255

Fountain in the Champs Elysees 257

Place de la Concorde 258

Entrance to the Louvre 259

Fountain, Place de la Concorde 261

Man of the Iron Mask 263

Versailles 267

Little Trianon 268

The Dauphin with the Royal Family in the Assembly 269

Forest of Fontainebleau 273

In the Wood at Fontainebleau 274

"Je ne comprends pas" 277

At Prayers 278

Clock Tower at Vire 283

Revoking the Edict of Nantes 291

Fenelon and the Duke of Burgundy 295

The Cathedral at Nantes 298

Louis XV. 299

Moliere 306

The Reading of "Paul and Virginia" 307

Racine 309

Racine Reading to Louis XIV. 310

ZIGZAG JOURNEYS;

OR,

VACATIONS IN HISTORIC LANDS.

[Illustration: {STATUE OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR AT FALAISE.}]

[Illustration: IT IS VACATION.]

CHAPTER I.

THE JOURNEY PROPOSED.

"The school--is--dismissed."

The words fell hesitatingly, and it seemed to us regretfully, from the
tutor's lips.

The dismission was for the spring vacation. It was at the close of a
mild March day; there was a peculiar warmth in the blue sky and
cloudless sunset; the south winds lightly stirred the pines, and
through the open window wandered into the school-room.

"Dismissed!"

Usually at this word, on the last day of the term, every boy leaped to
his feet: there would be a brief bustle, then Master Lewis would be
seen seated alone amid the silence of the school-room.

But to-day there was something in the tone of the master's voice that
checked the usual unseemly haste. Every boy remained in his seat, as
though waiting for Master Lewis to say something more.

The master saw it, and choked with feeling. It wa