. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. ~c:/.Aft ~ i TK- ENTRANCE TO THE LOTVRE. PARIS. 26l Two beautiful fountains were playing on the afternoon when theClass made their visit. The sky was all rose and gold ; the Seine flowedcalmly along; the aspect of every thing seemed as foreign to any pastassociation of war, tragedy, and pangs of human suffering as thefigures of the Tritons and Nereids that were spouting water from thefishes in their FOUNTAIN. PLACE DE LA CONCORDE. Leaving the Place de la Concorde, which Master Lewis said he>elieved was constructed in
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. ~c:/.Aft ~ i TK- ENTRANCE TO THE LOTVRE. PARIS. 26l Two beautiful fountains were playing on the afternoon when theClass made their visit. The sky was all rose and gold ; the Seine flowedcalmly along; the aspect of every thing seemed as foreign to any pastassociation of war, tragedy, and pangs of human suffering as thefigures of the Tritons and Nereids that were spouting water from thefishes in their FOUNTAIN. PLACE DE LA CONCORDE. Leaving the Place de la Concorde, which Master Lewis said he>elieved was constructed in part of stones of the old Bastile, the Class/ent to the public square where the Bastile had stood. The Place of the Bastile, said Master Lewis, now adorned by CA\ VACATIONS IN HJSTORIi LANDS, the Column of Liberty, is the site of the old Castle ol Paris, which wasbuilt as a defence against the English. The castle became a prisontor people who offended the French kings. The Man of the IronMask w ned here. It was regarded as an obstai le to liberty, and it was stormed by the people during the Revolution, and was the Man of the Iron Mask ? asked Tommy Toby. •? That is a question that used to be asked by all the statesmen ofEurope, and that has been repeated and always will he he everyreader of history. It has been answered in many different way& ks, pamphlets, and en written upon the subject. It ret, and seems destined always t remain so
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