Brunel, Isambard, 18 Buckwheat, 115 Butcher, the French, 32 Byron, Lord, 159 Byzantine architecture, 193, 199, 200, 201 Cabourg, 184 Caen, 88, 201 Caesar, Gaius Julius, 10 Cafes, the, 86, 87, 88, 113 Calvaries, roadside, 122 Cannes, 170, 174 _Canton_, the, 60 Carcassonne, 198 Carmargue, the, 163 Carnac, prehistoric remains at, 194 Carnavalet, Musee, Paris, 109 Carts, country, 118 Casino, the, 171, 176, 178 _Cassation, Cour de_, 63 Catherine de Medici, 150 Cattle, 123 Caudebec, 155, 156 Cevennes, the, 115, 123, 145, 146 peasants of, 128-130 Charente, the, 144 Chartres, 202 Chateau Gaillard, 153 _Chateau_ life, 133-137 Chatillon, 152 Chaumont, Chateau de, 150 Chenonceaux, Chateau de, 150 Cherbourg, 205, 209 Chestnuts, 115 Children, training of, 38, 39 Churches, 78 attendance at, 78 decorations in, 79, 80 irreverent behaviour in, 78 Church-going, women and, 79 Cimbri, 157 Civil Code, the, 14, 42, 47, 66 Cleanliness, 33 Clermont-Ferrand, 200 Cluny, Hotel, Paris, 110 Coal consumption, 29 _Concierge_, the, 38, 97, 98, 99 _Conciergerie_, the, Paris, 110 Conscription, 210 Constantine, Emperor, 196 Constitution, the French, 50, 51, 52, 53 Conversation in the _chateau_, 139 Cooking, French, 2, 3 Corniche Roads, the, 179, 180, 181 Correze, 115 Costebelle, 173 Crau, La, 163, 164 Critical faculty of the French, 20 Cure, the, 83, 84, 85 Deauville, 183 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the, 50, 51, 52 Demolins, M., 71 Deputies, Chamber of, 55 salaries of, 59 Diane de Poitiers, 150 Dieppe, 187 Dinard, 189 Discipline, lack of, 47 Dive, the, 184 Divorce laws, 44, 45 Doctors, fees of, 131, 132 d'Or, Iles, 173 Dordogne, the, 167 _Dot_, the, 47 Dreyfus, Captain A., 63 Duelling, 139-142 Dumas, the elder, 139 Durance, the, 164 Ebro, the, 151 Economies of the French, 21 Education, expenditure on, 67, 68 Education and social status, 75 Educational system, 72 Edward the Confessor, 156 Edward VII., King, 190 English Channel, the, 6 Epernay, 126 Esplanade, on the Riviera, the, 176, 177 Essonne, the, 152 Esterel Mountains, 173, 174 Etaples, 189 Etoile district of Paris, 89 Etretat, 153, 184, 185 Eu, 187 Euric, king of the Visigoths, 166 Evreux, 204 Faculties, the State, 75 Family Council, the, 34, 35 Farms, 119, 120 Fecamp, 186 _Five o'clock, le_, 135 Flail, use of, 118 Flamboyant style, 204 Fontainebleau, forest of, 124