Category: Travel Writing
In an old-fashioned country-house there is often to be found a room built out from the rest of the structure, forming, as it were, the extreme western wing. It has windows looking to the west, its door of communication with the great house, and, in summer-time, a southern exte...
On a bright summer’s morning in July the _ballon captif_, which we may use in imagination in these pages—our French friends having taught us its use in peace as well as in war—f...
20. CHAPTER VIII.In the fruitful valley of the Odet and the Steir, where two rivers join in their southern course to the sea, there rise the beautiful spires of Quimper, the present capital of F...
24. CHAPTER XII.On the 24th of July we take up our quarters at the comfortable Hôtel Pavillon d’en Haut, at Auray. To-morrow is the great day of the Pardon of Ste. Anne, the occasion of the ann...
16. CHAPTER IV.Twelve miles north-east of Guingamp is Lanleff—“the land of tears,” celebrated for one of the most curious architectural monuments in Brittany, the circular temple of Lanleff. L...
15. CHAPTER III.It is half past five o’clock on a summer’s morning at LAMBALLE, and the deep-toned bell of Notre Dame resounds through the valley of The Gouessan. The sun is up, and gleams upon...
18. CHAPTER VI.From the quiet of Carhaix and the solemn landscape which surrounds Huelgoet to the bustle of Morlaix, only sixteen miles to the north, seems a rapid transition. If we arrive at...
19. CHAPTER VII.At Landerneau we are once more on the high-road to Brest. We have left for a time the dreary wind-blown promontories of the coast, and find shelter in a pleasant valley, surroun...
23. CHAPTER XI.It is a pleasant change, even from the quiet of Hennebont, to wind slowly up the hills covered thickly with ferns and woods, to disturb the magpies on the roads, and the yellowh...
21. CHAPTER IX.Fourteen miles south-east of Quimper is Concarneau, another important fishing station of Cornouaille. It is well to go thither by road, in order to see the view of Quimper and t...
25. CHAPTER XIII.A few miles from Auray and Carnac is the ancient city of VANNES, the chief town of the department of Morbihan and the capital of Basse-Bretagne. This city, from its position, is...
17. CHAPTER V.Thus far we have spoken of the northern coast, where the busy inhabitants of the Côtes-du-Nord come most in contact with French traders, and travellers of different nations. Let...
13. CHAPTER I.In an old-fashioned country-house there is often to be found a room built out from the rest of the structure, forming, as it were, the extreme western wing. It has windows looki...
22. CHAPTER X.From Quimperlé to Hennebont by road or railway, we pass Pont Scorff, where is the boundary line which divides the departments of Finistère and Morbihan. We enter now the distric...
11. CHAPTER XII.7. CHAPTER VIII.8. CHAPTER IX.10. CHAPTER XI.1. CHAPTER II.5. CHAPTER VI.6. CHAPTER VII.2. CHAPTER III.4. CHAPTER V.9. CHAPTER X.12. CHAPTER XIII.3. CHAPTER IV.