# The fields of France

Author: Robinson, A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances), 1857-1944; Macdougall, W. B. (William Brown), 1868-1936 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70768

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+fields+of+France+Robinson&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

“The prettiest April still wears a wreath of frost.” So runs an old French proverb, which is not always true. At least, in that bygone year of 1893 by the end of April the heat was as parched as at midsummer; roses and strawberries were hawked through the streets of Paris; the dust was a moving sepulchre, and the sunshine a burden. We longed for a plunge into the great forests of the north. Oh for the cool grass and the deep glades of woods that have been woods for these two thousand years! ’Tis something to feel one’s self in a Gaulish forest--though I can remember older trees in Warwickshire. But, in the forests of the Oise, from father to son, the succession is imposing, and the delica...

## Chapters

- [PART II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-fields-of-france-70768/chapters/2/index.md)
- [PART I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-fields-of-france-70768/chapters/1/index.md)