Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1)Trollope, Frances Milton
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Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1)
Trollope, Frances Milton
Paris (France) -- Description and travel; Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
LETTER XXII.
Père Lachaise.--Mourning in public.--Defacing the Tomb
of Abelard and Eloïsa.--Baron Munchausen.--Russian
Monument.--Statue of Manuel. 189
LETTER XXIII.
Remarkable People.--Distinguished People.--Metaphysical
Lady. 196
LETTER XXIV.
Expedition to the Luxembourg.--No admittance for
Females.--Portraits of "Henri."--Republican Costume.--Quai
Voltaire.--Mural Inscriptions.--Anecdote of Marshal
Lobau.--Arrest. 206
LETTER XXV.
Chapelle Expiatoire.--Devotees seen there.--Tri-coloured
flag out of place there.--Flower Market of the Madeleine.
--Petites Maîtresses. 220
LETTER XXVI.
Delicacy in France and in England.--Causes of the
difference between them. 227
LETTER XXVII.
Objections to quoting the names of private individuals.
--Impossibility of avoiding Politics.--_Parceque_ and
_Quoique_.--Soirée Antithestique. 237
LETTER XXVIII.
New Publications.--M. de Lamartine's "Souvenirs, Impressions,
Pensées, et Paysages."--Tocqueville and Beaumont.--New
American regulation.--M. Scribe.--Madame
Tastu.--Reception of different Writers in society. 249
LETTER XXIX.
Sunday in Paris.--Family Groups.--Popular Enjoyment.
--Polytechnic Students.--Their resemblance to the figure
of Napoleon.--Enduring attachment to the Emperor.
--Conservative spirit of the English Schools.--Sunday in
the Gardens of the Tuileries.--Religion of the Educated.
--Popular Opinion. 257
LETTER XXX.
Madame Récamier.--Her Morning Parties.--Gérard's
Picture of Corinne.--Miniature of Madame de Staël.--M.
de Châteaubriand.--Conversation on the degree in which
the French Language is understood by Foreigners.--The
necessity of speaking French. 269
LETTER XXXI.
Exhibition of Sèvres China at the Louvre.--Gobelins and
Beauvais Tapestry.--Legitimatist Father and Doctrinaire
Son.--Copies from the Medicean Gallery. 281
LETTER XXXII.
Eglise Apostolique Française.--Its doctrine.--L'Abbé Auzou.
--His Sermon on "les Plaisirs Populaires." 290
LETTER XXXIII.
Establishment for Insane Patients at Vanves.--Description
of the arrangements.--Englishman.--His religious madness. 307
LETTER XXXIV.
Riot at the Porte St. Martin.--Prevented by a shower
of Rain.--The Mob in fine weather.--How to stop Emeutes.
--Army of Italy.--Théâtre Français.--Mademoiselle Mars
in Henriette.--Disappearance of Comedy. 319
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