CHAPTER XLVIII
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VERSAILLES AND THE COMMUNE.
The Communists or Communards--The “Internationale”--Bismarck and the National Guard--The Municipal Elections--The Insurrection--Thiers--Paris during the Commune--Concluding Remarks.....355
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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On the Champs Élysées _Frontispiece_
Outside a Railway Station in Paris 1
Waiting for a Fare 3
Omnibus Coachman 4
Private Coachman 4
Hackney Coachman 5
Hearse Coachman 5
An Invitation to a “Petit Verre” 6
Street Scene 8
In the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne at Night 9
In the Flower Market 13
After the Theatre 16
At the Salon 17
A Fair 21
A Café Chantant 24
Parisian Types--In the Barracks 25
Parisian Types--In Search of Cigar-ends 29
A Paris Omnibus 31
Street Scene 32
Eastern End of Île de la Cité _facing_ 33
Austerlitz Bridge 35
On the Saint-Martin Canal 36
The Solferino Bridge, from the Quai d’Orsay 37
The National Bridge 40
The Right Arm of the Seine from Boulevard Henri IV 41
The College of France 44
The Lycée Voltaire 45
The Lycée Charlemagne 47
The Lycée Condorcet 48
The Court of the Sorbonne 49
Façade of the New Sorbonne 51
The Church of the Sorbonne 52
The Dome of the Panthéon, Spire of St. Étienne du Mont, and Tour de Clovis 57
The Panthéon, from the Luxemburg Gardens 60
Place du Panthéon 61
Well in the Courtyard, Cluny Museum _facing_ 65
Interior of the Panthéon 65
Library of Sainte-Geneviève 68
St. Stephen-of-the-Mount 69
Interior of Church of St. Stephen-of-the-Mount 70
The Chapel of the Ancient College of the Lombards 72
Place Maubert, with the Statue of Étienne Dolet 73
Patrons of the Chateau Rouge 75
Rue de Bièvre 75
Ruins of the Palais des Thermes 76
Entrance to the Cluny Museum, Rue du Sammerard 77
Staircase, Cluny Museum 80
Dormer Windows at the Cluny Museum 81
Group of Shafted Weapons in the Artillery Museum 84
Decorated Spanish Cannon in the Artillery Museum 85
Decorated Muskets in the Artillery Museum 85
The Deaf and Dumb Institution 89
Elm Tree in the Court of Honour at the Deaf and Dumb Institution 92
Statue of the Abbé de l’Épée at the Deaf and Dumb Institution 93
The Val de Grâce from the Rue de la Santé 96
View from the Pont de la Concorde _facing_ 97
Entrance to the Observatory 100
The Gardens of the Observatory, Boulevard Arago 101
Place de l’Observatoire 104
School of Drawing, Rue l’École de Médecine 105
Statue of Marshal Ney 105
School of Medicine 107
New Wing of the School of Medicine 107
Hôtel du Cheval Blanc 108
Rue de l’Odéon 109
Rue de l’Ancienne Comédie 109
Odéon Theatre 111
The Luxemburg Palace: the Garden Façade 112
The Luxemburg Palace from the Terrace 112
The Senate Chamber 113
Entrance Court, Luxemburg Palace 115
Grand Avenue, Luxemburg Gardens 115
Sculpture Gallery, Luxemburg Palace 116
Salle des Fêtes, Luxemburg Palace 117
The Central Fountain, Luxemburg Gardens 119
Façade of the Ancient Chapel of the Daughters of Calvary, Luxemburg 120
Listening to the Band in the Luxemburg Gardens 121
The Marie de Médicis Grotto and Fountain 124
Back of the Marie de Médicis Fountain 125
Fremiel-Carpeaux Fountain, Luxemburg Gardens 126
The Luxemburg Museum 128
The Hôtel de Sens _facing_ 129
The Mineralogical Museum 129
Prison of La Santé 132
Inside the Walls of La Santé 132
The Common Quarter, La Santé--“The Parlour” 133
Interior of La Santé 135
Gaolers’ Mess-room, La Santé 136
Entrance to La Grande Roquette 137
Warders’ Room and adjoining Courtyard, La Grande Roquette 140
Chapel, La Grande Roquette 141
The Chapel-school, La Petite Roquette 143
The Political Quarter, Sainte-Pélagie 144
The Courtyard, Saint-Lazare 145
Buffon 148
The Carnivora Section, Jardin des Plantes 149
Entrance to Hothouses, Jardin des Plantes 149
Marabout Storks in the Jardin des Plantes 151
The Polar Bear in the Jardin des Plantes 151
The Bear-pit, Jardin des Plantes 152
Dromedary in the Jardin des Plantes 153
Llama in the Jardin des Plantes 155
Rue des Chantres, looking towards Notre-Dame 156
Site of the House of Abailard and Héloise, Rue des Chantres 157
Rue des Chantres, looking towards the Quai 158
Portion of the Façade, Musée Carnavalet 159
