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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, chapter 14 (search)
he Grande Chartreuse. From Chambery he visited the house and burial-place of Madame de Warens, Rousseau's friend. His search for them is related in his letter to Longfellow, September 15. The mineral springs of Aix—aluminous and sulphurous, and issuing from the earth with a temperature as high as one can bear—have been sought from the time of the Romans for the cure of rheumatism and other diseases. The establishment has been much changed since 1858, being enlarged after the cession of Savoy to France. The town is hemmed in by hills; and within two miles is Lake Bourget, celebrated by Lamartine, on the shore of which, in the monastery of Haute Combe, are the tombs of the princes of the House of Savoy. In this retreat, Sumner lodged at the Hotel Royal, now Hotel d'aix, and had room 47. In May, 1879, the writer met at Aix M. Paul Guibert, son of the proprietor of the hotel when Sumner was there, and also met Dr. Davat. then far more quiet than now, Sumner remained three week