Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) THE MOTOR ROUTES OF FRANCE TO THE CHÂTEAUX OF TOURAINE, BIARRITZ, THE PYRENEES, THE RIVIERA, AND THE RHONE VALLEY ALREADY PUBLISHED IN THE SAME SERIES MOTOR ROUTES OF ENGLAND SOUTHERN SECTION (South of the Thames) With 24 Illustrations in Colour Cloth, =5s. net= (by post, 5s. 4d.) Leather, =7s. 6d. net= (by post, 7s. 10d.) “The touring motorist ... will find Mr. Home exactly the sort of companion who will add sensibly to the pleasures of the day’s run. All along the main roads he gossips brightly of history, architecture, and archæology, and manages to convey a large amount of information without being unpleasantly didactic.”--_Pall Mall Gazette._ TO BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY MOTOR ROUTES OF ENGLAND WESTERN SECTION A. AND C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON AGENTS AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK AUSTRALASIA OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 205 FLINDERS LANE, MELBOURNE CANADA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. 27 RICHMOND STREET WEST, TORONTO INDIA MACMILLAN & COMPANY, LTD. MACMILLAN BUILDING, BOMBAY 309 BOW BAZAAR STREET, CALCUTTA [Illustration: CHARTRES. The Cathedral towering above the old roofs of the city from near the Porte Guillaume.] THE MOTOR ROUTES OF FRANCE TO THE CHÂTEAUX OF TOURAINE, BIARRITZ, THE PYRENEES, THE RIVIERA, & THE RHONE VALLEY BY GORDON HOME WITH 16 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR, 16 IN BLACK AND WHITE, AND 60 MAPS & PLANS [Illustration] ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK SOHO SQUARE, LONDON · MCMX ‘O’er the Flaminian way he bade the axle glow-- For there, our young Antomedon first tried His powers, there loved the rapid car to guide.’ JUVENAL. PREFACE