Transcriber’s Note: Boldface is indicated by =equals signs=, italics by _underscores_. GENEVA OTHER BOOKS ON SWITZERLAND THE ALPS PAINTED BY A. D. M’CORMICK DESCRIBED BY SIR MARTIN CONWAY Containing 62 full-page Illustrations in Colour =Price 20/- net= (_Post free, price 20/6_) MONTREUX PAINTED BY J. HARDWICKE LEWIS AND MAY HARDWICKE LEWIS DESCRIBED BY FRANCIS H. GRIBBLE Containing 20 full-page Illustrations in Colour and a Sketch-Map =Price 7/6 net= (_Post free, price 7/11_) OUR LIFE IN THE SWISS HIGHLANDS BY JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS AND HIS DAUGHTER MARGARET With 16 full-page Illustrations in Colour by J. HARDWICKE LEWIS =Price 7/6 net= (_Post free, price 7/11_) THE UPPER ENGADINE PAINTED BY J. HARDWICKE LEWIS DESCRIBED BY S. C. MUSSON Containing 20 full-page Illustrations in Colour =Price 6/- net= (_Post free, price 6/4_) A. AND C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON [Illustration: SUNSET ON MONT BLANC FROM ABOVE GENEVA] GENEVA PAINTED BY J. HARDWICKE LEWIS & MAY HARDWICKE LEWIS DESCRIBED BY FRANCIS GRIBBLE [Illustration] LONDON ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1908 Contents CHAPTER I PAGE OLD GENEVA 1 CHAPTER II THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 9 CHAPTER III THE REFORMATION 13 CHAPTER IV THE EXPULSION OF THE NUNS 17 CHAPTER V THE RULE OF CALVIN 23 CHAPTER VI THE TRIUMPH OF THE THEOCRACY 29 CHAPTER VII THE UNIVERSITY 33 CHAPTER VIII PROFESSOR ANDREW MELVILL 39 CHAPTER IX THÉODORE DE BÈZE 43 CHAPTER X WAR WITH SAVOY 51 CHAPTER XI THE ESCALADE 53 CHAPTER XII AN INTERVAL OF QUIET 61 CHAPTER XIII REVOLUTIONS 65 CHAPTER XIV LITERATURE AND SCIENCE 71 CHAPTER XV SAUSSURE 77 CHAPTER XVI MEN OF LETTERS 89 CHAPTER XVII SONGS AND SQUIBS 93 CHAPTER XVIII RELIGIOUS REVIVAL 95 CHAPTER XIX ROMANTICISM 99 CHAPTER XX LATER MEN OF LETTERS 105 CHAPTER XXI VOLTAIRE 107 CHAPTER XXII VOLTAIRE AND THE THEATRE 111 CHAPTER XXIII VISITORS TO FERNEY 119 CHAPTER XXIV COPPET 123 List of Illustrations 1. Sunset on Mont Blanc from above Geneva. J. H. L. _Frontispiece_