Chapter I: Front Matter

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BRITTANY

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MORTIMER MENPES

Text by DOROTHY MENPES

Published by Adam & Charles Black Soho Square London · W · MCMXII.

Published July, 1905 Reprinted 1912

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. DOUARNÉNEZ 3
II. ROCHEFORT-EN-TERRE 15
III. VITRÉ 29
IV. VANNES 51
V. QUIMPER 77
VI. ST. BRIEUC 89
VII. PAIMPOL 99
VIII. GUINGAMP 107
IX. HUELGOAT 115
X. CONCARNEAU 123
XI. MORLAIX 129
XII. PONT-AVEN 137
XIII. QUIMPERLÉ 165
XIV. AURAY 175
XV. BELLE ISLE 183
XVI. ST. ANNE D'AURAY 197
XVII. ST. MALO 203
XVIII. MONT ST. MICHEL 211
XIX. CHÂTEAU DES ROCHERS 225
XX. CARNAC 235
XXI. A ROMANTIC LAND 241

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Marie Jeanne _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

2. Homeward Bound 4

3. Grandmère 6

4. Meditation 10

5. Minding the Babies 12

6. A Cottage in Rochefort-en-Terre 14

7. At Rochefort-en-Terre 18

8. Mid-day Rest 20

9. A Cottage Home 24

10. Mediæval Houses, Vitré 28

11. Preparing the Mid-day Meal 32

12. In Church 34

13. Père Louis 36

14. Idle Hours 40

15. La Vieille Mère Perot 44

16. A Vieillard 48

17. Place Henri Quatre, Vannes 52

18. Gossips 56

19. A Cattle Market 60

20. Bread Stalls 64

21. In a Breton Kitchen 68

22. A Rainy Day at the Fair 72

23. In the Porch of the Cathedral, Quimper 76

24. The Vegetable Market, Quimper 80

25. Outside the Cathedral, Quimper 84

26. By the Side of a Farm 88

27. On the Road to Bannalec 92

28. Débit de Boissons 94

29. Church of St. Mody 96

30. Reflections 100

31. A Sabot-Stall 104

32. La Vieillesse 108

33. A Beggar 112

34. A Wayside Shrine, Huelgoat 116

35. Fishing Boats, Concarneau 120

36. At the Fountain, Concarneau 122

37. Concarneau Harbour 124

38. The Sardine Fleet, Concarneau 126

39. Watching for the Fishing-fleet, Concarneau 128

40. Mediæval House at Morlaix 132

41. Outside the Smithy, Pont-Aven 136

42. In an Auberge, Pont-Aven 140

43. A Sand-Cart on the Quay, Pont-Aven 144

44. Playing on the 'Place,' Pont-Aven 148

45. On the Quay at Pont-Aven 152

46. On the Steps of the Mill House, Pont-Aven 154

47. The Bridge, Pont-Aven 158

48. The Village Forge, Pont-Aven 160

49. The Village Cobbler 164

50. The Blind Piper 168

51. At the Foire 174

52. Mid-day 176

53. A Little Mother 180

54. Curiosity 184

55. A Solitary Meal 188

56. In the Bois d'Amour 192

57. A Breton Farmer 198

58. In the Eye of the Sun 204

59. Sunday 206

60. The Cradle 210

61. Soupe Maigre 212

62. Déjeuner 216

63. A Farmhouse Kitchen 218

64. Marie 222

65. A Farm Labourer 224

66. A Little Water-Carrier 226

67. Weary 230

68. The Master of the House 232

69. In the Ingle Nook 234

70. A Blind Beggar 236

71. La Petite Marie 240

72. The Little Housewife 242

73. An Old Woman 246

74. A Pig-Market 248

75. Household Duties 252