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CHAPTER XXXVII

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THE PARIS COOK.

Brillat Savarin on the Art of Cooking--The Cook and the Roaster--Cooking in the Seventeenth Century--Louis XV.--Mme. de Maintenon.....372

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Boulevard des Italiens....._Frontispiece_

Place de la Concorde.....1

The Left Bank of the Seine, from Notre Dame.....4

Right Bank of the Seine, from Notre Dame.....5

On the Boulevards--Corner of Place de l'Opéra.....8

Théâtre Français.....9

A Street Scene.....11

Notre Dame.....12

The Choir Stalls, Notre Dame.....13

Rue du Cloitre.....16

Apsis of Notre Dame.....17

The Leaden Spire, Notre Dame.....20

Gargoyles in the Sacristy, Notre Dame.....21

Church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois.....24

(Map) Principal Streets of Paris.....25

## Scene during the Massacre of St. Bartholomew.....28

The Pont-Neuf and the Louvre, from the Quai des Augustins.....30

By the Pont-Neuf.....32

Seine Fishers.....32

View from the Pavilion de Flore....._facing_ 33

The Pont-Neuf and the Mint.....33

Statue of Henri IV. on the Pont-Neuf.....36

The Institute.....37

The Pont-Neuf from the Island.....40

View from the Western Point of the Île de la Cité.....41

Place de la Bastille and Column of July.....45

Junction of Grands Boulevards and Rue and Faubourg Montmartre.....48

The Bastille.....49

The Conquerors of the Bastille.....53

À la Robespierre.....56

A Lady of 1793.....56

A Tricoteuse.....56

Map showing the Extension of Paris.....57

Adrienne Lecouvreur.....61

A Duel in the Bois de Boulogne.....64

The Seine from Notre Dame....._facing_ 5

Recruits.....65

Hôtel Carnavalet.....68

Hôtel Lamoignon.....69

Statue of Louis XIII. in the Place des Vosges.....71

The Place des Vosges, formerly Place Royale.....72

The Arcade in the Place des Vosges.....73

The Winter Circus in the Boulevard des Filles de Calvaire.....77

Louis Philippe.....80

Attempted Assassination of Louis Philippe.....81

A Parisian Café.....84

Place de la République.....85

Frédéric Lemaître.....89

Porte Saint-Martin and the Renaissance Theatre.....92

Church of Saint-Méry, Rue Saint-Martin.....93

Apsis of Church of Saint-Méry, Rue Brisemiche.....96

Notre Dame....._facing_ 97

Entrance to the Faubourg Saint-Denis.....97

Boulevard and Porte Saint-Denis.....101

Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle and the Gymnase Theatre.....104

The Boulevard Montmartre.....105

Entrance to the Théâtre des Variétés, Boulevard Montmartre.....109

Cafés on the Boulevard Montmartre.....112

Molière.....113

Street Coffee Stall.....114

Boulevard des Italiens.....116

The 6th of June; the Last of the Insurrection.....121

Marivaux.....124

Paris in the Seventeenth Century.....125

Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin.....128

View from the Roof of the Opera House....._facing_ 129

Mlle. Clairon.....129

View from the Balcony of the Opera.....132

Avenue de l'Opéra.....133

One of the Domes of the Opera House.....135

Eastern Pavilion, Opera House.....136

The Public Foyer, Opera House.....137

Western Pavilion, Opera House.....140

The Staircase of the Opera House.....141

The Madeleine.....144

Interior of the Madeleine.....145

Place de la Concorde.....149

Place de la Concorde, from the Terrace of the Tuileries.....152

Trial of Louis XVI.....153

Top of the Vendôme Column.....155

The Place Vendôme.....157

Rue Castiglione.....160

A First Night at the Comédie Française--The Foyer....._facing_ 161

Mirabeau.....161

Robespierre.....164

The Palais Royal.....165

Gardens of the Palais Royal.....168

The Palais Royal after the Siege.....169

The Montpensier Gallery, Palais Royal.....170

Entrance to the Comédie Française.....172

The Public Foyer, Comédie Française.....173

The Green Room, Comédie Française.....176

Molière.....177

Corneille.....180

Voltaire.....181

The Committee of the Comédie Française: Alexandre Dumas (the younger) Reading a Play.....185

