FROM FREIBURG TO BADEN-BADEN--THROUGH THE WOODS TO GERNSBACH--SUPERB ROADS--PEOPLE OF THE BLACK FOREST--CROSSING THE DANUBE--CUSTOMS REGULATIONS AS TO AUTOS--AN OLD SWISS MANSION--THE RIDE TO GENEVA AND AIX-LES-BAINS 232 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE TOMB OF AGNES SOREL AT LOCHES _Frontispiece._ By permission of Mansell & Co. INTERIOR OF THE CASINO AT MONTE CARLO 2 By permission of Messrs. Neurdein CLOISTERS OF THE CATHEDRAL AT AIX 14 From a photograph THE PORTAL OF THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT TROPHIMUS, ARLES 16 By permission of Messrs. Neurdein EXTERIOR OF THE AMPHITHEATRE AT ARLES 18 By permission of Messrs. Neurdein THE ALISCAMPS AT ARLES 20 By permission of Messrs. Neurdein GENERAL VIEW OF THE CHÂTEAU OF KING RENÉ AT TARASCON 24 From a photograph THE FORTIFICATIONS AT THE OLD TOWN OF CARCASSONNE 30 From a photograph THE GROTTO AT LOURDES 46 By permission of Messrs. Lévy THE BRIDGE OVER THE GAVE AT ORTHEZ 52 By permission of Messrs. Lévy CHÂTEAU OF BIDACHE 54 From a photograph MAISON DE L'INFANTE AT SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ 64 From a photograph INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF SAINT JOHN AT SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ 66 By permission of Messrs. Neurdein THE HOME OF MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ AT VICHY 96 By permission of Jules Hautecoeur RUE DE L'ÉTABLISSEMENT AT VICHY 100 From a print THE SOUTH PORTAL OF THE CATHEDRAL AT BOURGES 102 By permission of Messrs. Neurdein THE PALACE OF JACQUES COEUR AT BOURGES 104 By permission of Messrs. Neurdein HÔTEL LALLEMENT AT BOURGES 106 By permission of Messrs. Neurdein CHÂTEAU OF MEHUN NEAR BOURGES 108 By permission of Messrs. Neurdein THE CHÂTEAU AT MEILLANT 110 By permission of Messrs. Neurdein THE GRAND SALON OF THE CHÂTEAU OF MEILLANT 112 By permission of Messrs. Neurdein THE CHÂTEAU OF LOCHES 116 From a photograph THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHÂTEAU OF LOCHES 118 From a photograph THE CAGE IN WHICH JEAN DE LA BALUE WAS IMPRISONED FOR ELEVEN YEARS 122 LOUIS XI 126 From the engraving by Hoopwood