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GENEVA




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[Illustration: SUNSET ON MONT BLANC FROM ABOVE GENEVA]




  GENEVA

  PAINTED BY
  J. HARDWICKE LEWIS &
  MAY HARDWICKE LEWIS
  DESCRIBED BY
  FRANCIS GRIBBLE

  [Illustration]

  LONDON
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  1908




Contents


              CHAPTER I
                                   PAGE
  OLD GENEVA                          1


              CHAPTER II

  THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE             9


              CHAPTER III

  THE REFORMATION                    13


              CHAPTER IV

  THE EXPULSION OF THE NUNS          17


              CHAPTER V

  THE RULE OF CALVIN                 23


              CHAPTER VI

  THE TRIUMPH OF THE THEOCRACY       29


              CHAPTER VII

  THE UNIVERSITY                     33


              CHAPTER VIII

  PROFESSOR ANDREW MELVILL           39


              CHAPTER IX

  THÉODORE DE BÈZE                   43


              CHAPTER X

  WAR WITH SAVOY                     51


              CHAPTER XI

  THE ESCALADE                       53


              CHAPTER XII

  AN INTERVAL OF QUIET               61


              CHAPTER XIII

  REVOLUTIONS                        65


              CHAPTER XIV

  LITERATURE AND SCIENCE             71


              CHAPTER XV

  SAUSSURE                           77


              CHAPTER XVI

  MEN OF LETTERS                     89


              CHAPTER XVII

  SONGS AND SQUIBS                   93


              CHAPTER XVIII

  RELIGIOUS REVIVAL                  95


              CHAPTER XIX

  ROMANTICISM                        99


              CHAPTER XX

  LATER MEN OF LETTERS              105


              CHAPTER XXI

  VOLTAIRE                          107


              CHAPTER XXII

  VOLTAIRE AND THE THEATRE          111


              CHAPTER XXIII

  VISITORS TO FERNEY                119


              CHAPTER XXIV

  COPPET                            123




List of Illustrations


   1. Sunset on Mont Blanc from above Geneva.  J. H. L.   _Frontispiece_

                                                             FACING PAGE
   2. L’Église de la Madeleine, Geneva.  M. H. L.                      6

   3. The Last Snow on the Wooded <DW72>s.  M. H. L.                   10

   4. Geneva from the Arve.  M. H. L.                                 20

   5. The Bay of Meillerie.  J. H. L.                                 26

   6. Evian les Bains, Hte. Savoie.  M. H. L.                         34

   7. The Glaciers des Bossons, Chamonix.  J. H. L.                   38

   8. Yvoire, Hte. Savoie.  M. H. L.                                  44

   9. La Roche, Hte. Savoie.  J. H. L.                                50

  10. The Castle of Etrembières, Hte. Savoie.  J. H. L.               56

  11. Nyon Castle, looking across the Lake to Mont Blanc.  J. H. L.   62

  12. Montenvers and Aiguilles Verte and Dru.  J. H. L.               68

 