Part 1

IN CHATEAU LAND

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By Anne Hollingsworth Wharton

AN ENGLISH HONEYMOON. Decorated title and 17 illustrations. Cloth, extra, $1.50 net.

ITALIAN DAYS AND WAYS. Decorated title and 8 illustrations. 12 mo. Cloth, extra, $1.50 net.

SOCIAL LIFE IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC. Profusely illustrated. 8vo. Buckram, gilt top, uncut edges. $3.00 net; half levant, $6.00 net.

SALONS, COLONIAL AND REPUBLICAN. Profusely illustrated. 8vo. Buckram, $3.00; three-quarters levant, $6.00.

HEIRLOOMS IN MINIATURES. Profusely illustrated. 8vo. Buckram, $3.00; three-quarters levant, $6.00.

THROUGH COLONIAL DOORWAYS. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.

COLONIAL DAYS AND DAMES. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.

A LAST CENTURY MAID. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25.

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IN CHATEAU LAND

ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH WHARTON

With 25 Illustrations

Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company MCMXI

Copyright, 1911, by J. B. Lippincott Company

Published November, 1911

Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company at the Washington Square Press Philadelphia, U.S.A.

CONTENTS

I PAGE AN EMBARRASSMENT OF CHATEAUX 9

II AN ISLAND CHATEAU 30

III AN AFTERNOON AT COPPET 45

IV EN ROUTE FOR TOURAINE 64

V IN AND AROUND TOURS 80

VI LANGEAIS AND AZAY-LE-RIDEAU 96

VII TWO QUEENS AT AMBOISE 117