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BIBLIOTHECA

REGIA

MONACENSIS.

COLLECTION

OF ANCIENT AND MODERN

BRITISH AUTHORS.

VOL. CCXXXIX.

THE IDLER IN ITALY.

PRINTED BY BELIN AND Co., 55, RUE SAINTE-ANNE.

CONTENTS.

DOVER.-Reflections-The Voyage-Tribute to Neptune-Honey-moon in the

Channel-Love flies out of the Cabin-window

CALAIS.-French Comforts and Discomforts

Page 1

2

ROUEN. The Cathedral-Stained Glass not sufficiently used in England-A Ma-

nuscript, the Work of Thirty Years-Joan of Arc-Corneille-Fontenelle-

Anecdotes

3-4

5-6

ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE.-James II. of England-Royal Ties of Consanguinity

disregarded-Forest of St. Germain-Mistresses of Louis XIV. and XV.-

Fair of St. Germain-French Facility of Enjoyment

PARIS.-The Parisians-Baron Denon-His Versatility-His Anecdotes of Napo-

leon-His amiable Egotism-My Birth-day-Winding up the Clock!-Pari-

sian Noises-English Discontent-French Women more formed to be

admired than loved-Frenchmen more general in their Attentions than

Englishmen-Masculine and Feminine Accomplishments-La Cuisine Fran-

çaise Anecdote of Garlic-Give Anacreon Moore a bad Dinner-His Enjoy-

ment of La Montagne Russe-His Temperament and Conversation-Ser-

vants less able to bear Deprivations than their Masters-Generally more

troublesome than useful out of England-English make a Business of

Pleasure―The Louvre-Paintings-Sculpture-A well-bred Englishman—

Departure

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19

FONTAINEBLEAU.-Napoleon-Caulaincourt-Willow-trees

GENEVA.-Mount Jura-Lake Leman-Ferney-Voltaire-Learned Ladies-

English Burial Ground-J. J. Rousseau-The House in which he was born-

Magazine of M. Baute

LAUSANNE.-Residence of Gibbon-John Kemble-Beauties of Lausanne 28-29

BERNE.-Swiss Costume-Fondness of the Bernese for Bears-Origin of the Sup-

porters to the Civic Arms

20-27

30-31

32

BADEN.-Roofed Wooden Bridges-Baths and Bathers

ZURICH.-Tomb of Gessner-Lavater-Physiognomy and Phrenology-Letters

of Lady Jane Grey to Henricus Bulingerus in the Town Library-Letter from

Frederick of Prussia to Professor H. Muller on Swiss Songs-" Psalterium

Davidis," a Greek MS.

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36

SCHAUFHAUSEN.-Beauty of its Scenery-Its Cascade

LUCERNE. Its lovely Scenery-Village of Egliseau-Fountain of the Lion 37

SECHERON.-Anecdotes of Byron and Shelley, by Maurice, the Boatman on the

Lake of Geneva-Nantua

38

39

BELLEGARDE-Natural Curiosity near Bellegarde

LYONS.-The Ancient Lugdunum-Remains of Antiquity-Various Calamities to

Lyons-Museum-Bronze Tablets of Emperor Claudius-Leg of a Bronze

Horse-The Saône and the Rhône-City of Lyons-The Mountain Fourvière

-Inscription of the Altar discovered in 1705-Marc Antony's Aqueduct

Ancient Castle of Francheville-Silk Manufactories

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