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Matilda Betham-Edwards. Holidays in Eastern France
Holidays in Eastern France
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. The Valley of the Marne. CHAPTER II. Noisiel: the City of Chocolate. CHAPTER III. Provins and Troyes. CHAPTER IV. Among French Protestants at Montbéliard. CHAPTER V. St. Hippolyte, Morteau, and the Swiss Borderland. CHAPTER VI. Besançon and its Environs. CHAPTER VII. Ornans, Courbet's Country, and the Valley of the Loue. CHAPTER VIII. Salins, Arbois, and the Wine Country of the Jura. CHAPTER IX. Lons-le-Saunier. CHAPTER X. Champagnole and Morez. CHAPTER XI. St. Claude: the Bishopric in the Mountains. CHAPTER XII. Nantua and the Church of Brou. APPENDIX
HOLIDAYS IN EASTERN FRANCE
CHAPTER I
THE VALLEY OF THE MARNE
CHAPTER II
NOISIEL: THE CITY OF CHOCOLATE
CHAPTER III
PROVINS AND TROYES
CHAPTER IV
AMONG FRENCH PROTESTANTS AT MONTBÉLIARD
CHAPTER V
ST. HIPPOLYTE, MORTEAU, AND THE SWISS BORDERLAND
CHAPTER VI
BESANÇON AND ITS ENVIRONS
CHAPTER VII
ORNANS, COURBET'S COUNTRY, AND THE VALLEY OF THE LOUE
CHAPTER VIII
SALINS, ARBOIS, AND THE WINE COUNTRY OF THE JURA
CHAPTER IX
LONS-LE-SAUNIER
CHAPTER X
CHAMPAGNOLE AND MOREZ
CHAPTER XI
ST. CLAUDE: THE BISHOPRIC IN THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XII
NANTUA AND THE CHURCH OF BRON
APPENDIX
ITINERARIES.—OUTLINES OF FRANC-COMTOIS HISTORY. NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE JURA
INDEX
ERRATA
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Matilda Betham-Edwards
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The striking feature is the great quantity and variety of rich marbles in every part. One of the staircases is entirely formed of different kinds of rare marble, the effect being extra-ordinarily imposing. Elsewhere, a room is divided by Corinthian columns of jasper and porphyry, and on every side are displayed a wealth and splendour in this respect quite unique. Without doubt, nothing lends such magnificence to interiors as marbles, but they require the spaciousness and princeliness of such a château to be displayed to advantage.
Next in importance, as a matter of mere decoration, must be cited the tapestries of which there is a rare and valuable collection, chiefly in the hall, so called, where they are arrayed about the running gallery surmounting the pictures. What this hall must be worth would perhaps sound fabulous on paper, but it is here that some of the most precious treasures are found; cabinets of ivory, ebony, gems, gold, and silver, and the pictures alone represent a princess's dowry. Examples of some of the greatest masters are here: Velasquez, Rembrandt, Rubens, Claude Lorraine, the Caracci, Bordone, Reynolds, lastly among moderns, Ingres and Hippolyte Flandrin. Much might be said about these pictures, if space permitted, but they alone are worth making the journey from Paris or Couilly to see.
