E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Emmy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 27881-h.htm or 27881-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/7/8/8/27881/27881-h/27881-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/7/8/8/27881/27881-h.zip) IN CHATEAU LAND * * * * * _By Anne Hollingsworth Wharton_ AN ENGLISH HONEYMOON. Decorated title and 17 illustrations. Cloth, extra, $1.50 _net_. ITALIAN DAYS AND WAYS. Decorated title and 8 illustrations. 12 mo. Cloth, extra, $1.50 _net_. SOCIAL LIFE IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC. Profusely illustrated. 8vo. Buckram, gilt top, uncut edges. $3.00 _net_; half levant, $6.00 _net_. SALONS, COLONIAL AND REPUBLICAN. Profusely illustrated. 8vo. Buckram, $3.00; three-quarters levant, $6.00. HEIRLOOMS IN MINIATURES. Profusely illustrated. 8vo. Buckram, $3.00; three-quarters levant, $6.00. THROUGH COLONIAL DOORWAYS. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. COLONIAL DAYS AND DAMES. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. A LAST CENTURY MAID. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. * * * * * [Illustration: Neurdein Freres, Photo. LOCHES WITH GATE OF CORDELIERS] IN CHATEAU LAND by ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH WHARTON With 25 Illustrations [Illustration] Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company MCMXI Copyright, 1911, by J. B. Lippincott Company Published November, 1911 Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company at the Washington Square Press Philadelphia, U.S.A. CONTENTS I PAGE AN EMBARRASSMENT OF CHATEAUX 9 II AN ISLAND CHATEAU 30 III AN AFTERNOON AT COPPET 45 IV EN ROUTE FOR TOURAINE 64 V IN AND AROUND TOURS 80 VI LANGEAIS AND AZAY-LE-RIDEAU 96 VII TWO QUEENS AT AMBOISE 117 VIII A BATTLE ROYAL OF DAMES 146 IX A FAIR PRISON 174 X COMPENSATIONS 202 XI THE ROMANCE OF BLOIS 226 XII THREE CHATEAUX 258 XIII CHINON AND FONTEVRAULT 295 XIV ANGERS 319 XV ORLEANS AND ITS MAID 349 XVI A CHATEAU FETE 369 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LOCHES, WITH GATE OF CORDELIERS _Frontispiece_ ISOLA BELLA, LAKE MAGGIORE 36 STAIRCASE AND CLOITRE DE LA PSALLETTE, ST. GATIEN 82 MEDIAEVAL STAIRWAY, CHATEAU OF LUYNES 96 ENTRANCE TO LANGEAIS, WITH DRAWBRIDGE 98