FACSIMILE OF A MANUSCRIPT PAGE FROM ONE OF DUMAS' PLAYS 37 D'ARTAGNAN 48 ALEXANDRE DUMAS, _Fils_ 64 TWO FAMOUS CARICATURES OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS 68 TOMB OF ABELARD AND HÉLOÏSE 82 GENERAL FOY'S RESIDENCE 84 D'ARTAGNAN, FROM THE DUMAS STATUE BY GUSTAVE DORÉ 123 PONT NEUF--PONT AU CHANGE 135 PORTRAIT OF HENRY IV. 143 GRAND BUREAU DE LA POSTE 154 THE ODÉON IN 1818 167 PALAIS ROYAL, STREET FRONT 183 77 RUE D'AMSTERDAM--RUE DE ST. DENIS 188 PLACE DE LA GRÈVE 197 TOUR DE ST. JACQUES LA BOUCHERIE (MÉRYON'S ETCHING, "LE STRYGE") 198 HÔTEL DES MOUSQUETAIRES, RUE D'ARBRE SEC 207 D'ARTAGNAN'S LODGINGS, RUE TIQUETONNE 214 109 RUE DU FAUBOURG ST. DENIS (DÉSCAMPS' STUDIO) 221 NÔTRE DAME DE PARIS 235 PLAN OF LA CITÉ 236 CARMELITE FRIARY, RUE VAUGIRARD 246 PLAN OF THE LOUVRE 257 THE GARDENS OF THE TUILERIES 265 THE ORLEANS BUREAU, PALAIS ROYAL 268 THE FALL OF THE BASTILLE 284 INN OF THE PONT DE SÈVRES 302 BOIS DE BOULOGNE--BOIS DE VINCENNES--FORÊT DE VILLERS-COTTERETS 315 CHÂTEAU OF THE DUCS DE VALOIS, CRÉPY 318 CASTLE OF PIERREFONDS 324 NÔTRE DAME DE CHARTRES 329 CASTLE OF ANGERS--CHÂTEAU OF BLOIS 333 Dumas' Paris CHAPTER I. A GENERAL INTRODUCTION There have been many erudite works, in French and other languages, describing the antiquities and historical annals of Paris from the earliest times; and in English the mid-Victorian era turned out--there are no other words for it--innumerable "books of travel" which recounted alleged adventures, strewn here and there with bits of historical lore and anecdotes, none too relevant, and in most cases not of undoubted authenticity. Of the actual life of the people in the city of light and learning, from the times of Napoleon onward, one has to go to the fountainhead of written records, the acknowledged masterworks in the language of the country itself, the reports and _annuaires_ of various _sociétês_, _commissions_, and what not, and collect therefrom such information as he finds may suit his purpose.