The Automobilist Abroad

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Mansfield Milburg Francisco. The Automobilist Abroad

Part I. General Information – The Grand Tour

Chapter I. An Appreciation of the Automobile

Chapter II. Travel Talk

Chapter III. Roads & Routes

Chapter IV. Hotels & Things

Chapter V. The Grand Tour

Part II. Touring In France

Chapter I. Down Through Touraine: Paris To Bordeaux

Chapter II. A Little Tour In The Pyrenees

Chapter III. In Languedoc And Old Provence

Chapter IV. By Rhône And Saône

Chapter V. By Seine And Oise – A Cruise In A Canot-Automobile

Chapter VI. The Road To The North

Part III. On Britain's Roads

Chapter I. The Bath Road

Chapter II. The South Coast

Chapter III. Land's End To John O'Groats

Part IV. In Belgium, Holland, And Germany

Chapter I. On The Road In Flanders

Chapter II. By Dykes And Windmills

Chapter III. On The Road By The Rhine

Appendices

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We have progressed appreciably beyond the days of the old horseless carriage, which, it will be remembered, retained even the dashboard.

To-day the modern automobile somewhat resembles, in its outlines, across between a decapod locomotive and a steam fire-engine, or at least something concerning the artistic appearance of which the layman has very grave doubts.

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In France the speeds were a little better. From Lyons the old mail-coaches used to make the journey to Paris in four days by way of Auxerre, and in five by Moulins, though the distance is the same, one hundred and twenty leagues. To-day the automobile, which fears not hills, take invariably the Moulins road, and covers the distance between breakfast and dinner; that is, if the driver is a "scorcher;" and there are such in France.

Besides the malle-poste there was another organization in France even more rapid. The following is copied from an old advertisement:

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