Behind the Scenes, Comédie Française.....186

Entrance to the National Library in the Rue des Petits Champs.....188

The Bourse.....189

The Apollo Gallery--The Louvre....._facing_ 193

The Louvre, from the Place du Carrousel.....193

The Old Louvre (Pierre Lescot's Façade).....195

The Colonnade of the Louvre.....196

Portion of the Façade of Henri IV.'s Gallery, Louvre.....197

Top of the Marsan Pavilion, Louvre.....200

The Marsan and Flora Pavilions, Louvre, from the Pont-Royal.....201

The Richelieu Pavilion.....205

The Tuileries in the Eighteenth Century.....208

The Terrace, Tuileries Gardens.....209

The Tuileries Gardens.....209

Lion in the Tuileries Gardens.....211

The Chestnuts of the Tuileries.....212

Louis XVI. Stopped at Varennes by Drouet.....213

The Royal Family at Varennes.....216

Monument to Gambetta, Place du Carrousel.....217

The Horses of Marly, Champs Élysées.....220

The Elysée.....221

Saint-Philippe du Roule.....221

The Great Lake, Bois de Boulogne.....223

Avenue du Bois de Boulogne.....224

Arc de Triomphe....._facing_ 225

Avenue des Champs Élysées.....225

Avenue Marigny, Champs Élysées.....227

Fountain in the Champs Élysées.....228

The Champ de Mars, 1889.....229

The Military School, Champ de Mars.....232

General La Fayette.....233

The Palais de l'Industrie, Champs Élysées.....236

View Showing Exhibition of 1889.....237

View from the First Platform of the Eiffel Tower.....240

The Trocadéro.....241

Hôtel de Ville in the Fifteenth Century.....244

Attack on the Hôtel de Ville, 1830.....245

Statue of Étienne Marcel on the Quai Hôtel de Ville.....246

The Municipal Council Chamber, Hôtel de Ville.....248

Île St. Louis.....249

The Quai de l'Horloge.....252

Pont au Change and Palais de Justice.....253

The Clock of the Palais de Justice.....255

Entrance to the Court of Assize.....256

The Palais de Justice....._facing_ 257

The Palais de Justice and Sainte-Chapelle.....257

The Façade of the Old Palais de Justice.....260

The Salle des Pas Perdus.....261

Police Carriages.....263

The Conciergerie, Palais de Justice.....264

The Sainte-Chapelle.....265

The Lower Chapel of the Sainte-Chapelle.....267

The Upper Chapel of the Sainte-Chapelle.....268

The Tribunal of Commerce.....269

A Pompier.....272

A Guardian of the Peace.....273

An Orderly of the Garde de Paris.....274

A Gendarme.....277

Principal Court of the Hôtel-Dieu.....280

Rue de Rivoli.....281

Façade of the Church of St. Gervais and St. Protais; and the Apsis, from the Rue des Barres.....284

Tower of Saint-Jacques-la-Boucherie.....285

Hôtel de Beauvais.....286

Church of St. Louis and St. Paul.....288

Rue de Rivoli and Hôtel de Ville....._facing_ 289

Rue Grenier-sur-l'eau.....289

The Pont-Marie.....292

Rue Saint Louis-en-l'Île.....293

Pont au Change, Place du Châtelet, and Boulevard de Sebastopol.....296

The Palmier Fountain, Place du Châtelet.....297

Rue de Venise.....299

St. Nicholas-in-the-Fields.....300

The Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers.....301

The Vertbois Tower and Fountain.....303

The Gaieté Theatre.....304

In the Temple Market.....305

The Temple Market.....305

Sixteenth Century Cloisters, Rue des Billettes.....307

Palace of the National Archives.....308

Hôtel de Hollande.....309

Turret at Corner of Rues Vieille du Temple and Francs Bourgeois.....309

Rue de Birague, leading to the Place des Vosges.....311

Fountain of the Innocents.....312

Saint-Eustache.....313

A Market Scene.....315

An Auction Sale of Poultry in the Central Market.....316

Rue Rambuteau in the Early Morning.....317

On the Way to the Central Markets.....319

The Fish Market.....320

Interior of the Mont de Piété, Rue Capron....._facing_ 321

The General Post Office.....321

The Poste Restante.....321

The Public Hall, General Post Office.....323

The Telephone Room at the General Post Office.....324

Place des Victoires.....325

Rue de la Vrillière.....328

In Père-Lachaise.....333

Parc des Buttes Chaumont.....336

Montmartre.....340

The Synagogue in the Rue de la Victoire.....341

St. Peter's Church, Montmartre.....343

The Bells of St. Peter's.....343

The New Municipal Reservoir and the Church of the Sacred Heart, Montmartre.....344

The Caulaincourt Bridge, Montmartre.....344

In the Parc Monceau.....345

Diana of Poitiers.....348

Marshal Ney.....352

The Race-course, Longchamps....._facing_ 353

Camille Desmoulins.....356

The Polytechnic School.....357

Notre Dame from the Pont Saint-Louis.....360

A Rag-picker.....361

A Rag-picker.....364

The Boulevard Poissonière.....368

Selling Goats.....369

The Bird Market.....373

Madame de Maintenon.....375

[Illustration: PLACE DE LA CONCORDE.]

PARIS, OLD AND NEW.

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