CHAPTER XXVII

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CENTRAL PARIS (_continued_).

Rue de Venise--Rachel--St.-Nicholas-in-the-Fields--The Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers--The Gaieté--Rue des Archives--The Mont de Piété--The National Printing Office--The Hôtel Lamoignon.....298

## CHAPTER XXVIII .

CENTRAL PARIS (_continued_).

The Rue Saint-Denis--Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles--George Cadoudal--Saint-Eustache--The Central Markets--The General Post Office.....311

## CHAPTER XXIX .

THE "NATIONAL RAZOR."

The Rue de l'Arbre Sec--Dr. Guillotin--Dr. Louis--The Guillotine--The First Political Execution.....327

## CHAPTER XXX .

THE EXECUTIONER.

The Executioner--His Taxes and Privileges--Monsieur de Paris--Victor of Nîmes.....330

## CHAPTER XXXI .

PÈRE-LACHAISE.

The Cemeteries of Clamart and Picpus--Père-Lachaise--La Villette and Chaumont--The Conservatoire--Rue Laffitte--The Rothschilds--Montmartre--Clichy.....333

## CHAPTER XXXII .

PARIS DUELS.

The Legal Institution of the Duel--The Congé de la Bataille--In the Sixteenth Century--Jarnac--Famous Duels.....345

## CHAPTER XXXIII .

THE STUDENTS OF PARIS.

Paris Students--Their Character--In the Middle Ages--At the Revolution--Under the Directory--In 1814--In 1819--Lallemand--In the Revolution of 1830.....355

## CHAPTER XXXIV .

THE RAG-PICKER OF PARIS.

The Chiffonier or Rag-picker--His Methods and Hours of Work--His Character--A Diogenes--The _Chiffonier de Paris_.....360

## CHAPTER XXXV .

THE BOHEMIAN OF PARIS.

Béranger's Bohemians--Balzac's Definition--Two Generations--Henri Mürger.....365

## CHAPTER XXXVI .

THE PARIS WAITER.

The Garçon--The Development of the Type--The Garçon's Daily Routine--His Ambitions and Reverses.....369

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