tion to
YOURSELF. Accordingly, it now comes forth in its present form, much
enhanced, in the estimation of its Author, by the respectability of the
name prefixed to this Dedication; and wishing you many years enjoyment of
the honourable public situation with which you have been recently, and so
deservedly, invested, allow me to subscribe myself,

Your affectionate
and obliged Friend,

T.F. DIBDIN.

Wyndham Place,
June 30, 1829.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

CONTENTS.

VOLUME I.

LETTER I.

_Passage to Dieppe_

LETTER II.

DIEPPE. _Fisheries. Streets. Churches of St. Jacques and St. Remy. Divine
Worship. Military Mass_

LETTER III.

_Village and Castle of Arques. Sabbath Amusements. Manners and Customs.
Boulevards_

LETTER IV.

ROUEN. _Approach. Boulevards. Population. Street-Scenery_

LETTER V.

_Ecclesiastical Architecture. Cathedral. Monuments. Religious Ceremonies.
The Abbey of St. Ouen. The Churches of St. Maclou, St. Vincent, St. Vivien,
St. Gervais, and St. Paul_

LETTER VI.

_Halles de Commerce. Place de la Pucelle d'Orleans. (Jeanne d'Arc).
Basso-Rilievo of the Champ de Drap d'Or. Palace and Courts of Justice_

LETTER VII.

ROUEN. _The Quays. Bridge of Boats. Rue du Bac. Rue de Robec. Eaux de Robec
et d'Aubette. Mont Ste. Catherine. Hospices--Generale et d'Humanite_,

LETTER VIII.

_Early Typography at Rouen. Modern Printers. Chap Books. Booksellers. Book
Collectors_

LETTER IX.

_Departure from Rouen. St. George de Boscherville. Duclair. Marivaux. The
Abbey of Jumieges. Arrival at Caudebec_,

LETTER X.

_Caudebec. Lillebonne. Bolbec. Tankarville. Montmorenci Castle. Havre de
Grace_

LETTER XI.

_Havre de Grace. Honfleur. Journey to Caen_

LETTER XII.

CAEN. _Soil. Society. Education. A Duel. Old houses. The Abbey of St.
Stephen. Church of St. Pierre de Darnetal. Abbe de la Sainte Trinite. Other
Public Edifices_

LETTER XIII.

CAEN. _Literary Society. Abbe de la Rue. Messrs. Pierre-Aime. Lair and
Lamouroux. Medal of Malherbe. Booksellers. Memoir of the late M. Moysant,
Public Librarian. Courts of Justice_

LETTER XIV.

BAYEUX. _Cathedral. Ordination of Priests and Deacons. Crypt of the
Cathedral_

LETTER XV.

BAYEUX. _Visit near St. Loup. M. Pluquet, Apothecary and Book-Vendor. Visit
to the Bishop. The Chapter Library. Description of the Bayeux Tapestry.
Trade and Manufacture_

LETTER XVI.

_Bayeux to Coutances. St. Lo. The Cathedral of Coutan