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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