In the eighteenth century Sylvie's House was the scene of the romance of Mlle. de Clermont and Louis de Melun. The head of the house of Montmorency objected to the marriage of his sister, Mlle. de Clermont, with this nobleman, whose rank he considered insufficient. The young girl disregarded this and made a secret marriage, soon ended by the tragic death of Louis de Melun, who was killed by a stag at bay in the course of a hunt in Sylvie's park. These various episodes in the history of Sylvie's House are recalled in the paintings of Luc-Olivier Merson, installed by the Duc d'Aumale when he turned the old house into a museum. Visit to the Castle The +Castle+, +Sylvie's House+, the +Jeu de Paume+, and the "+Grandes-Écuries+" _are open to the public from April 15 to October 14_: 1, _On Sundays, Thursdays and legal holidays, from 1 to 5 p.m., free;_ 2, _On Saturdays, the same hours, one franc charged for each visitor._ _The +Park+ is open to the public all the year round on Thursdays, Sundays and holidays: from 1 to 6 p.m., from April 15 to October 14, and till 4 p.m. for the rest of the year._ The Condé Museum is extremely interesting. _We advise tourists to obtain the guide book sold at the entrance, which gives all useful information for the details of the visit. The plan (p. 31) makes it easy to find one's way about the museum. By following the numbering in this plan the various rooms will be seen in the order in which they are marked in the guide book._ The several photographs which follow can give but a faint idea of the richness and interest of the collections made by the Duc d'Aumale. The following view shows the Gallery of the Stags, formerly the dining room. The picture on page 32 represents the magnificent carved and inlaid chest (the work of Riesener, the great cabinet-maker), which stands in room 24 (_plan p._ 31). The Duc d'Aumale gathered the gems of his collection together in the room that he named the +Santuario+ (_No. 19 on plan, p. 31_). [Illustration: GALLERY OF THE STAGS] They are: +The Virgin+ by _Raphael_, described as "of the House of Orleans," having belonged to that family for a very long time. This little panel, painted about the year 1506, was bought for 160,000 francs in 1869. It is reproduced on _p. 32_. +The Three Graces+, another small panel painted by _Raphael_ at about the same time as The Virgin, was bought for 625,000 francs in 1885. +Esther and Ahasuerus+, panel of a marriage chest, executed by _Filippino Lippi_, was bought for 85,000 francs in 1892. +Forty Miniatures+ by _Jehan Fouquet_, taken from the _Book of Hours_, by Estienne Chevalier: this leading work of the French school of the fifteenth century was acquired for the sum of 250,000 francs in 1891. [Illustration: