[Illustration: "PARIS HAD TAKEN OFF HER MOURNING"] ABOUT PARIS BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES DANA GIBSON [Illustration] NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1895 BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. OUR ENGLISH COUSINS. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 25. THE RULERS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 25. THE WEST FROM A CAR-WINDOW. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 25. THE EXILES, AND OTHER STORIES. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 50. VAN BIBBER, AND OTHERS. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 00; Paper, 60 cents. =Published by= HARPER & BROTHERS, =New York=. Copyright, 1895, by Harper & Brothers. _All rights reserved._ TO PAUL BOURGET CONTENTS PAGE I. THE STREETS OF PARIS 1 II. THE SHOW-PLACES OF PARIS--NIGHT 47 III. PARIS IN MOURNING 98 IV. THE GRAND PRIX AND OTHER PRIZES 138 V. AMERICANS IN PARIS 177 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "PARIS HAD TAKEN OFF HER MOURNING" _Frontispiece_ "THE CONCIERGE OF EACH HOUSE STOOD CONTINUALLY AT THE FRONT DOOR" 3 "SHE LOOKED DOWN UPON OUR STREET" 9 "WITH A LONG LOAF OF BREAD" 15 "TES DANS LA RUE, VA, T'ES CHEZ TOI" 19 "THE PARTY PROMPTLY BROKE UP" 25 "AND TRANSFORM LONG-HAIRED STUDENTS INTO MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE" 31 INSIDE COLUMBIN'S 37 "AND YOU BELIEVE THE GUIDES" 41 THE CHÂTEAU ROUGE 59 AT BRUANT'S 65 AT THE BLACK CAT 71 A CAFÉ CHANTANT 77 ON MONTMARTRE 83 SOME YOUNG PEOPLE OF MONTMARTRE 89 AT THE MOULIN ROUGE 93 AT THE JARDIN DE PARIS 103 PORTRAITS OF CARNOT IN HEAVY BLACK 109 "TO BRING A QUEEN BACK TO PARIS" 115 "THE GIRL WHO REPRESENTED ALSACE" 131 THE RESTAURANT AMONG THE TREES 143 INTERESTED IN THE WINNER 149 "AROUND SOME STATELY DIGNITARY" 159 "THE MAN THAT BROKE THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO" 167 "LISTENING FOR THE VOICE TO SPEAK HIS NAME ONCE MORE" 179 "STANDING ON THEIR FEET FOR HOURS AT A TIME" 187 "THE AMERICAN COLONY IS NOT WICKED" 195