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CHAPTER I.
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Origin of the Purpose of the Trip.
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CHAPTER II.
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Crossing the Atlantic.
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CHAPTER III.
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Bordeaux and Paris.
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CHAPTER IV.
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Meeting England's Premier.
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CHAPTER V.
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The Birthplace of Lafayette.
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CHAPTER VI.
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A Great Munitions Plant.
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CHAPTER VII.
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Art and Architecture of Arles.
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CHAPTER VIII.
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Along the Mediterranean.
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CHAPTER IX.
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Towns in Southern France.
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CHAPTER X.
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The Creusot Gun Works.
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CHAPTER XI.
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Approaching the Front.
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CHAPTER XII.
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Within Sound of the Guns.
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CHAPTER XIII.
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The Story of Gerbeviller.
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CHAPTER XIV.
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On the Main Front.
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CHAPTER XV.
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Reims and the Trenches.
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CHAPTER XVI.
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Back to Paris.
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CHAPTER XVII.
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On the Way Home - England.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
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On the Broad Atlantic.
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CHAPTER XIX.
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The French Steel Industry in War Time.
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CHAPTER XX.
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Where War Has Raged.
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CHAPTER XXI.
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General Joffre.
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CHAPTER XXII.
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The Work of Reconstruction.
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CHAPTER XXIII.
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French Business Organizations.
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CHAPTER XXIV.
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The Carrel Method of Treating Wounds.
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CHAPTER XXV.
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A City in an Army's Path.
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CHAPTER XXVI.
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Some impressions of France and the French.
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Typical French Soldier in Uniform.
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Frontispiece
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Photograph of Commissioners, Taken on Train Leaving Paris for Limoges.
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The Author's Passport.
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Autograph Signatures of the Commission.
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Grand Theatre, Bordeaux. Closed Until the War Ends.
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Miniature French Flag Carried by the Author Through France. The Waving of This Flag by an American Aroused Much Enthusiasm.
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Lloyd George, Who Says "England is Fighting a Battle for Civilization".
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Miss Winifred Holt, "Keeper of the Light House of France".
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Ancient Bridge at Limoges - Built by the Romans Two Thousand Years Ago and Still in Use.
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Tapestry Workers at Aubusson.
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Lafayette's Deathbed, With Commission's Flag and Flowers.
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Monastery of St. Michael, at le Puy.
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Silk Tapestry Menu Used at Dinner to the Commission at St. Etienne.
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Col. Rimailho With 155-mm. Gun (upper) and Famous 75-mm. Gun (lower) Perfected by Him.
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Women Employed in Munitions Factories.
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Arlesiennes - Types of Southern France.
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Old Roman Arena at Arles - Still Used for Bull Fights and Other Amusements.
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Shore of the Mediterranean Near Marseilles. In the distance Chateau D'If, Made Famous by Dumas.
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Types From the French Provinces.
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Monastery of Chartreuse.
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New 520-mm. Gun, Carrying Projectile Seven Feet in Length and Weighing 3,100 lbs., Seen at Creusot Works.
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German Prisoners Passing Through the Village of St. Etienne.
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The Lion of Belfort.
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Battlefield of La Chipotte, Showing Monument and Markers on Graves.
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Ruins of Gerbeviller.
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Sister Julie.
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Cathedral at Nancy.
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German Trenches Captured by the French.
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The Reims Cathedral Before its Destruction.
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Ruins at Reims. Upper and Lower Plates - The Cathedral. Middle Plate - The Archbishop's Palace.
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Key of Archbishop's Palace at Reims and Bone From Twelfth Century Tombs Opened by German Shells.
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Trenches Visited by the Commission.
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King Albert's Address to the Belgians.
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Photograph of King Albert of Belgium, with the Royal Autograph.
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French Marines Operating 75-mm. Gun on Shipboard.
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Nancy - Place Stanislas.
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Ruins of Village - St. Die.
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The Prefecture at Reims After Bombardment.
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Portrait in Tapestry - General Joffre.
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Ruins at Nancy.
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Trenches Occupied by French Soldiers.
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Proclamation Posted in Reims Just Before the French Fell Back to the Marne.
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Arrival of Wounded Soldiers at Chalons, on the Marne.
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Proclamation by the Mayor of Reims, Issued on the day the Germans Entered that City, September 4, 1914.
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First Order From the Invaders.
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Second German Proclamation.
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Citizens Warned of Danger.
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Citizens Warned that Hostages May be Hanged.
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Postal-card Painted by Artist Soldier in French Trenches
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