This is an historical piece that appreciates the city that forms the basis of Europe and its development.

THIS book is no record of exploitation or discovery; it is simply a review of many things seen and heard anent that marvellous and comparatively little known region vaguely described as “the Pyrenees,” of which the old French provinces ...

... old ruin . Beyond another gateway , exactly opposite , at the farther end of the road which now ran straight through the place , the trees could be seen slightly waving to and fro in a bluish haze , and the most lovely ... OLD CHATEAU .