Claret and olives, from the Garonne to the Rhone: . N E W-Y 0 E K:GEOEGE P. PUTNAM, 10 PAEK 1852. This work is reprinted from the early proof sheets ofthe London edition, by special TO CHARLES MACKAY, ESQ., LL. D., MY EARLIEST AND KINDEST LITERARY ERIEND CJjge flips ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED. CONTENTS. ^~*~^ FAOK. CHAPTEE I. The Diligence—^Frencli Country Places—The English in Guienne—^Bordeaux—Old Bordeaux—A Bordeaux Landlord—A Suburban Vintaging—The Vint-age Dinner 9-25 CHAPTER II. Claret v. Port—The Claret Soil—^The Claret Vine — Popular Appetite forGrapes—Variable
Claret and olives, from the Garonne to the Rhone: . N E W-Y 0 E K:GEOEGE P. PUTNAM, 10 PAEK 1852. This work is reprinted from the early proof sheets ofthe London edition, by special TO CHARLES MACKAY, ESQ., LL. D., MY EARLIEST AND KINDEST LITERARY ERIEND CJjge flips ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED. CONTENTS. ^~*~^ FAOK. CHAPTEE I. The Diligence—^Frencli Country Places—The English in Guienne—^Bordeaux—Old Bordeaux—A Bordeaux Landlord—A Suburban Vintaging—The Vint-age Dinner 9-25 CHAPTER II. Claret v. Port—The Claret Soil—^The Claret Vine — Popular Appetite forGrapes—Variable qualities of the Claret Soil—French Veterans—The Au-thorities in France 26-40 CHAPTEE III. The Claret Vintage—The Treading of the Grape—The Last Drops of the Grape—Wanderings amongst the Vineyards—Wandering Vintagers—The VintageDinner—The Vintagers Bedroom—The Claret Chateaux—The ChateauMargaux 41-56 CHAPTEE IV. The Landes—The Bordeaux and Teste Eailway—M. Tetard and his Imitator—Start for the Landes—The Language of the Landes—A Eailway Station inthe Landes—The Scenery of the Landes—The Stilt-walkers of the Landes—A Glimpse of Green 5T-73
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