CHAPTER IX

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THE BOULEVARDS (_continued_).

The Porte Saint-Martin--Porte Saint-Denis--The Burial Place of the French Kings--Funeral of Louis XV.--Funeral of the Count de Chambord--Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle--Boulevard Poissonnière--Boulevard Montmartre--Frascati.....95

## CHAPTER X .

BOULEVARD AND OTHER CAFÉS.

The Café Littéraire--Café Procope--Café Foy--Bohemian Cafés--Café Momus--Death of Molière--New Year's Gifts.....107

## CHAPTER XI .

THE BOULEVARDS (_continued_).

The Opéra Comique of Paris--_I Gelosi_--The _Don Juan_ of Molière--Madame Favart--The Saint-Simonians.....115

## CHAPTER XII .

THE BOULEVARDS (_continued_).

La Maison Dorée--Librairie Nouvelle--Catherine II. and the Encyclopædia--The House of Madeleine Guimard.....122

## CHAPTER XIII .

PLACE DE LA CONCORDE.

Its History--Louis XV.--Fireworks--The Catastrophe in 1770--Place de la Révolution--Louis XVI.--The Directory.....143

## CHAPTER XIV .

THE PLACE VENDÔME.

The Column of Austerlitz--The Various Statues of Napoleon Taken Down--The Church of Saint-Roch--Mlle. Raucourt--Joan of Arc.....155

## CHAPTER XV .

THE JACOBIN CLUB.

The Jacobins--Chateaubriand's Opinion of Them--Arthur Young's Descriptions--The New Club.....161

## CHAPTER XVI .

THE PALAIS ROYAL.

Richelieu's Palace--The Regent of Orleans--The Duke of Orleans--Dissipation in the Palais Royal--The Palais National--The Birthplace of Revolutions.....166

## CHAPTER XVII .

THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE.

Its History--The _Roman Comique_--Under Louis XV.--During the Revolution--_Hernani_.....172

## CHAPTER XVIII .

THE NATIONAL LIBRARY AND THE BOURSE.

The "King's Library"--Francis I. and the Censorship--The Imperial Library--The Bourse.....187

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