The Opéra Comique of Paris--_I Gelosi_--The _Don Juan_ of Molière--Madame Favart--The Saint-Simonians.....115 CHAPTER XII. THE BOULEVARDS (_continued_). La Maison Dorée--Librairie Nouvelle--Catherine II. and the Encyclopædia--The House of Madeleine Guimard.....122 CHAPTER XIII. PLACE DE LA CONCORDE. Its History--Louis XV.--Fireworks--The Catastrophe in 1770--Place de la Révolution--Louis XVI.--The Directory.....143 CHAPTER XIV. THE PLACE VENDÔME. The Column of Austerlitz--The Various Statues of Napoleon Taken Down--The Church of Saint-Roch--Mlle. Raucourt--Joan of Arc.....155 CHAPTER XV. THE JACOBIN CLUB. The Jacobins--Chateaubriand's Opinion of Them--Arthur Young's Descriptions--The New Club.....161 CHAPTER XVI. THE PALAIS ROYAL. Richelieu's Palace--The Regent of Orleans--The Duke of Orleans--Dissipation in the Palais Royal--The Palais National--The Birthplace of Revolutions.....166 CHAPTER XVII. THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE. Its History--The _Roman Comique_--Under Louis XV.--During the Revolution--_Hernani_.....172 CHAPTER XVIII. THE NATIONAL LIBRARY AND THE BOURSE. The "King's Library"--Francis I. and the Censorship--The Imperial Library--The Bourse.....187 CHAPTER XIX. THE LOUVRE AND THE TUILERIES. The Louvre--Origin of the Name--The Castle--Francis I.--Catherine de Medicis--The Queen's Apartments--Louis XIV. and the Louvre--The Museum of the Louvre--The Picture Galleries--The Tuileries--The National Assembly--Marie Antoinette--The Palace of Napoleon III.--"Petite Provence".....193 CHAPTER XX. THE CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES AND THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE. The Champs Élysées--The Élysée Palace--Longchamps--The Bois de Boulogne--The Château de Madrid--The Château de la Muette--The Place de l'Étoile.....218 CHAPTER XXI. THE CHAMP DE MARS AND PARIS EXHIBITIONS. The Royal Military School of Louis XV.--The National Assembly--The Patriotic Altar--The Festival of the Supreme Being--Other Festivals--Industrial Exhibitions--The Eiffel Tower--The Trocadéro.....229 CHAPTER XXII. THE HÔTEL DE VILLE AND CENTRAL PARIS. The Hôtel de Ville--Its History--In 1848--The Communards.....242 CHAPTER XXIII. THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE. The Palais de Justice--Its Historical Associations--Disturbances in Paris--Successive Fires--During the Revolution--The Administration of Justice--The Sainte-Chapelle.....250 CHAPTER XXIV. THE FIRE BRIGADE AND THE POLICE. The Sapeurs-pompiers--The Prefect of Police--The Garde Républicaine--The Spy System.....270 CHAPTER XXV. THE PARIS HOSPITALS. The Place du Parvis--The Parvis of Notre Dame--The Hôtel-Dieu--Mercier's Criticisms.....276 CHAPTER XXVI. CENTRAL PARIS. The Hôtel de Ville--Saint-Jacques-la-Boucherie--Rue Saint-Antoine--The Reformation.....281 CHAPTER XXVII. CENTRAL PARIS (_continued_). Rue de Venise--Rachel--St.-Nicholas-in-the-Fields--The Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers--The Gaieté--Rue des Archives--The Mont de Piété--The National Printing Office--The Hôtel Lamoignon.....298