Pilgrimages in the Pyrenees and Landes

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PILGRIMAGES IN THE PYRENEES AND LANDES. ' Vndo in terram visionis.'— Gen. xxii. 2. ' On rt beaucoup ecrit sur les Pyrenees ; le poetc les a chantees _J'ecrivain en a racontO les merveilles ; le savant en a explore les curio^it-'s, W^ffl les secrets. Nos vallees, moins lunreuses que les vallees de la Suisse, n'ont pas eu encore un historien catholique qui Bftt faire ressortir avec autant de devotion que de genie le charme de ses souvenirs religieux, et rendre Interessantes les annales de la Chapelle consucrLC ;\ la Vierge; la vieille chronique de la vieille foi des montagnards; enrin, la legende d'autrefois, naive mais touchante peinture d'une picto simple et profonde.'— De Laoueze, Les Ptlerinaget det PyrimUs. OlDsl: PILGRIMAGES IN TH PYRENEES AND LANDES. IN- DENTS SHYNE LAWLOE, ESQ. LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1870. l"NTjOn : rniNTEn by I POTTI8WOODI AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE ANI> PARMAMKNT STREET TO MRS. O'CONNELL, DARRYNANE ABBEY, COUNTY KERRY.

I cannot send forth this volume under auspices more agreeable to my heart than its dedication to you, my beloved daughter. Although written in France, much of it was transcribed under the roof of your accomplished husband, the true-hearted representative of the illustrious ' Liberator,' at ' wild Darrynane,' where, in the piety and purity of your life, you daily renew the grand Catholic traditions of your historic residence. You will appreciate with me the glories of Her whom both of us venerate, and whose power this book celebrates ; and I permit myself to hope that, when I long shall have passed away, this p.age m.ay survive to speak to your children and to recall to yourself the memory and the love of your Father. London: January 1, 1870. CONTENTS. PAOE sNTRODUCTION xi Our Ladi of B£tharraii :! < ■ IR U-(iN .-).)

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