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M. F. Mansfield. Rambles in Brittany
Rambles in Brittany
Table of Contents
PART I
RAMBLES IN BRITTANY
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. THE PROVINCE AND THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER III. THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE PROVINCE
CHAPTER IV. TRAVEL ROUTES IN BRITTANY
CHAPTER V. THE BRETON TONGUE AND LEGEND
CHAPTER VI. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
CHAPTER VII. THE FISHERIES
PART II
CHAPTER I. THE LOIRE IN BRITTANY
CHAPTER II. NANTES TO VANNES
CHAPTER III. THE MORBIHAN—VANNES AND THE “GOLFE”
CHAPTER IV. AURAY AND THE MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS OF MORBIHAN
CHAPTER V. MORBIHAN—LORIENT AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD
CHAPTER VI. FINISTÈRE—SOUTH
CHAPTER VII. FINISTÈRE—NORTH
CHAPTER VIII. THE CÔTES DU NORD
CHAPTER IX. THE EMERALD COAST
CHAPTER X. ON THE ROAD IN BRITTANY—MAYENNE, FOUGÈRES, LAVAL, AND VITRÉ
CHAPTER XI. RENNES AND BEYOND
CHAPTER XII. RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND PARDONS
APPENDICES
I. THE PROVINCES OF FRANCE
II. THE ANCIENT PROVINCES OF FRANCE
III
IV
V. THE METRIC SYSTEM
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VII
VIII
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XI
INDEX OF PLACES
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M. F. Mansfield
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Hamerton has said that no race, more than the English, had so strong a tendency to form attachments for places outside their native land. There may be many reasons for this, and assuredly the subject is too vast and varied to be more than hinted at here. Brittany, at any rate, has proved, in and out of season, a haven, as safe as a home-port, for the Briton and his family, when they would not wander too far. Possibly it comes after Switzerland, though France as a whole, “the most architectural country in Europe,” has been sadly neglected, for, as has been said before, no Englishman ever loved France as Browning loved Italy.
The native love of the Frenchman for the land of his birth is, to him, above all else. It is almost incomprehensible to an outsider; it is something more than mere patriotism; it is the love of an artist for his picture, as Balzac said of his love of Touraine. This sentiment goes deep. After the province comes the immediate environment of his village, and then the village. “Rien n’est plus beau que mon village, en verité je vous le dis.” Thus has written and spoken many a great Frenchman.
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