Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . NE. ing through the rooms, which were verybeautiful and ornamented with superbpaintings, but which, being much moremodern than the old chateau of theTuileries, were less interesting to me, wemade the grand tour—that is, we walkedaround the external gallery and took aview of the garden, which is within ahollow square surrounded by shops. Thegallery itself was beautifully ornamentedwith orange-trees and exotics, and il-luminated with festoons of colored lampstastefully disposed among the garden we found also illumin
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . NE. ing through the rooms, which were verybeautiful and ornamented with superbpaintings, but which, being much moremodern than the old chateau of theTuileries, were less interesting to me, wemade the grand tour—that is, we walkedaround the external gallery and took aview of the garden, which is within ahollow square surrounded by shops. Thegallery itself was beautifully ornamentedwith orange-trees and exotics, and il-luminated with festoons of colored lampstastefully disposed among the garden we found also illuminated inthe same gorgeous manner. The publichad been permitted to enter it, and adescription of the living mass below uswould be almost incredible. Forty thou-sand persons at the most moderate com-putation filled the garden to overflowing;indeed, so closely were they squeezed to-gether that we heard afterwards of someserious accidents. The King himselfmade this tour, contrary to our expecta-tions, and the cries of Vive le Roi!were mingled with A bas les Bourbons!. The Duke of Orleans Some men cried Vive FEmpereur! and Vive la Republique! This we were toldby our valet de pied, who was in one ofthe porticos below with the rest of theservants, and who seemed to be scandal-ized at the conduct of the people. . La Grange, July 25th, dear Sister,—We have desiredmuch ever since our sojourn in Franceto pay a visit to our venerable friendLafayette at his chateau of La circumstances have heretoforeprevented us from enjoying this gratifica-tion, but we resolved a few days ago topay him a short visit, as the necessity ofhis return to Paris as a member of theChamber of Deputies, convoked on the3d of August, left but a short time forhim to remain at his chateau during thesummer. We left Paris accordingly onthe 24th, and reached the chateau on theevening of the same day, being a dis-tance of about forty miles. The chateau is very old, and the out-side being flanked with
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