VI. STORY TELLING IN EDINBURGH 84 VII. A RAINY EVENING STORY AT CARLISLE 104 VIII. A CLOUDLESS DAY 119 IX. A SERIES OF MEMORABLE VISITS 135 X. A VISIT TO OXFORD AND WOODSTOCK 153 XI. LETTERS AND EXCURSIONS 160 XII. LONDON 173 XIII. BELGIUM 205 XIV. UPPER NORMANDY 226 XV. PARIS 249 XVI. BRITTANY 283 XVII. HOMEWARD 304 THE ZIGZAG SERIES. BY HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH, OF THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE "YOUTH'S COMPANION," AND CONTRIBUTOR TO "ST. NICHOLAS" MAGAZINE. NOW PUBLISHED. _ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN EUROPE._ _ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN CLASSIC LANDS._ _ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE ORIENT._ TO BE FOLLOWED BY _ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE OCCIDENT._ ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE "The Boy-king" _Frontispiece._ Statue of William the Conqueror at Falaise _Half-title._ It is Vacation 3 Tommy and the Bear 9 Tommy's Adventure 10 Norman Fisher-Girl 13 King Charles's Hiding-place 14 White Horse Hill 15 Street Scene in Normandy 16 Colonnade of the Louvre 17 Harold's Oath 23 Finding the Body of Harold 26 The Death of the Red King 27 St. Stephen's Church at Caen 30 Robert Throwing Himself on his Knees before his Prostrate Father 31 William the Conqueror Reviewing his Army 35 Mont St. Michel 37 Amazement of Christopher Sly 46 Norman Peasant Girls 49 Pilot-Boat 53 Two of our Fellow-Travellers 55 A Steerage Passenger 56 Joan of Arc 59 Joan of Arc Recognizing the King 63