy Italian honesty Buffalo Bill at Naples The Prince and the
straw coloured gloves The Riviera A tapestry Nice Its flowers Notre
Dame The château My gardener A pension of ugly women Horses and their
hats Antibes Meeting of Honoré IV. and Napoleon The Grimaldis Lérins,
an Isle of Saints A family jar Healed CHAPTER III. FRÉJUS. The freedman of Pliny Forum Julii The Port of Agay The Port
of Fréjus Roman castle Aqueduct The lantern of Augustus The
cathedral Cloisters Boy and dolphin Story told by Pliny The Chains des
Maures Désaugiers Dines with the porkbutchers of Paris Siéyès Sans
phrase Agricola His discoveries CHAPTER IV. MARSEILLES. The three islands Phoenice, Phila, Iturium Marseilles first a Phoenician
colony The tariff of fees exacted by the priests of Baal The arrival
of the Ionians The legend of Protis and Gyptis Second colony of
Ionians The voyages of Pytheas and Euthymenes Capture of Marseilles
by Trebonius Position of the Greek city The Acropolis Greek
inscriptions The lady who never "jawed" her husband The tomb of
the sailor boy Hôtel des Négociants Ménu Entry of the President
of the Republic Entry of Francis I. The church of S. Vincent The
cathedral Notre Dame de la Garde The abbey of S. Victor Catacombs The
fable of S. Lazarus CHAPTER V. THE CRAU. The Basin of Berre A neglected harbour The diluvium Formation of the
Crau The two Craus Canal of Craponne Climate of the Crau The bise and
mistral Force of the wind Cypresses A vision of kobolds CHAPTER VI. LES ALYSCAMPS. Difficulty of finding one's way about in Arles The two inns The
mistral The charm of Arles is in the past A dead city Situation
of Arles on a nodule of limestone The Elysian Fields A burial place
for the submerged neighbourhood The Alyscamp now in process of
destruction Expropriation of ancient tombs Avenue of tombs Old church
of S. Honoré S. Trophimus S. Virgilius Augustine, apostle of the
English, consecrated by him The flying Dutchman Tomb of Ælia Of
Julia Tyranna Her musical instruments Monument of Calpurnia Her
probable story Mathematical versus classic studies Tombs of
utriculares Christian sarcophagi Probably older than the date usually
attributed to them A French author on the wreckage of the Elysian Fields CHAPTER VII... Continue reading book >>
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