CHAPTER XXIX

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LUNATIC ASYLUMS AND MIXED INSTITUTIONS.

The Treatment of Lunacy in the Past--La Salpêtrière--Bicêtre--The Story of Latude--The Four Sergeants of La Rochelle--Pinel’s Reforms--Charenton.....207

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THE RIVER BIÈVRE AND THE MANUFACTORY OF THE GOBELINS.

The Brothers Gobelin--Lebrun--The Gobelins under Louis XIV.--At the Time of the Revolution--The Manufactory of Sèvres.....225

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THE PALAIS BOURBON.

The Palais Bourbon--Its History--The National Convention--Philippe Égalité.....231

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SOME HISTORICAL RESIDENCES.

The Palace of the Legion of Honour--The Ministry of War--The Rue de Grenelle--Talleyrand.....236

## CHAPTER XXXIII .

THE RUE TARANNE AND DIDEROT.

Diderot’s Early Life in Paris--His Love Affairs--Imprisonment in the Château de Vincennes--Diderot and Catherine II. of Russia--His Death.....242

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