Chapter I: Front Matter

EUROPE FROM A MOTOR CAR

EUROPE
FROM A
MOTOR CAR

_By_
RUSSELL RICHARDSON

RAND McNALLY & COMPANY
CHICAGO NEW YORK

_Copyright, 1914_
BY RAND, MCNALLY & COMPANY

The Rand-McNally Press
_Chicago_

TO
MY MOTHER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

_Preface_ 9

I Berlin to Marienbad 11

II Marienbad to Trafoi 24

III Crossing the Stelvio into Italy 36

IV A Visit to Lyons 65

V Chambéry to Nîmes 79

VI Nîmes to Carcassonne 97

VII Carcassonne to Tarbes 110

VIII Tarbes to Biarritz 122

IX A Day in Spain 130

X Biarritz to Mont-de-Marsan 143

XI Mont-de-Marsan to Périgueux 159

XII Périgueux to Tours 172

XIII The Châteaux of Touraine 182

XIV Orléans to Dieppe 197

XV Expenses and Suggestions 215

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

The Approach to the Stelvio Pass 2

A French Highway 11

The Brandenburger Thor 20

Cutting Across the Glacier 34

Lake Como, Most Beautiful of the Italian Lakes 44

Italian Villas on Lake Como 48

Above the Val d'Aosta 54

The Rhone at Lyons 66

Out of the Silence and Gloom 80

The Ancient Roman Theater at Orange 86

Arc de Triomphe at Orange 88

The Palace of the Popes at Avignon 90

The Ruined Bridge of St. Benezet at Avignon 92

The Maison Carrée at Nîmes 94

The Castle and Double Line of Fortifications at Carcassonne 102

The Walled City of Carcassonne 104

The Pyrenees Were in Sight 112

Ice Peaks of the Pyrenees 116

The Grande Plage at Biarritz 126

The Ox-carts Were Curious Creations 134

The Death Stroke 140

A Familiar Village Scene in Provincial France 156

A Miracle of Gothic Splendor 162

A Convenient Way to Carry Bread 176

The Road Swept Us Along the Bank of the Loire 180

The Château of Loches Behind Its Imposing Entrance 186

The Château of Chenonceaux 190

The Château of Amboise on the Loire 194

The Wheat Fields of Normandy 198

The Gothic Cathedral at Chartres 200

The Seine at Rouen 208

Where Jeanne d'Arc was Burned at the Stake 212