IN FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND. BY THE REV. FERGUS FERGUSON, M.A., GLASGOW, Author of "Sacred Scenes in Egypt and the Holy Land," ELLIOT STOCK, 62 PATERNOSTER ROW. DEDICATORY NOTE. TO THE REV. FERGUS FERGUSON, SEN., ABERDEEN, THE AUTHOR'S FATHER, THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED WITH GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION. PREFATORY NOTE. THE circumstances in which the journey was undertaken, in the autumn of 1863, of which the following volume contains a detailed account, are sufficiently explained in the commencement of the first chapter. I offer no apology for publishing my impressions concerning countries which have been so frequently visited; because different men have different ways of describing the same scenes, and every author has his own circle of friends and acquaintances, which he can specially influence. I have endeavoured, as in my two volumes of travel in the East, to intersperse, illustratively, spiritual reflections by the way, in humble imitation of the Great Teacher, who, in the days of His flesh, often spake unto the people in parables. I beg leave to commend the work to His gracious blessing and regard. GLASGOW, November, 1868. F. F. |