Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. The errata listed at the end of the "Embellishments" were corrected in this edition. PARIS AND THE PARISIANS IN 1835. VOL. I. Preparing for publication, by the same Author, In 3 vols. post 8vo. with 15 Characteristic Engravings. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JONATHAN JEFFERSON WHITLAW OR, SCENES ON THE MISSISSIPPI. PARIS AND THE PARISIANS, IN 1835. VOL. I. [Illustration: Drawn & Etched by A. Hervieu.] LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. Publisher in Ordinary to His Majesty, 1835. PARIS AND THE PARISIANS IN 1835. BY FRANCES TROLLOPE, AUTHOR OF "DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE AMERICANS," "TREMORDYN CLIFF," &c. "Le pire des états, c'est l'état populaire."--CORNEILLE. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, Publisher in Ordinary to His Majesty. 1836. LONDON: PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY, Dorset Street, Fleet Street. PREFACE. From the very beginning of reading and writing--nay, doubtless from the very beginning of speaking,--TRUTH, immortal TRUTH has been the object of ostensible worship to all who read and to all who listen; and, in the abstract, it is unquestionably held in sincere veneration by all: yet, in the detail of every-day practice, the majority of mankind often hate it, and are seen to bear pain, disappointment, and sorrow more patiently than its honoured voice when it echoes not their own opinion. Preconceived notions generally take a much firmer hold of the mind than can be obtained by any statement, however clear and plain, which tends to overthrow them; and if it happen that these are connected with an honest intention of being right, they are often mistaken for principles;--in which case the attempt to shake them is considered not merely as a folly, but a sin.