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The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Day's Tour, by Percy Fitzgerald This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Bethune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg Author: Percy Fitzgerald Release Date: August 12, 2005 [EBook #16518] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A DAY'S TOUR *** Produced by From images generously made available by gallica (Bibliotheque nationale de France) at http://gallica.bnf.fr., Robert Connal, Karen Dalrymple and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: PRICE ONE SHILLING. CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY.] [Illustration] A DAY'S TOUR A Journey through France and Belgium BY _CALAIS, TOURNAY, ORCHIES, DOUAI, ARRAS, BETHUNE, LILLE, COMINES, YPRES, HAZEBROUCK, BERGUES, AND ST. OMER_ WITH A FEW SKETCHES BY PERCY FITZGERALD [Illustration] London CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY 1887 PREFACE. This trifle is intended as an illustration of the little story in 'Evenings at Home' called 'Eyes and No Eyes,' where the prudent boy saw so much during his walk, and his companion nothing at all. Travelling has become so serious a business from its labours and accompaniments, that the result often seems to fall short of what was expected, and the means seem to overpower the end. On the other hand, a visit to unpretending places in an unpretending way often produces unexpected entertainment for the contemplative man. Some such experiment was the following, where everything was a surprise because little was expected. The epicurean tourist will be facetious on the loss of sleep and comfort, money, etc.; but to a person in good health and spirits these are but trifling inconveniences. ATHENAEUM CLUB, _August, 1887_. CONTENTS. I. IN TOWN II. DOVER III. THE PACKET IV. CALAIS V. TOURNAY VI. DOUAI VII. ARRAS VIII. LILLE IX. YPRES X. BERGUES XI. ST. OMER XII. ST. PIERRE LES CALAIS A D
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