PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 



it is not the purpose of this second preface to make 

 known the frame of mind in which I wrote, Init rather to explain 

 tlie alteration and expansion of the [iresent volume. The 

 reader will be iinmediatelv struck liv the numerous botanical 

 illustrations which have been introduced into the text. These, 

 it is hoped, "will be found a great assistance to the coin- 

 prehension of the plants which are described. J\Ian\' of those 

 interested in these ''Rambles on the Riviera" had expressed 

 a wish that the volume should be thus illustrated. It is a 

 matter of couirratulation to me that Miss Louise Reusch has 

 devoted herself to this task. She has travelled on the Riviera, 

 and there, on the si)ot, she has jjainted from Nature the 

 pictures for this book. The beautv of these paintings proves 

 her to be an accomjjlished artist; thev are not onlv artistic, 

 but are absolutelv true to Xatin-e. To her brush are also due the 

 appropriate vignettes which mark the main divisions of the book. 

 It reflects much credit on the publisher that he was willing to go to 

 such great expense for an undertaking with which he s\'m- 

 pathised; he has indeed placed me under a great obligation. 



A comparison of the earlier with the present edition of 

 mv "Rambles" will show that scarcely a page of the former 

 remains unaltered. Yet I have regarded it as essential to 

 retain the original arrangement of the subject matter and the 

 sequence of the different Impressions which I received in mv 

 trips to the Riviera each spring during the last ten vears. 

 The last two sections of the book replace those earlier de- 

 scriptions which were found to be no longer suitable. These 

 new chapters A\'ere penned during visits to the Riviera in the 



