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_. On page 149, camelias is a possible typo for camellias. The index entry for the Latin Quarter refers to a non-existent index entry to the Scholars' Quarter. THE STONES OF PARIS IN HISTORY AND LETTERS [Illustration: Madame de Sévigné. (From the portrait by Mignard.)] THE STONES OF PARIS IN HISTORY AND LETTERS BY BENJAMIN ELLIS MARTIN AND CHARLOTTE M. MARTIN IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II _ILLUSTRATED_ NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS MDCCCXCIX COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK CONTENTS Page The Southern Bank in the Nineteenth Century 1 The Paris of Honoré de Balzac 51 The Paris of Alexandre Dumas 89 The Paris of Victor Hugo 123 The Making of the Marais 163 The Women of the Marais 213 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS _From drawings by John Fulleylove, Esq. The portraits from photographs by Messrs. Braun, Clément et Cie._ Madame de Sévigné (from the portrait by Mignard). Frontispiece PAGE Alphonse de Lamartine (from a sketch by David d'Angers, "_un soir chez Hugo_") facing 10 Madame Récamier (from the portrait by Gros) facing 40 The Abbaye-aux-Bois 43 Portal of Châteaubriand's Dwelling in Rue du Bac 46 The Court of the Pension Vauquer facing 52 Honoré de Balzac (from the portrait by Louis Boulanger) facing 64 Les Jardies 70 The Antiquary's Shop, and in the background the house where Voltaire died facing 78 The Pension Vauquer 80 The Commemorative Tablet to Balzac 84 The Figure of d'Artagnan (from the Dumas Monument by Gustave Doré) facing 90 Alexandre Dumas facing 104 The Wall of the Carmelites 113 Rue Tiquetonne, with the Hôtel de Picardie facing 118 The Hôtel de Toulouse 128