Vanished halls and cathedrals of France . han a countess.(Kervyn de Lettenhove, Histoire d Flandre, t, ii. ) To Arras, in common with the neighboring towns, camefor exchange the produce of the North and the South,the riches collected in the pilgrimages to Novogorod, andthose brought over by caravans from Samarcand and Bag-dad,— the pitch of Norway and oils of Andalusia, thefurs of Russia and dates from the Atlas, the metals fromHungary and Bohemia, the figs of Granada, the honeyof Portugal, the wax of Morocco and the spices fromEgypt: Whereby says the ancient manuscript, noland is to be
Vanished halls and cathedrals of France . han a countess.(Kervyn de Lettenhove, Histoire d Flandre, t, ii. ) To Arras, in common with the neighboring towns, camefor exchange the produce of the North and the South,the riches collected in the pilgrimages to Novogorod, andthose brought over by caravans from Samarcand and Bag-dad,— the pitch of Norway and oils of Andalusia, thefurs of Russia and dates from the Atlas, the metals fromHungary and Bohemia, the figs of Granada, the honeyof Portugal, the wax of Morocco and the spices fromEgypt: Whereby says the ancient manuscript, noland is to be compared in merchandise to this land. And so, even if the guide books do dismiss Arras at theend of a few curt details with the words The Town isnow given over to various manufactures, and its fewattractions may be exhausted between trains, Arras cer-tainly did offer to the curious tourist many quaint vistas,a Town Hall of great architectural individuality, and inher two picturesque squares, the Grand Place and 32 21^ k^ 4 ?^^_ Lvrtf. ->jt--^ -v.^ \ X ^? -^^ V ARRAS the Petit Place, a picture of antiquity not surpassedby any other town in Northern France. Quoting that eminent architect, Mr. Ralph AdamsCram, We may pause in spirit in Arras (it would notbe well to be there now in body, unless one were a soldierin the army of the Allies, when it would be perilous, buttouched with glory), for sight of an old, old city that gavea vision, better than almost any other in France, of whatcities were in this region at the high-tide of the Renais-sance. It is gone now, utterly, irremediably, and the illwork begun in the revolution and continued under the em-pire, when the great and splendid Gothic Cathedral wassold and destroyed, has been finished by Prussian shells. Capital of Artois, it had a vivid and eventful history,continuing under Baldwin of the Iron Arm, who becamethe first Count of Arras; then being halved between theCount of Flanders and the King of France; given by
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