Photo by Arthur Stanley Riggs 



THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH OP MARIUS AT ORANGE, FRANCE 



This arch stands on the road from Orange to Lyon and is regarded as the finest monu- 

 ment of the Roman period in France. It is believed to have been built to commemorate 

 the defeat of Sacrover in the year 25 A. D. (see text, page 434). 



capitated willows, sprouting foliage that 

 looks like bushy hair all on end, and 

 skeleton poplars — so many living sign- 

 posts to say: Here is water. 



"he who has success has honor" 



When one thinks of gray old Bourges, 

 picture after picture forms on the men- 

 tal canvas, each seeming more beautiful 

 than the others, except Louis XI ! Yet 

 even he is fascinating, as he squats in 

 bronze effigy behind the house of Jacques 

 Cceur, a malignant, inscrutable human 

 monster, as strong as he was guileful. 

 His personal idea of diplomacy was, to 

 use his own words : "He who has suc- 



cess, has honor.'' How far has the world 

 progressed in four centuries ? 



The Jacques Cceur house is one of the 

 most glorious monuments to the taste and 

 skill of the Middle Ages in existence, a 

 royal palace in size and beauty, built 

 partly upon or with the ancient Roman 

 walls of Bourges. Two of the original 

 towers blend harmoniously with its 

 myriad other decorative features : tur- 

 rets, gargoyles, beautiful round-cornered 

 chimneys, carved and fretted casements, 

 and, over the main doorway, counterfeit 

 windows, from which stone servants lean 

 out against the coming of the master. No 

 less alluring is the courtyard, with carven 

 stair-towers, coats of arms in cceurs 



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