. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. he scene of St. Bartholomews Massacre, of the Revolu-. tion, and the Commune. It was the city that Napoleon seemed tolove more ,than any thing else in the world. What is its early his-tory ? You will read in Julius Caesars Commentaries, in your course inLatin, said Master Lewis, a brief account of Lutetia, the chief townof the Parish, a Gallic tribe that the Romans conquered. This, I think,is the oldest historical allusion to Paris, as Lutetia came to be called. Itwas probably an old town at the time of the Roman invasion; it wa
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. he scene of St. Bartholomews Massacre, of the Revolu-. tion, and the Commune. It was the city that Napoleon seemed tolove more ,than any thing else in the world. What is its early his-tory ? You will read in Julius Caesars Commentaries, in your course inLatin, said Master Lewis, a brief account of Lutetia, the chief townof the Parish, a Gallic tribe that the Romans conquered. This, I think,is the oldest historical allusion to Paris, as Lutetia came to be called. Itwas probably an old town at the time of the Roman invasion; it was VEiS \.s W HISTORIC /.. /.WW. Clovis as the seal of his empire in the sixth century; it bd w when the Northmen came sailing up the Seine in theif strange shi] ind made it their prey. In the truth century it became the residence of Hugh Capet, the founder oi the ( apetian kings and soon after increased so rapidly that it doubled in size and population. Under Henri of Navarre, in 1589, the city began td imous for its tendenci ayet) and splendor. Louis the Great. - [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 history.
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