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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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HISTORIC PARIS

BY JETTA S. WOLFF
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