The Opera House _facing_ 161
Entrance to the Mont-de-Piété, Chaussée d’Antin 161
The Jewellery Stores, Rue des Blancs Manteaux 163
In the Rue de Capron Branch of the Mont-de-Piété 164
The Sale-room of the Mont-de-Piété, Rue des Blancs Manteaux 165
Rue de Tournon, with the Façade of the Senate House 168
The Saint-Germain Market 169
The Tower of Saint-Germain-des-Prés 171
Saint-Germain-des-Prés 172
The Side Entrance to Saint-Germain-des-Prés 173
The Rue de l’Abbaye 174
Saint-Sulpice and Apsis of Saint-Sulpice 176
Fountain, Place Saint-Sulpice 177
The Garden, School of Fine Arts 180
The Arc de Gaillon, School of Fine Arts 181
Courtyard, School of Fine Arts 181
A Façade on the Quai Malaquais 182
Street Scene 184
Hôtel des Invalides 185
Dome of the Hôtel des Invalides 186
Dormer Window on the Façade, Hôtel des Invalides 187
The Court of Honour, Hôtel des Invalides 187
Invalides 188
Tomb of Napoleon 189
Entrance to the Tomb of Napoleon 191
Street Scene 192
Latude recognises D’Aligre _facing_ 193
The Laennec Hospital, Rue de Sèvres 193
The Children’s Hospital, Rue de Sèvres 195
The Blind School: in the Work-room 196
Attendants’ Room in a Paris Hospital 197
La Charité 198
Hospital on the Boulevard du Pont Royal 199
Entrance to the St. Louis Hospital 200
Courtyard of the St. Louis Hospital 200
A Ward in the St. Louis Hospital 201
The Repairing Room, St. Louis Hospital 201
The Tenon Hospital 203
Nurse Pupils at the Maternity Hospital 204
The Maternity Hospital 205
Font at the Maternity Hospital 205
Hôspital de la Pitié 206
Façade of the Main Buildings, Salpêtrière 208
The Mazarin Ward, Salpêtrière 209
Place de Conseil, Salpêtrière 212
The Park, Salpêtrière 213
The Village, Salpêtrière 216
The Lunatics’ Quarter, Salpêtrière 217
The Chapel, Salpêtrière 220
The Bicêtre, 1710 (_After Gueroult_) 221
Dinner-Time at Bicêtre 224
Entrance to Bicêtre 224
The Bièvre _facing_ 225
Avenue des Gobelins 226
The Bièvre in the Gardens of the Gobelins 227
The Old Buildings of the Gobelins 228
In the Gardens of the Gobelins 228
Interior of the Gobelins 229
A Street in the Neighbourhood of the Gobelins 230
Façade of the Chamber of Deputies on Place du Palais Bourbon 232
Chamber of Deputies from the Quai d’Orsay 233
Ruins of the Palace of the Council of State, Quai d’Orsay 237
Palace of the Legion of Honour 238
The Ministry of War 240
Fountain in the Rue de Grenelle 241
Grimm and Diderot 244
Statue of Diderot, Boulevard St.-Germain, facing the Rue St.-Benoit 245
Entrance to the Courtyard of the Dragon 248
Courtyard of the Dragon 249
The Montparnasse Station 253
Second-hand Bookstalls 256
The Bureau de Bienfaisance Asylum at Vincennes: (1) The Façade. (2) The Bowling Green _facing_ 257
Old-Clothes Dealer 260
Le Débarcadère des Bateaux-Omnibus: Vendors of Refreshments 261
Snow Scene 267
Bookstalls on the Quai Voltaire 268
Édmond About 272
The late Albert Wolff, of the _Figaro_ 273
Statue of Voltaire, 277
The Pont du Carrousel and the Louvre, from the Quai Malaquais 280
The Seine, between the City and the Quai des Augustines 281
Jean Jacques Rousseau 284
Madame D’Épinay 285
A Night Refuge in the Vaugirard Quarter _facing_ 289
Cardinal Mazarin 289
Entrance to the Hôtel de Chateaubriand, in the Faubourg St. Germain 293
The Bridge, Place, and Boulevard St. Michel 296
The St. Michel Fountain 297
The Castle of Chambord 301
Porte aux Pommes: Fruit-boats on the Seine 304
Porte aux Pommes 305
The Villette _Abbatoirs_ 309
A Seine Steamboat 312
The Seine at Grenelle 313
The Chapelle Saint Denis Barrier 317
The _Octroi_ Barriers of Petit-Château and Grand-Bercy 320
Versailles: the Façade and the Great Fountain _facing_ 321
Tram at the Barrier 321
Street Scene 324
Asylum for Women, Rue Fessart: The Refectory 329
A “Bureau de Bienfaisance” 332
A Night Refuge 333
Pensioners of “L’Assistance Publique” 335, 336
Versailles (_from an old print_) 341
The Colonnade of Versailles 344
The Gallery of Battles, Versailles 345
General Trochu 349
Map of the Fortifications at the Siege of Paris 352
The Prussians Entering Paris _facing_ 353
Prince Bismarck 355
M. Thiers 357
Marshal MacMahon 360
[Illustration: OUTSIDE A RAILWAY STATION IN PARIS.]
PARIS, OLD AND NEW.
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