“The volcano has spent its rage. The wide waste produced by its outbreak is forgotten. The landmarks which were swept away have been replaced. The ruined edifices have been repaired. The lava has covered with a rich incrustation the fields which it once devastated, and, after having turned a beautiful and fruitful garden into a desert, has again turned the desert into a still more beautiful and fruitful garden. The marks of its ravages are still all around us. The ashes are beneath our feet. In some directions the deluge of fire still continues to spread. Yet experience surely entitles us to believe that this explosion will fertilise the soil which it has devastated. Already, in those parts which have suffered most severely, rich cultivation and secure dwellings have begun to appear amidst the waste.” The palaces of the Lascaris, the Grimaldis, the Durazzos, the Della Roveres, the Dorias, are in ruins, but in their places rise hotels de Paris, de l’Univers, the Metropole; and the bands of bravos entertained by the nobles are replaced by Italian and Swiss waiters. “The more we read the history of past ages, the more we observe the signs of our own times, the more do we feel our hearts filled and swelled up by a good hope for the future destinies of the human race.” INDEX Absolution from vows, 164-5, 303 Adam de Craponne, 8 Addison, 53-4 Ægitna, 180 Æschylus, 8 Agay, 152 Agricola, 121-2 Aix, 14, 55-71 Alassio, 288-90 Albenga, 293-5 Albizzola, 312-3 Algerine pirates, 225 Aloes, 7 Amadeus, Duke of Savoy, 209 Ambrons and Teutons, 56-9 Ambrose, S., 28-9 Andora, 290 Ampelio, S., 273-4 Amphitheatres, 14, 15, 119, 120, 206 Andrew, King, 136 Angers, 70 Annulling of marriage, 239-40 Antibes, 3, 14, 165, 187-8, 190 Architecture, domestic, 279-80; Gothic, 22-3 Arco Romans, 289 Argens River, 97, 114 Arles, 6, 13, 15, 16, 18, 25, 39 Arluc, 185-6 Armentarius, S., 131 Augustine predestination, 100-1 Augustus, Emperor, 241-2 Aurelian Way, 55, 118, 148, 261, 272 Avignon, sale of, 3, 137; union with France, 17 Baal, 13, 121 Bagne, 76-7 Balaun, Pierre de, 35 Balbs, Bertrand de, 208 Baptistery, 272, 294 Bar, le, 174 Barbarossa, 211, 292 Barjac, Pierre de, 35 Barma Grande, 261 Barras, 82 Baux, les, 236 Bazaine, Marshal, 195-9 Belzunce, Bishop, 51 Berengarius, Marquess, 107 Bishop and chapter, 179 Blanc, M., 237-8 Boccaccio, 37-8, 139, 143 Bonaparte, Joseph, 52-3 — Napoleon. _See_ Napoleon Bordighera, 264, 267, 273-5 Bormes, 175 Bourbon, Constable de, 48-9 Bozo, King of Arles, 17, 207 Bravade, 111-12 Bresca family, 285-6 Brougham, Lord, 2 Brumaire, the 18th, 126 Burning Bush, triptych, 70-1 Butillo Prignano, 142, 144 Cabane, Philippine, 135-7 — Raymond, 135-6 Cabasse, 11 Cabastaing, William de, 37