Tales of All Countries

· 1882

BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE, AUTHOR OF “THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH MAIN,” “DOCTOR THORNE,” “ORLEY FARM,” ETC. The Pyreneean valley in which the baths of Vernet are situated is not much known to English, or indeed to any travellers. Tourists in search of good hotels and picturesque beauty combined, do not generally extend their journeys to the Eastern Pyrenees. They rarely get beyond Luchon; and in this they are right, as they thus end their peregrinations at the most lovely spot among these mountains, and are as a rule so deceived, imposed on, and bewildered by guides, innkeepers, and horse-owners, at this otherwise delightful place, as to become undesirous of further travel. Nor do invalids f…

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