PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I THREE PALACES THE LOUVRE
CHAPTER II AMONG OLD STREETS
CHAPTER III THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE GREAT MARKETS LES HALLES CENTRALES
CHAPTER IV THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
CHAPTER V THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE ARRONDISSEMENT II. (BOURSE)
CHAPTER VI ROUND ABOUT THE ARTS ET METIERS (THE ARTS AND CRAFTS
CHAPTER VII THE TEMPLE
CHAPTER VIII THE HOME OF MADAME DE SEVIGNE
CHAPTER IX NOTRE-DAME ARRONDISSEMENT IV. (HOTEL-DE-VILLE)
CHAPTER X L'iLE ST-LOUIS
CHAPTER XI L'HOTEL DE VILLE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
CHAPTER XII THE OLD QUARTIER ST-POL
CHAPTER XIII LA PLACE DES VOSGES
CHAPTER XIV THE BASTILLE
CHAPTER XV IN THE VICINITY OF TWO ANCIENT CHURCHES ARRONDISSEMENT V. PANTHEON. RIVE GAUCHE (LEFT BANK)
CHAPTER XVI IN THE REGION OF THE SCHOOLS THE SORBONNE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
CHAPTER XVII LA MONTAGNE STE-GENEVIEVE
CHAPTER XVIII IN THE VALLEY OF THE BIEVRE
CHAPTER XIX RUE ST-JACQUES
CHAPTER XX LE JARDIN DES PLANTES
CHAPTER XXI THE LUXEMBOURG ARRONDISSEMENT VI. (LUXEMBOURG)
CHAPTER XXII LES CARMES
CHAPTER XXIII ON ANCIENT ABBEY GROUND
CHAPTER XXIV IN THE VICINITY OF PLACE ST-MICHEL
CHAPTER XXV L'ODEON
CHAPTER XXVI ROUND ABOUT THE CARREFOUR DE LA CROIX-ROUGE
CHAPTER XXVII HOTEL DES INVALIDES ARRONDISSEMENT VII. (PALAIS-BOURBON)
CHAPTER XXVIII OLD-TIME MANSIONS OF THE RIVE GAUCHE ARRONDISSEMENT VII. PALAIS-BOURBON
CHAPTER XXIX ANCIENT STREETS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT-GERMAIN
CHAPTER XXX THE MADELEINE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD ARRONDISSEMENT VIII. (ELYSEE)
CHAPTER XXXI LES CHAMPS-ELYSEES
CHAPTER XXXII FAUBOURG ST-HONORE
CHAPTER XXXIII PARC MONCEAU
CHAPTER XXXIV IN THE VICINITY OF THE OPERA ARRONDISSEMENT IX. (OPERA)
CHAPTER XXXV ON THE WAY TO MONTMARTRE
CHAPTER XXXVI ON THE SLOPES OF THE BUTTE
CHAPTER XXXVII THREE ANCIENT FAUBOURGS ARRONDISSEMENT X. (ENTREPOT)
CHAPTER XXXVIII IN THE PARIS "EAST END"
CHAPTER XXXIX ON TRAGIC GROUND
CHAPTER XL LES GOBELINS ARRONDISSEMENT XIII. (GOBELINS)
CHAPTER XLI THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF PORT-ROYAL ARRONDISSEMENT XIV. (OBSERVATOIRE)
CHAPTER XLII IN THE SOUTH-WEST ARRONDISSEMENT XV. (VAUGIRARD)
CHAPTER XLIII IN NEWER PARIS ARRONDISSEMENT XVI. (PASSY)
CHAPTER XLIV TOWARDS THE WESTERN BOUNDARY
CHAPTER XLV LES TERNES ARRONDISSEMENT XVII. (BATIGNOLLES-MONCEAU)
CHAPTER XLVI ON THE BUTTE ARRONDISSEMENT XVIII. (BUTTE MONTMARTRE)
CHAPTER XLVII AMONG THE COALYARDS AND THE MEAT-MARKETS ARRONDISSEMENT XIX. (BUTTES-CHAUMONT)
CHAPTER XLVIII PERE-LACHAISE ARRONDISSEMENT XX. (MENILMONTANT)
CHAPTER XLIX BOULEVARDS QUAYS BRIDGES THE BOULEVARDS
CHAPTER L LES BOULEVARDS EXTERIEURS
CHAPTER LI THE QUAYS
CHAPTER LII LES PONTS ( The Bridges )
INDEX TO HISTORIC PERSONS
INDEX TO STREETS
HISTORIC PARIS
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