Excerpt from Hand-Book for Travellers in France: Being a Guide to Normandy, Brittany; The Rivers Loire, Seine, Rhone, and Garonne; The French Alps, Dauphine, Provence, and the Pyrenees; With Descriptions of the Principal Routes, Railways, the Approaches to Italy, the Chief Watering Places, Etc The chapters into which the book is divided are arranged according to the ancient Provinces, as being less minute, more historical, and better understood by English than the more intricate subdivisions of Departments. Though the latter are universally used by the French themselves, some centuries must elapse before Champagne and Burgundy cease to be remem bered for their wines, Pe'rz'gord for its pies, and Provence for its oil nor will it be easy to obliterate the recollection of Wil liam of Normandy, Margaret of Anjou, and Henri of Navarre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.