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THE WESTERN FAÇADE OF AMIENS CATHEDRAL.
| CHAPTER I | Page | |
| Introductory | 1 | |
| CHAPTER II | ||
| The Genesis and Characteristics of the French | 6 | |
| CHAPTER III | ||
| Family Life—Marriage and the Birth-rate | 23 | |
| CHAPTER IV | ||
| How the French govern Themselves | 49 | |
| CHAPTER V | ||
| On Education and Religion | 67 | |
| CHAPTER VI | [Pg vi] | |
| Some Aspects of Paris and of Town Life in General | 86 | |
| CHAPTER VII | ||
| Of Rural Life in France | 114 | |
| CHAPTER VIII | ||
| The Rivers of France | 143 | |
| CHAPTER IX | ||
| Of the Watering-Places | 169 | |
| CHAPTER X | ||
| Architecture—Roman, Romanesque, and Gothic— in France | 193 | |
| CHAPTER XI | ||
| The National Defences | 205 | |