CHAPTER IV

PERILS FOR PROTESTANT TRAVELLERS

The Inquisition--The Jesuits--Penalties of recusancy.


CHAPTER V

THE INFLUENCE OF THE FRENCH ACADEMIES

France the arbiter of manners in the seventeenth century--Riding the
great horse--Attempts to establish academies in England--Why travellers
neglected Spain.


CHAPTER VI

THE GRAND TOUR

Origin of the term--Governors for young travellers--Expenses of travel.


CHAPTER VII

THE DECADENCE OF THE GRAND TOUR

The decline of the courtier--Foundation of chairs of Modern History and
Modern Languages at Oxford and Cambridge--Englishmen become
self-sufficient--Books of travel become common--Advent of the Romantic