Excerpt from Scenes and Thoughts in Europe To be ushered of a sudden, hungry, upon the scene of a repast that has been, with the fragments of good cheer strewn around, is not a happy beginning. When we got on board dinner, was over. Under the awning, at the long, narrow tables, with tall, empty Rhenish bottles in the midst, a medley of nations were chatting German, French, English, with the volubility and complacency of satisfied appetites. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Europe Illustrated: Its Picturesque Scenes and Places of Note Before the great Revolution, France was divided into thirty-two large and eighty small provinces, which equalled the divisions of the Middle Ages; but this arrangement was, in 1790, abolished, and the country divided into eighty-six departments, with names mostly suggested by the rivers, mountains, and other natural features which happened to fall within their limits. These, again, were subdivided into districts, these into cantons, and these into communes. TO each department a governor or prefect was appointed; to each district, 3. Sub-prefect, and to each canton and commune, a mayor. As the names of the provinces still continue to be used in history, they are most widely known. It will, therefore, be better to retain them here, while giving an introductory general outline of their characteristics, previous to entering into such particulars as must necessarily pass under review whilst making the Grand Tour of Europe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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