Literary Conversation.--Modern Novelists.--Vicomte d'Arlincourt.--His Portrait.--Châteaubriand.--Bernardin de Saint Pierre.--Shakspeare.--Sir Walter Scott.--French familiarity with English Authors.--Miss Mitford.--Miss Landon.--Parisian passion for Novelty.--Extent of general Information. 62 LETTER XLIX. Trial by Jury.--Power of the Jury in France.--Comparative insignificance of that vested in the Judge.--Virtual Abolition of Capital Punishments.--Flemish Anecdote. 75 LETTER L. English Pastry-cooks.--French horror of English Pastry.--Unfortunate experiment upon a Muffin.--The Citizen King. 85 LETTER LI. Parisian Women.--Rousseau's failure in attempting to describe them.--Their great influence in Society.--Their grace in Conversation.--Difficulty of growing old.--Do the ladies of France or those of England manage it best? 92 LETTER LII. La Sainte Chapelle.--Palais de Justice.--Traces of the Revolution of 1830.--Unworthy use made of La Sainte Chapelle.--Boileau.--Ancient Records. 105 LETTER LIII. French ideas of England.--Making love.--Precipitate retreat of a young Frenchman.--Different methods of arranging Marriages.--English Divorce.--English Restaurans. 116 LETTER LIV. Mixed Society.--Influence of the English Clergy and their Families.--Importance of their station in Society. 132 LETTER LV. Le Grand Opéra.--Its enormous Expense.--Its Fashion.--Its acknowledged Dulness.--'La Juive.'--Its heavy Music.--Its exceeding Splendour.--Beautiful management of the Scenery.--National Music. 143 LETTER LVI. The Abbé Deguerry.--His eloquence.--Excursion across the water.--Library of Ste. Geneviève.--Copy-book of the Dauphin.--St. Etienne du Mont.--Pantheon. 156 LETTER LVII. Little Suppers.--Great Dinners.--Affectation of Gourmandise.--Evil effects of "dining out."--Evening Parties.--Dinners in private under the name of Luncheons.--Late Hours. 166 LETTER LVIII. Hôpital des Enfans Trouvés.--Its doubtful advantages.--Story of a Child left there. 177 LETTER LIX. Procès Monstre.--Dislike of the Prisoners to the ceremony of Trial.--Société des Droits de l'Homme.--Names given to the Sections.--Kitchen and Nursery Literature.--Anecdote of Lagrange.--Republican Law. 201 LETTER LX.