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The French chapters--on Limoges, Reims, Aix-les-Bains, and especially the voyage on French rivers--are abundant in novelty and odd bits of interest, as well as in beauty of scene and sympathy .-- _Nation_, N.Y.
A very pleasant volume of sketches by an accomplished traveller, who knows how to see and how to describe, and who can give real information without wearisome detail .-- _Providence Journal._ PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.
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