. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. - [IN ? >N \N I Ml hi I [ON. led the wealth of France upon it. converting the old ramparts into- |ue public walk> or boulevards, and enlarging and adorning itspalai :iat they rivalled the royal structures of the East. Then Napoleon I. enriched it with the spoils of Europe, spending on it more1,000,000 in twelve Napoleon III. completed the work of his 1 - by introducing into the city all modern improvements^ and making Paris in every respect the most magnificenl capital ini I mi in the story of Charlemagne and in the \i>
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. - [IN ? >N \N I Ml hi I [ON. led the wealth of France upon it. converting the old ramparts into- |ue public walk> or boulevards, and enlarging and adorning itspalai :iat they rivalled the royal structures of the East. Then Napoleon I. enriched it with the spoils of Europe, spending on it more1,000,000 in twelve Napoleon III. completed the work of his 1 - by introducing into the city all modern improvements^ and making Paris in every respect the most magnificenl capital ini I mi in the story of Charlemagne and in the \i>it to hapelle a view of the early French Empire; in the story of St. L had a glance at France at the time of the ( m- : I think I will here tell von a story which will presenl to you another period of the nations THE BARQUES OF THE NORTHMEN BEFORE PARIS. UPPER NORMANDY. 241 STORY OF CHARLES IX. AND ST. BARTHOLOMEWS EVE. Charles IX., the twelfth king of the family of Valois. came to theFrench throne when only tenyears of age, under the regencyof his mother, that terrible wo-man, Catharine de Medici. Hewas an impulsive youth, restless and vacillating-, and was left wholly to the evil influences ofhis mother. The first years ofhis reign were disturbed by thestruggles between the Protest-ant and Catholic parties inFrance. These difficulties wereapparently settled in 1569. The queen-mother, who wasa Catholic, seemed to entertainkind feelings towards the Pro-testant leaders. The ProtestantKing of Navarre was promised the hand of the kings sister Margue-rite, and marked courtesy and apparent kindness of feeling were shownby the royal household to many of the leading men of the greafProtestant party. The latter were thus rendered unsuspicious ofdanger, and became almost wholly disarmed. ? But Cathar
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