19th Century Travel Book with Charming Notes on Visiting the 5 famous Chateaux in the Loire Valley of France

While researching an upcoming trip to France I came upon pages from a compilation of old travel narratives done for the Nation Magazine in the 19th century. In there was a charming piece though full of misspellings on visiting the five major chateaux of the Touraine (the former province of France in the Loire Valley) where the Kings of France built castles in the middle ages that were later converted or rebuilt into Renaissance chateaux. The five chateaux discussed are among the ones most visited and mentioned in today's travel guides: Chenonceaux, Amboise, Chaumont, Blois and Chambord.

Here are the first few pages of the article...






And for the entire book: