Paris past & present . ^, who cost thenation forty million livres m five years. TheChateau was given up to shameful amusements,and the town revelled in daily orgies. TheBourbon who on his accession to the crown hadbeen named by his people le hien aime—thewell-beloved—died as hated and detested amonarch as ever sat on any throne. The Court at Versailles again became bril-liant while Louis XVI and Marie Antoinettewere there; and it also became respectable un-der the influence of the only Bourbon who liatlever possessed domestic virtues. But the stoiyof tlie events wliicli took place at the Chate
Paris past & present . ^, who cost thenation forty million livres m five years. TheChateau was given up to shameful amusements,and the town revelled in daily orgies. TheBourbon who on his accession to the crown hadbeen named by his people le hien aime—thewell-beloved—died as hated and detested amonarch as ever sat on any throne. The Court at Versailles again became bril-liant while Louis XVI and Marie Antoinettewere there; and it also became respectable un-der the influence of the only Bourbon who liatlever possessed domestic virtues. But the stoiyof tlie events wliicli took place at the Chateau GALLERY OF BATTLES IIV VERSAILLESIflllSElJM ^ aj44^S«^ lo i». A MAGNIFICENT PERSPECTIVE. 209 during his reign, and of those which inauguratedthe Revolution, need not be repeated. Withthe removal of the King and Queen to Paris,Versailles was abandoned, and it has neversince been a place of royal residence. LouisPhilippe determined on restoring and repairingthe Chateau, and he converted most of it into amuseum for pictures and into showrooms. It istrue the Chateau suffered greatly while under-going these alterations and reconstructions; butif the work had not been done, the establish-ment would have been in complete ruins longago. As for the paik, it has been more fortunatethan the Chateau, being even now practicallythe same that it was when completed by LeNotre. If we place ourselves on the broadsteps at the rear of the Chateau, between thetwo large water basins on the ^9«r^erre, we seebefore us a most magnificent perspective. Theslopes are bordered with yew trees and withstone steps descending to the central green ; thencomes the royal alley, w
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