. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. n pale azure beyond the darkening woods. Stephen, I said, as we were gazing together in silence onall this, I think that in the way of beauty—not grandeur orsublimity, but beauty only—this is the most perfect scene I haveever beheld, and we are here at its own hour. It can neverhave been more beautiful than now. There is enough, but nottoo much, of light, the colouring is as harmonious as a Titianand nothing is too sharply defined. The moon is brightening,the red in the western horizon is lingering still, but n
. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. n pale azure beyond the darkening woods. Stephen, I said, as we were gazing together in silence onall this, I think that in the way of beauty—not grandeur orsublimity, but beauty only—this is the most perfect scene I haveever beheld, and we are here at its own hour. It can neverhave been more beautiful than now. There is enough, but nottoo much, of light, the colouring is as harmonious as a Titianand nothing is too sharply defined. The moon is brightening,the red in the western horizon is lingering still, but not for us go before it changes more ! So we buried ourselves in the thick shade of the pathway thatgoes down to the river-side, carrying away in memory the fairestlandscape on the Saone, perhaps the fairest scene in France. 3i6 The Sao/ie. LETTER LI I. Tr£voux, September 14J/1. There is such a glamour in romantic history that a place likeTrevoux gains infinitely in interest when we know that it is notonly very old and picturesque, but that it was once the seat of a. Trevoux, Rue du Port. line of sovereigns, though they were but princes and had not avery extensive territory. Trevoux has a history as romantic as its situation. It wasthe capital of the Principality called to this day ? Les Dombes. A Summer Voyage. 317 One of its princes was made prisoner at Agincourt. Afterfighting against the Counts of Savoy and the Dukes of Bur-gundy, the Principality was recognised and respected, and longretained a degree of independence that is very surprising in thecase of a state neither large enough to be really powerful norlittle enough to escape attention. The later princes of theDombes lived at Paris, but retained almost complete sovereignpowers. They could create nobles, coin money, levy taxes, andcondemn to death. They had a Privy Council of their own atParis and a Parliament sitting at Trevoux. The final annexa-tion of Trevoux to the French crown only took place about t
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