Chapter I: Preface

The aim of the publishers and writer, in preparing this volume for young people, is to give a view of the principal places in England and France where the most interesting events have occurred; and, by a free use of pictures and illustrative stories, to present historic views of the two countries in an entertaining and attractive manner.

An American teacher takes a class of boys on a vacation tour to England and France, and interests them in those places that illustrate the different periods of English and French history. It is his purpose to give them in this manner a picturesque view of present scenes and past events, and to leave on their minds an outline of history for careful reading to fill.

A few of the stories are legendary, as the "Jolly Harper Man" and the "Wise Men of Gotham;" but these illustrate the quaint manners and customs of the Middle Ages. Nearly all of the stories that relate to history are strictly true.

The illustrations of history, both by pencil and pen, are given in the disconnected way that a traveller would find them in his journeys; but they may be easily combined by memory in their chronological order, and made to form a harmonious series of pictures.

The writer has sought to amuse as well as to instruct, and for this purpose the personal experiences of the young travellers are in part given. Two of the boys, who have small means, make the trip in the cheapest possible manner. Tommy Toby meets the mishaps a thoughtless boy might experience. The other travellers have an eye for the literary and poetic scenes and incidents of the tour.

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That the volume may amuse and entertain the young reader, and awaken in him a greater love of books of history, biography, and travel, is the hope of the publishers and the author.

28 Worcester St., Boston, Mass.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE JOURNEY PROPOSED 3

II. TOM TOBY'S SECRET SOCIETY 12

III. FIRST MEETING OF THE CLUB 22

IV. ON THE ATLANTIC 51

V. THE LAND OF SCOTT AND BURNS 71

VI. STORY TELLING IN EDINBURGH 84

VII. A RAINY EVENING STORY AT CARLISLE 104

VIII. A CLOUDLESS DAY 119

IX. A SERIES OF MEMORABLE VISITS 135

X. A VISIT TO OXFORD AND WOODSTOCK 153

XI. LETTERS AND EXCURSIONS 160

XII. LONDON 173

XIII. BELGIUM 205

XIV. UPPER NORMANDY 226

XV. PARIS 249

XVI. BRITTANY 283

XVII. HOMEWARD 304

THE ZIGZAG SERIES.

BY
HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH,

OF THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE "YOUTH'S COMPANION," AND
CONTRIBUTOR TO "ST. NICHOLAS" MAGAZINE.

NOW PUBLISHED.
_ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN EUROPE._
_ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN CLASSIC LANDS._
_ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE ORIENT._

TO BE FOLLOWED BY
_ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE OCCIDENT._

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
"The Boy-king" _Frontispiece._

Statue of William the Conqueror at Falaise _Half-title._

It is Vacation 3

Tommy and the Bear 9

Tommy's Adventure 10

Norman Fisher-Girl 13

King Charles's Hiding-place 14

White Horse Hill 15

Street Scene in Normandy 16

Colonnade of the Louvre 17

Harold's Oath 23

Finding the Body of Harold 26

The Death of the Red King 27

St. Stephen's Church at Caen 30

Robert Throwing Himself on his Knees before his
Prostrate Father 31

William the Conqueror Reviewing his Army 35

Mont St. Michel 37

Amazement of Christopher Sly 46

Norman Peasant Girls 49

Pilot-Boat 53

Two of our Fellow-Travellers 55

A Steerage Passenger 56

Joan of Arc 59

Joan of Arc Recognizing the King 63

Joan of Arc Wounded 67

Signals 70

The Boys Consult the Barometer 72

Birthplace of Robert Burns 73

Edinburgh Castle 77

Holyrood Palace 79

Mary Stuart 80

Murder of Rizzio 81

Francis II. of France 86

Francis II. and Mary Stuart Love-making 89

The Death-bed of Francis II. 93

Mary Stuart Swearing she had never sought the
Life of Elizabeth 97

The Black Douglas Surprising an Enemy 100

Cæsar's Legions Landing in Britain 104

Romans Invading Britain 105

Massacre of the Druids 106

Druid Sacrifice 107

The Hermit 111

Shamble Oak 121

Greendale Oak 122

Parliament Oak 123

Mortimer's Hole 124

Murder of Thomas À Becket 125

Richard's Farewell to the Holy Land 129

Limestone Dwellings 133

Peveril of the Peak 137

The Boy at the Wheel 138

Boscobel 139

The Tomb of Richard Penderell 139

King Charles's Hiding-place 140

Shakspeare 141

Anne Hathaway's Cottage 144

Ruins of Kenilworth Castle 145

Portrait of Elizabeth 149

Alfred and his Mother 153

Canute and his Courtiers 154

Flight of Empress Maud 155

Death of Latimer and Ridley 156

Rosamond's Bower 157

A Studious Monk 157

An Old Time Student 158

House of a Migrating Citizen 162

Fac-simile of the Bayeux Tapestry 163

St. Augustine's Appeal to Ethelbert 169

The Saxon Priest Striking the Images 171

Westminster Abbey 174

Trial of Charles I. 177

Burial of Richard 180

The Tower of London 181

Wolsey Served by Nobles 185

Whitehall 187

Wolsey's Palace 188

Death of Cardinal Wolsey 189

Children of Charles I. 190

Oliver Cromwell 191

Queen Henrietta Maria 193

Street Amusements 195

Street Amusements 196

"'Ave you got a Penny?" 197

Victoria at the Age of Eight 200

Anger of King John 203

A Dutch Windmill 206

Dog-Carts 207

Street Scenes in Brussels 208

Hotel de Ville, Brussels 209

Charlemagne in Council 210

Charlemagne at the Head of his Army 211

Hotel de Ville, Ghent 212

Van Artevelde at his Door 213

Charles the Rash Discovered 217

Capture of King John and his Son 227

Tower of Joan of Arc, Rouen 229

The Maid of Orleans 230

"It is Rather Hard Bread" 233

Death of St. Louis 235

Interior of St. Ouen 236

Palais de Justice, Rouen 237

Northmen on an Expedition 238

The Barques of the Northmen before Paris 239

Catharine de Medici 241

Coligny 243

Charles IX. and Catharine de Medici 247

The Goddess of Reason carried through the
Streets of Paris 251

Garden of the Tuileries 255

Fountain in the Champs Elysées 257

Place de la Concorde 258

Entrance to the Louvre 259

Fountain, Place de la Concorde 261

Man of the Iron Mask 263

Versailles 267

Little Trianon 268

The Dauphin with the Royal Family in the Assembly 269

Forest of Fontainebleau 273

In the Wood at Fontainebleau 274

"Je ne comprends pas" 277

At Prayers 278

Clock Tower at Vire 283

Revoking the Edict of Nantes 291

Fénelon and the Duke of Burgundy 295

The Cathedral at Nantes 298

Louis XV. 299

Molière 306

The Reading of "Paul and Virginia" 307

Racine 309

Racine Reading to Louis XIV. 310

ZIGZAG JOURNEYS;

OR,

VACATIONS IN HISTORIC LANDS.