TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected. A BOOK OF THE RIVIERA BY THE SAME AUTHOR A BOOK OF CORNWALL A BOOK OF DARTMOOR A BOOK OF DEVON A BOOK OF NORTH WALES A BOOK OF SOUTH WALES A BOOK OF THE RHINE A BOOK OF THE PYRENEES THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE THE TRAGEDY OF THE CÆSARS A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES THE VICAR OF MORWENSTOW OLD COUNTRY LIFE A GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG SONGS OF THE WEST A BOOK OF NURSERY SONGS AND RHYMES STRANGE SURVIVALS YORKSHIRE ODDITIES DEVON BRITTANY A BARING-GOULD SELECTION READER A BARING-GOULD CONTINUOUS READER [Illustration: CAP ROUX, ESTÉREL] A BOOK OF THE RIVIERA BY S. BARING-GOULD “ON OLD HYEMS’ CHIN, AND ICY CROWN, AN ODOROUS CHAPLET OF SWEET SUMMER BUDS IS SET.” _Midsummer Night’s Dream_, ii. 2. WITH FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS SECOND EDITION METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _First Published_ _November 1905_ _Second Edition_ _December 1909_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. PROVENCE 1 II. LE GAI SABER 24 III. MARSEILLES 39 IV. AIX 55 V. TOULON 72 VI. HYÈRES 84 VII. LES MONTAGNES DES MAURES 97 VIII. S. RAPHAEL AND FRÉJUS 113 IX. DRAGUIGNAN 130 X. L’ESTÉREL 147 XI. GRASSE 157 XII. CANNES 180 XIII. NICE 205 XIV. MONACO 227 XV. MENTONE 255 XVI. BORDIGHERA 264 XVII. SAN REMO 276 XVIII. ALASSIO 288 XIX. SAVONA 296 ILLUSTRATIONS CAP ROUX, L’ESTÉREL _Frontispiece_ From a photograph by G. Richard. GOD’S CANDELABRA _To face page_ 1 From a photograph by J. Giletta.