Paris and its historical scenes . on of 1789— continued ....... 120 CHAPTER VII. History of the Tuileries during the Revolution of 1789— concluded . . . .134 CHAPTER VIII. The Louvre—Massacre of St. Bartholomew , , ,184 VI CONTENTS. PageCHAPTER IX. Massacre of St. Bartholomew—continued . . 211 CHAPTER of St. Bartholomew—concluded . 233 CHAPTER Louis XV 268 CHAPTER XII. Place Louis XV.—concluded. Garde-Meuble—Barriere de Neuilly 285 CHAPTER of Paris 318 CHAPTER of Paris—concluded ..... 338 CHAPTER National Guard 359 \ ILLUSTRATIONS. Engravings o
Paris and its historical scenes . on of 1789— continued ....... 120 CHAPTER VII. History of the Tuileries during the Revolution of 1789— concluded . . . .134 CHAPTER VIII. The Louvre—Massacre of St. Bartholomew , , ,184 VI CONTENTS. PageCHAPTER IX. Massacre of St. Bartholomew—continued . . 211 CHAPTER of St. Bartholomew—concluded . 233 CHAPTER Louis XV 268 CHAPTER XII. Place Louis XV.—concluded. Garde-Meuble—Barriere de Neuilly 285 CHAPTER of Paris 318 CHAPTER of Paris—concluded ..... 338 CHAPTER National Guard 359 \ ILLUSTRATIONS. Engravings on Sleei, PageTuileries. Front of the Place du Carrousel—to face the of Paris ........ 1 Barriere de Neuilly ....... 314 JVood Cuts. Triumphal Arch, Place du Carrousel . . .54 Hall of the Jacobins . 81 Principal Facade of the Louvre . 186 Church of St. Germain IAuxerrois . 232 Arrest of Charlotte Corday . 291 The Gardo-Mcuble . 313 The Barriere de Neuilly . 315 The Archof LEtoile . 317 \. PARIS;AND ITS HISTORICAL SCENES. INTRODUCTION. The object of this book is to describe the moreremarkable edifices and situations of the Frenchcapital, in association with the great events of whichthat city has been the theatre. Paris has, unques-tionably, many other features of commanding in-terest,—its arts, its luxuries, its municipal arrange-ments. But these are incessantly varying in theirexpression. Its Historical Scenes are permanent andindelible. They are to be traced, not in monumentsand inscriptions, but in the multifarious narratives ofchronicles and memoirs, in the obscure records ofthe middle ages, and in the pamphlet of Barricades of the League, and the ThreeDays of 1830, are equally witliin the range of thissubject. Such a mode of treating history has, ofcourse, no pretensions to be systematic. The bookmust be viewed as a succession of sketches, heldtogether by the thread of local recollections. Themerit, whatever it be, of these fragmen
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