Normandy

Rouen is surrounded by high hills, and can be seen lying on the margin of the river in the aspect of a toy city. In this there lies one great advantage, namely, that she is not...

William’s father was the fifth Duke of Normandy, and if the story of how he attained that dignity be true, certain it is that his nickname “Le Diable” was more fitting than the...

Passengers who land at Dieppe may perhaps be conveniently divided into two classes--those who pass through, intent on tours further inland or in other countries, and those who g...

Although Falaise is not a typical Norman town--for it has too much character of its own for that--there are certain features here which are to be found in nearly all the other t...

It is a task of extreme difficulty to set down on paper what may be called the character of a country; it includes so much--the historical past, the solemn and magnificent build...

Some old established shops there are, with prestige so secure that they do not have recourse to the art known as “dressing the windows”; it is the customers who seek them out, n...

Normandy is probably at the same time the best and the least known place on the Continent to Englishmen: the best known, because the most accessible; the least known, because, b...

In spite of all that has been said of the glory of Mont St Michel, not the half has been told. This magnificent abbey, palace, citadel, church, remains unique, no less in its si...

The admirers of Caen rank it high. Mr Freeman says: “Caen is a town well-nigh without a rival. It shares with Oxford the peculiarity of having no one predominant object. At Amie...

There is not a school child in England who has not heard of the marvellous piece of work supposed to have been wrought by Queen Matilda and the ladies of her court; but until th...

A great river always exercises an attraction upon a certain class of people, and when that river is lined by historic towns and flows through beautiful country, it cannot fail t...

This is an age of travel, and many persons are searching diligently for some district intrinsically interesting and desirable, not too much overrun by their kind, and above all...

FACING PAGE 2. Cherry Blossom 6 3. The Harbour at Low Tide, Granville 8 4. A Festival Cap 10 5. A Seaside Resort 12 6. Grandmother 14 7. An Approach to the Abbey, Mont St Michel...