The American in Paris, during the summer : being a companion to the "Winter in Paris;", or Heath's picturesque annual for 1844 . u de Bellevue formerly raised its delightful terrace. Therelived, in the midst of the villagers who blessed them, Mesdamesthe sisters of king Louis XV., with their humble virtues ! howlong their earnest prayers arrested the anger of which theheavens were full! The valley de Fleury fills all the oppositespace with its magnificence. But we must certainly have morethan one day to contemplate these mild aspects, to tell you allthe beautiful spots in this vast forest, and
The American in Paris, during the summer : being a companion to the "Winter in Paris;", or Heath's picturesque annual for 1844 . u de Bellevue formerly raised its delightful terrace. Therelived, in the midst of the villagers who blessed them, Mesdamesthe sisters of king Louis XV., with their humble virtues ! howlong their earnest prayers arrested the anger of which theheavens were full! The valley de Fleury fills all the oppositespace with its magnificence. But we must certainly have morethan one day to contemplate these mild aspects, to tell you allthe beautiful spots in this vast forest, and what delightful housesthe forest protects with its shadow. Picture to yourself an im-mense ocean of verdure and of flowers, mingled with cries of joyand sweet songs.—But what am 1 about?, I ,had jilmost forgot-ten to remind you of the Lantern of i^ni©, placed at thetop of an obelisk erected for that purpose by order of Napoleon,in one of the finest spots in the park. A spiral staircase leadsyou to the summit, whence you may obtain a varied and magnifi-cent view. This lantern,—which during the Imperial govern-. PARK OF SAINT CLOUD. 181 ment, was always lighted, wlien the council was sitting at SaintCloud,—is now a place of rendezvous for parties of pleasure, who_meet again there, after straying in the plantations. When evening comes, the same rural labyrinth insensibly leadsyou back to your point of departure,—the park of Saint Cloud,—in good time—the sun is now less powerful. The oldest treesform a long, principal alley, otlier centenarjj trees fill the Parisians have arrived, and have already spread beneath theyoke elms ; the cries were never more joyous, the groves nevermore thronged; the road is filled, the steamboat brings each hourits lovely cargo of young men and girls. Listen ! the music isbeginning! It is the ball, always the ball, which gives thesignal. Before long, and when the shades of night are reallyfallen, a thousand lights of all
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