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1839. 305. D.
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
7-18
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.
33-35
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
40-43