A Little Tour in France by Henry James, Fiction, Classics, Literary

From Tours to Dijon, James tells of the towns and cities, the church and inns, the museums and palaces.& 34;I am ashamed to begin with saying that Touraine is the garden of France; that remark has long ago lost its bloom. The town of Tours, however, has something sweet and bright, which suggests that it is surrounded by a land of fruits. It is a very agreeable little city; few towns of its size are more ripe, more complete, or, I should suppose, in better humor with themselves and less disposed to envy the responsibilities of bigger places. It is truly the capital of its smiling province . . .& 34;