A good many distinguished people were buried at S. Gervais: Scarron, more celebrated as having been the first husband of the notorious Mme. de Maintenon than for his writings; that excellent, but insufficiently appreciated painter, Philippe de Champaigne; Ducange, the antiquarian and historian; the chancellors Le Tellier, Louis Roucherat and Charles Voysin; archbishop Le Tellier of Reims, son of the chancellor and founder of the library of S. Geneviève; and the poet Crébillon, author of _Rhadamistus_, _Electra_, _Catiline_, and other tragedies. The only monument which remains is that of Le Tellier, who reposes in white marble upon a black marble mattress, with allegorical figures watching over his slumbers. It was the work of Mazeline and Hurtrelle, members of the Academy, but not otherwise celebrated, as is occasionally the case. In one of the chapels of the nave is a 13th century bas-relief of Our Lord receiving His mother's soul as she expires, surrounded by the Apostles; a fine old picture painted upon wood, of various scenes from the Passion, formerly attributed to Albrecht Dürer, but more probably by some master of the Flemish school. Many of the pictures by Lesueur, Bourdon, and Philippe de Champaigne, formerly in this church, are now in the Louvre. LA TOUR SAINT-JACQUES. This tower is all that remains of the church of S. Jacques de la Boucherie, which had to be demolished to make way for the Rue de Rivoli. It was commenced in 1508, and finished in 1522. The figure of S. James upon the little turret, and his friends the Evangelistic animals, by Rauch, were thrown down in 1793; but in 1836, when the municipality saved the tower by purchasing it, the statues were repaired and replaced. The church contained many tombs and slabs, some of which have found a home in the Hôtel Cluny. One of the most famous persons buried at S. Jacques was Nicholas Flamel, a member of the University, and librarian, who died in 1417, leaving large sums of money to the church. His effigy, and that of his wife, were to be seen kneeling at the Virgin's feet in the tympanum of the porch. He was venerated as their patron by the alchymists, for having, as was affirmed, discovered the philosopher's Stone; and several times his house in the Rue des Écrivains was rummaged in order to find some indication of his secret. His funeral tablet has the following epitaph engraven upon it, and is numbered 92 in the collection of the Hôtel Cluny: [Illustration: TOUR SAINT-JACQUES, LOOKING TOWARDS THE HÔTEL DE VILLE] FEU NICOLAS FLAMEL JADIX ESCRI VAIN A LAISSÉ PAR SON TESTAMENT À LEUSORE DE CESTE ÉGLISE CERTAINES RENTES ET MAISONS QU'IL AVOIT ACQUESTÉES ET ACHETÉES À SON VI- VANT POUR FAIRE CERTAIN SERVICE DIVIN ET DISTRIBUCIONS D'ARGENT CHASCUN AU PAR AUMOSNE TOU- CHANS LES QUINZE VINS: LOSTEL DI EU ET AULTRES ÉGLISES ET HOSPITEAUX À PARIS.--SOIT PRIÉ POURS LES TRÉPASSÉS.