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) Every attempt has been made to replicate the original book as printed. Some typographical errors have been corrected. (see list following the text.) No attempt has been made to correct or normalize the printed accentuation of names or words. (etext transcriber’s note) [Illustration: ON THE CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES.] 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. II _WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS_ CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED _LONDON PARIS & MELBOURNE_ 1894 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. STREET CHARACTERS. PAGE The “Cocher”--The Bus-driver--The Private Coachman--The Hackney Coachman--The Public Writer--The Flower-girl--The Oyster-woman.....1 CHAPTER II. THE ENGLISH AND AMERICANS IN PARIS. The Englishman Abroad--M. Lemoinne’s Analysis--The Englishwoman--Sunday in London and in Paris--Americans in Paris--The American Girl.....9 CHAPTER III MORE PARISIAN TYPES. The Spy--Under Sartines and Berryer--Fouché--Delavau--The Present System--The Écuyère--The Circus in Paris.....17 CHAPTER IV. THE DOMESTIC. The French Servant, as described by Léon Gozlan and by Mercier--The Cook and the Cordon Bleu--The Valet.....20 CHAPTER V. PARISIAN CHARACTERISTICS. Parisian Characteristics--Gaiety, Flippancy Wit--A String of Favourite Anecdotes.....24 CHAPTER VI. THE STREETS. The Arrangement of the Streets--System of Numbering the Houses--Street Nomenclature--Street Lamps--The Various Kinds of Vehicles in Use.....28 CHAPTER VII. THE SEINE AND ITS BRIDGES.--THE MORGUE. The Various Bridges over the Seine--Their Histories--The Morgue--Some Statistics.....33 CHAPTER VIII. THE REFORMATION IN PARIS. D’Étaples, the Pioneer of the Reformation--Nicolas Cop and Calvin--Progress of the Reformation--Persecutions--Catharine de Médicis--St. Bartholomew’s--The Edict of Nantes.....36 CHAPTER IX. THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS AND THE COLLEGE OF FRANCE. The French Educational System--Lycées and Collèges--The University of Paris--The College of France.....44 CHAPTER X. THE SORBONNE. Robert de Sorbonne--The Sorbonne, its Origin and History--Richelieu--The Revolution--The New Sorbonne--Mercier’s Views.....49 CHAPTER XI. THE INSTITUTE. The Institute--Its Unique Character--The Objects of its Projectors--Its Constitution.....53 CHAPTER XII. THE ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE.