Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) [Illustration: BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS.] OLD AND NEW PARIS Its History, its People, and its Places BY H. SUTHERLAND EDWARDS AUTHOR OF "IDOLS OF THE FRENCH STAGE" "THE GERMANS IN FRANCE" "THE RUSSIANS AT HOME" ETC. ETC. VOL. I _WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS_ CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED _LONDON PARIS & MELBOURNE_ 1893 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [Illustration] CONTENTS. CHAPTER I......PAGE PARIS: A GENERAL GLANCE......1 CHAPTER II. THE EXPANSION OF PARIS Lutetia--La Cité--Lutetia taken by Labienus--The Visit of Julian the Apostate--Besieged by the Franks--The Norman Invasion--Gradual Expansion from the Île de la Cité to the Outer Boulevards--M. Thiers's Line of Outworks.....6 CHAPTER III. THE LEFT BANK AND THE RIGHT. Paris and London--The Rive Gauche--The Quartier Latin--The Pantheon--The Luxemburg--The School of Medicine--The School of Fine Arts--The Bohemia of Paris--The Rive Droite--Paris Proper--The "West End".....9 CHAPTER IV. NOTRE DAME. The Cathedral of Notre Dame, a Temple to Jupiter--Cæsar and Napoleon--Relics in Notre Dame--Its History--Curious Legends--The "New Church"--Remarkable Religious Ceremonies--The Place de Grève--The Days of Sorcery--"Monsieur de Paris"--Dramatic Entertainments--Coronation of Napoleon.....12 CHAPTER V. SAINT-GERMAIN-L'AUXERROIS The Massacre of St. Bartholomew--The Events that preceded it--Catherine de Medicis--Admiral Coligny--"The King-Slayer"--The Signal for the Massacre--Marriage of the Duc de Joyeuse and Marguerite of Lorraine.....22 CHAPTER VI. THE PONT-NEUF AND THE STATUE OF HENRI IV. The Oldest Bridge in Paris--Henri IV.--His Assassination by Ravaillac--Marguerite of Valois--The Statue of Henri IV.--The Institute--The Place de Grève.....30 CHAPTER VII. THE BOULEVARDS. From the Bastille to the Madeleine--Boulevard Beaumarchais--Beaumarchais--The _Marriage of Figaro_--The Bastille--The Drama in Paris--Adrienne Lecouvreur--Vincennes--The Duc d'Enghien--Duelling--Louis XVI.....43 CHAPTER VIII. THE BOULEVARDS (_continued_). Hôtel Carnavalet--Hôtel Lamoignon--Place Royale--Boulevard du Temple--The Temple--Louis XVII--The Theatres--Astley's Circus--Attempted Assassination of Louis Philippe--Trial of Fieschi--The Café Turc--The Cafés--The Folies Dramatiques--Louis XVI. and the Opera--Murder of the Duke of Berri.....67 CHAPTER IX. THE BOULEVARDS (_continued_). The Porte Saint-Martin--Porte Saint-Denis--The Burial Place of the French Kings--Funeral of Louis XV.--Funeral of the Count de Chambord--Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle--Boulevard Poissonnière--Boulevard Montmartre--Frascati.....95 CHAPTER X. BOULEVARD AND OTHER CAFÉS. The Café Littéraire--Café Procope--Café Foy--Bohemian Cafés--Café Momus--Death of Molière--New Year's Gifts.....107 CHAPTER XI. THE BOULEVARDS (_continued_).