"The author has retold the legends and traditions which cluster about the chateaux and castles, which have come down from the Middle Ages, with the skillful touch of the artist and the grace of the practiced writer.... The story of France takes on a new light as studied in connection with the architecture of these fortified homes."--_Christian Intelligencer._ =Romance of the Renaissance Chateaux= Octavo. With 40 Photogravure and other Illustrations "The romances of those beautiful chateaux are placed by the author on the lips of the people who lived in them. She gives us a feeling of intimacy with characters whose names belong to history."--_N. Y. Mail and Express._ "A book of high merit.... Good history, good story, and good art."--_Hartford Courant._ =Romance of the Bourbon Chateaux= Octavo. With Coloured Frontispiece and 47 Photogravure and other Illustrations "Told with a keen eye to the romantic elements, and a clear understanding of historical significance."--_Boston Transcript._ "It is a book that will be read with interest this year or ten or twenty years hence."--_Hartford Courant._ =Four volumes. Illustrated. Each, in a box, net, $3.00 (By mail, $3.25.) The set, 4 volumes in a box, net, $12.00= =G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS= =New York= =London= ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note: Tags that surround the word =G. P.= indicate bold. Tags that surround the word _Hartford Courant._ indicate italics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcriber's notes: Letters surrounded with {e} represent supertext. P.26. 'Qu'en croit' should be .Qu'on croit'. P. 62. cammandemens should be commandemens. Changed. P.62. 'voster' should be 'vostre'. Changed. P.91. 'bourgeosie' should be 'bourgeoisie'. Changed. Fontainbleau changed with Fontainebleau throughout the text. P.187. vengance should be vengeance. Changed. Footnote [187] < index. 'l'Opera' should be Histoire de 'l'Opera'. P.132. Footnote 107: 'l'Ile' shoulde be 'l'Isle', changed. Took out 'Court of France continued' in index. P. 382. P.212, 'de' Mme. de changed to 'the' Mme. de. P.229 'trival'. changed to 'trivial'. Footone [269]. 'Historie' should be 'Histoire'. P.329, 'Lauzon' should be 'Lauzun'. P.347, 'suddently'should be 'suddenly'. P.379. Arras, 'seige' of, should be 'siege'. P.383. conversation, the delight of intelligent, P.369. arrived 'a' the court should be 'at'. These correction are not indicated. Fixed multiple instances of: Fontainbleau to Fontainebleau. d'Ormesson. d'Aumale d'Haussonville d'Ormesson Blois, Mlle. de Princesse Accents that have been fixed: