MOUNTAINS AND LAKES OF SWITZERLAND; WITH Descriptive Sketches OF OTHER PARTS OF THE CONTINENT. BY MRS. BRAY, AUTHOR OF 66 LETTERS FROM NORMANDY AND BRITANNY," 66 THE BORDERS OF THE TAMAR AND TAVY," TRELAWNY," 66 TRIALS OF THE HEART," ETC ETC. "Star of Switzerland! thy fame Inspiration to my tongue!" MONTGOMERY. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1841. ADVERTISEMENT. THE first work that the writer ever ventured to lay before the public was a volume of "Letters" that she addressed to a beloved, and now, alas! lamented mother, during a tour through Normandy, Britanny, and other parts of France. The reception that work met with in early life encouraged her to continue her pursuits in other branches of literature. In her recent journey through Switzerland, &c., her heart, as in former years, being much with her friends at home, she made many notes of her tour, principally with a view to amuse and interest them. To her brother (taking such notes for the |