The Palais de Justice—Its Historical Associations—Disturbances in Paris—Successive Fires—During the Revolution—The Administration of Justice—The Sainte-Chapelle

250 CHAPTER XXIV. THE FIRE BRIGADE AND THE POLICE.

The Sapeurs-pompiers—The Prefect of Police—The Garde Républicaine—The Spy System

270 CHAPTER XXV. THE PARIS HOSPITALS.

The Place du Parvis—The Parvis of Notre Dame—The Hôtel-Dieu—Mercier’s Criticisms

276 CHAPTER XXVI. CENTRAL PARIS.

The Hôtel de Ville—Saint-Jacques-la-Boucherie—Rue Saint-Antoine—The Reformation

281 CHAPTER XXVII. 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 CHAPTER XXXVII. 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

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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