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A rough sketch of modern Paris : $b or, Letters on society, manners, public curiosities, and amusements, in that capitalLemaistre, J. G. (John Gustavus)

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A rough sketch of modern Paris : $b or, Letters on society, manners, public curiosities, and amusements, in that capital

Name: A rough sketch of modern Paris : $b or, Letters on society, manners, public curiosities, and amusements, in that capital
Author: Lemaistre, J. G. (John Gustavus)

Lemaistre, J. G. (John Gustavus)

Paris (France) -- Description and travel

_Concordat_ with the Pope ratified by the legislative body
    after an eloquent speech by _Lucien Bonaparte_.—Madame
    Bonaparte’s first drawing room.—Appearance of Dehayes at the
    opera, after a long absence.                                    p. 188.

                                 LETTER XXIV.

    Versailles.—St. Cloud.—Sèvre.—Petit Trianon.—Specimen
    of an extravagant bill.—Curious trial.—St.
    Germain.—Malmaison.—Waterworks of Marly.                        p. 192.

                                 LETTER XXV.

    _Long Champ_, account of that annual promenade, date of its
    origin, and of the great preparations made this year for
    attending it.—The bustle and gayety which it produced at
    Paris.                                                          p. 205.

                                 LETTER XXVI.

    _Te Deum_ sung at _Notre Dame_, in honour of the peace and the
    reestablishment of religion.—Military insolence.—Account of the
    ceremony.—Illuminations in the evening.—Indifference of the
    people.                                                         p. 213.

                                 LETTER XXVII.

    _Palais de Justice._—Account of the different tribunals or
    courts of law.                                                  p. 222.

                                 LETTER XXVIII.

    The gardens and walks of Paris.                                 p. 227.

                                 LETTER XXIX.

    The manufactory of _Gobelins_, the observatory, _les Enfans
    trouvés_, _Champ de Mars_, les _Invalides_, and the temple of
    Mars, containing the colours taken from different nations,
    and the tomb of _Turenne_.—_Le Musée des Monumens françois_,
    or collection of monuments.—List of the most esteemed of
    these.—Note to this letter contains the account of a dinner at
    the first consul’s.                                             p. 235.

                                 LETTER XXX.

    General account of literary establishments at Paris.—National
    library.—Manuscripts.—Memoirs of his own times, by Lewis
    XIV.—_Fac simile_ of a love letter of Henry IV.—Cabinet
    of medals.—Cabinet of engravings, &c.—Library of the
    Pantheon.—Mazarine library.—Library of the Institute. Libraries
    of the senate, the legislative body, and tribunate.—The
    _Lycées_, now called _les Athénées_.—Admirable lectures
    given at one of them.—Professors _Fourcroy_, _Cuvier_, and
    _la Harpe_.—L’Institute national.—_Jardin national des
    Plantes._—Collection of birds, plants, fossils, and insects,
    in the house attached to the _Jardin des Plantes_.—Cabinet
    de l’École des Mines, _à l’Hôtel des Monnoies_.—Great
    opportunities afforded at Paris of cultivating science and
    literature in all their various branches.                       p. 249.

                                 LETTER XXXI.

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