The Académie Française--Its Foundation by Richelieu--Its Constitution--The “Forty-first Chair”.....55 CHAPTER XIII. THE PANTHÉON. The Church of Clovis--The Church of Sainte-Geneviève--France in the Thirteenth Century--The Building of the New Church under Louis XV.--Mirabeau and the Constituent Assembly--The Church of Sainte-Geneviève becomes the Panthéon......59 CHAPTER XIV. THE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL. The “Central School of Public Works”--Bonaparte and the Polytechnic--The College of Navarre--Formal Inauguration in 1805--1816--1830.....67 CHAPTER XV. THE HÔTEL CLUNY. The Rue des Carmes--Comte de Mun and the Catholic Workmen’s Club--The Place Maubert--The Palais des Thermes--The Hôtel Cluny--Its History--Its Art Treasures.....71 CHAPTER XVI. THE MUSÉE D’ARTILLERIE. The Museum of Artillery--Its Origin and History--The Growth of its Collection of Armour and Weapons of all Kinds.....83 CHAPTER XVII. THE VAL DE GRÂCE--RELICS OF THE GREAT. The Deaf and Dumb Institution--The Val de Grâce--Hearts as Relics--Royal Funerals--The Church of Saint-Denis.....89 CHAPTER XVIII. THE CATACOMBS: THE OBSERVATORY. Origin of the Catacombs--The Quarries of Mont Souris--The Observatory--Marshal Ney--The School of Medicine.....99 CHAPTER XIX. THE ODÉON: THE LUXEMBURG PALACE. The Odéon--Its History--Erection of the Present Building in 1799--Marie de Médicis and the Luxemburg Palace--The Judicial Annals of the Luxemburg--Trials of Fieschi and Louvel--Trial of Louis Napoleon--Trial of the Duc de Praslin.....109 CHAPTER XX. THE PRISONS OF PARIS. La Santé--La Roquette--The Conciergerie--The Mazas--Sainte-Pélagie--Saint-Lazare--Prison Regulations.....131 CHAPTER XXI. THE PARIS ZOO. The Jardin des Plantes--Its Origin and History--Under Buffon--The Museum of Natural History--The Tobacco Factory.....147 CHAPTER XXII. SOME HISTORICAL BUILDINGS. Abailard and Héloise--Fulbert’s House in the Rue des Chantres--The Philip Augustus Towers--The Hôtel Barbette--The Hôtel de Sens.....156 CHAPTER XXIII. THE MONT-DE-PIÉTÉ. “Uncle” and “Aunt”--Organisation of the Mont-de-Piété--Its Various Branches--Its Warehouses and Sale-rooms.....160 CHAPTER XXIV. PARIS MARKETS. The Halles-Centrales--The Cattle Markets--Agriculture in France--The French Peasant.....166 CHAPTER XXV. SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÉS. Its Origin and History--Its Library--Its Organ--Saint-Sulpice.....170 CHAPTER XXVI. PRINTING IN PARIS--THE CENSORSHIP. Rue Visconti--Historical Buildings--The National School of Roads and Bridges--The Introduction of Printing into Paris--The First Printing Establishments--The Censorship.....174 CHAPTER XXVII. THE HÔTEL DES INVALIDES. A Glance at its History--Louis XIV. and Mme. de Maintenon--The Pensioners--Their Characteristics and Mode of Life.....185 CHAPTER XXVIII. SOME MORE PARIS HOSPITALS.