CONTENTS. PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON THE FINE ARTS. INATTENTION of writers to the subject... The cultivation of of talent injurious...English school of painting contrasted NATIONAL prejudice against the French...Ignorance gives birth to it... Propensity to finding fault in English visitors ...Its origin... Their false representations of the state of things...English profusion...Cheapness of living... Charges at a French hotel... Causes of the dissatisfaction of some of the English in France...Anecdote... Comparison of the French and Italians... The state of the two countries con- trasted...Modes of travelling... Safety in France...Danger in Italy...Present anarchy of Italy, compared with Tur- key...Cautions in the choice of companions...Qualifica- tions necessary... Relations of travellers on that sub- ject... To travel armed, necessary in Italy... The bri- Object of the journey...Brighton... Charges of the boatmen... CHAPTER III. PARIS AND LYONS. Reasons for not entering into a lengthened detail of Paris... cule of the untravelled English...Practical philosophy ne- cessary in travelling...General sketch of Paris... Its magni- ficence... Edifices... Monuments... Gardens... Curiosities... Bustle of the streets...Amusements...Fine air and conse- quent sensations...Treats for the sensualist... Food for the intellectual... Best views of and in Paris... Charge of demo- ralization against the present French... Compared with the old Bourbon court... Anecdote...Journey to Lyons...Rous- seau...Appearance of the country... Straight roads... Fon- tainbleau... Anecdote... National feeling of the French... Their enthusiastic love of Buonaparte... Anecdotes...Hills ...Picturesque scenery...Anecdote of a young woman... Napoleon...Lyons...Its great men... Its ancient history.... Description of its present state... Situation... Climate... Picturesque beauties... Edifices... Bridges... Curiosities... Mountains of Savoy...Beauty of vegetation... Fruits... Grand scenery... Valley of Eschelles... Grotto... Duke of Sa- voy... Tunnel of Buonaparte... Chambery ... Cascade... Mulberry trees... Mont Melian... The Isere... Aiguibelle ...The Arc...Avalanches... The inhabitants afflicted with goitres...Causes...La Chapelle... New road... Scenery aw- ful and grand...St. Jean de Maurienne...Its situation... The air cold...Torrents... Cascades... Snow-decked cliffs... Mountains well cultivated...Lanslebourg...Savoy women ...Mont Cenis... Napoleon... The grandeur of his ideas and works...Grand road...Plain on Mont Cenis...Hannibal ...Descent into Italy...Feelings on entering...Suza... CONTENTS. xi Turin... Its fortifications... General appearance... Architec- ture... Decorations... Manufactures... Climate...King of Sardinia... Alessandria... Its citadel and bridge improved by Napoleon... Processions... Marengo... Novi... The Boc- chetta... Fine views... Rich scenery... Genoa...Similitude of the inhabitants to the English... The Genoese, a noble race...The Sardinian government detested... The city like a besieged town... The soldiers and effigy of the king openly insulted... Treatment of the English by the Sar- dinian government...Police and consuls... Their ma- nœuvring, exactions, &c... The English consul...Adored by the Genoese... His noble conduct...Genoese labourers ...Streets...Houses and palaces, general appearance... Church of Carignano...Bridge...Genoese mode of termi- nating existence... Former power of Genoa...Genoese citizens... Their independent spirit... Their complaints Ceremony of taking leave... Men kissing each other...Medi- |