Food, high cost of, 105 Forests of France, 124 Forez, plain of, 146 France as a colonising nation, 48 Franchise, the, 56 Franks, the, 10 Frejus, 173 French enterprise, 65 French people, origin of, 11, 12, 32 Frenchwomen, dress of, 2 Funerals, 79 Furnishing of the _chateau_, 135, 136 Furniture, household, 28 Galatia, 10 Gallia Comata, 161 Games at _Lycees_, 72 Garavan, 170, 182 Gard, the, 162, 195 _Garde republicaine_, the, 64, 93 Garonne, the, 144, 164-167 Gascons, the, 11 Gaul, early tribes of, 7, 8 Gauls, the, 9 _Gendarmerie_, the, 64 Geneva, Lake of, 159, 164 George, Mr. W. L., 81 Gironde, the, 167 Gisors, 204 Golf-courses, 171, 188 Grievances, endurance of, 49, 50 redress of, 19 Gris Nez, Cape, 6, 153 Guise, Duc de, 150 Habeas Corpus, the right of, 52 Hannibal, 157 Hardelot, 189 Harfleur, 156 Hausmann, the architect, 113 Havre, Le, 156 Hedges, lack of, 121 Holdings, average size of, 116 Holmes, Mr. T. Rice, 33 Home life, 25 Home-sur-Mer, Le, 184 Honfleur, 156 Hope, Sir John, 168 Horses, breeding of, 122, 123 Hotels, 3 Hotels, French and English, contrasted, 32, 33 Household furnishing, 26 repairs, 26 Housemaid's work done by men, 25 Housing, 37 in Paris, 104 Huguenots, 150 Hunting parties, 136 Husbandry, primitive, 117 Hyeres, 172 Ideas, the great, of the French, 17, 18 _Inscription maritime_, 208 _Institut de France_, 75 Irreligion, 82, 83 _Jeune fille_, the, 39, 40, 46, 69 Jewish communities, 81 _Juge d'instruction_, 63 _Juge de paix_, 35, 61, 62, 63 Jumieges, Abbey of, 156 Jura, the, 123, 143 Lamartine, 139 Landais, the, 11 Landes, Les, 123, 124 Langeais, Chateau de, 150 Language, the French, 8, 11 Langres, Plateau de, 152 Lannemezan, plateau of, 165 Lauzan, Hotel de, Paris, 110 Le Parc, 160 Le Puy-en-Velay, 76, 146, 200 _Liberte_, destruction of the, 207 Libourne, 167 Lillebonne, 156, 198 Locke, Mr. J. W., 113 Loing, the, 152 Loire, the, 144-150, 156 Lorient, 209 Louis XIV., 110 Louvre, Palais du, Paris, 110 Lugdunum, 161 Lutetia Parisiorum, 110 _Lycees_, the, 39, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74 _Lycees_ for girls, 69 Lyons, 61, 160, 161, 162, 198 Madeleine, the, 44 Maeterlinck, 156 _Mairie_, the, 43 _Maison paternelle_, la, 35, 38 Maladetta Chain, 165 _Mariage d'inclination_, the, 40 Marie Antoinette, 110 Maritime Alps, 164 Marketing, 30, 103 Marne, the, 152 Marriage, enquiries before, 24 parental control of, 40, 41, 42