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THE FIRST VOLUME. ·
LETTER I.
Difficulty of giving a systematic account of what is doing
in France.-Pleasure of revisiting Paris after long absence.
— What is changed; what remains the same.
LETTER II.
Page 1
Absence of the English Embassy.-Trial of the Lyons
Prisoners. Church of the Madeleine. Statue of Napo-
-
leon.
LETTER III.
7
Slang.-Les Jeunes Gens de Paris.-La Jeune France.
-Rococo.-Décousu.
12
LETTER IV.
Théâtre Français. Mademoiselle Mars. · Elmire. -
'Charlotte Brown.'-Extract from a Sermon.
LETTER V.
17
Exhibition of Living Artists at the Louvre.-The Deluge.
-Poussin and Martin. Portraits.
Appearance of the
company.
22
Society.-Morality. - False Impressions and False Re-
ports.-Observations from a Frenchman on a recent publica-
Page 32
tion.
LETTER VII.
Alarm created by the Trial of the Lyons Prisoners.—
Visits from a Republican and from a Doctrinaire: reassured
by the promises of safety and protection received from the
latter.
41
LETTER VIII.
Eloquence of the Pulpit. L'Abbé Cœur.
Sermon at
St. Roch.-Elegant Congregation.-Costume of the younger
Clergy.
LETTER IX.
50
Literature of the Revolutionary School.-Its low estima-
tion in France.
59
LETTER X.
Lonchamps. The "Three Hours' Agony" at St. Roch.
-Sermons on the Gospel of Good-Friday.-Prospects of
the Catholics.-- O'Connell.
66
LETTER XI.
Trial Chamber at the Luxembourg.-Institute.-M. Mi-
gnet.-Concert Musard
76
LETTER XII.
Easter-Sunday at Notre Dame.-Archbishop.-View of
Paris.-Victor Hugo.-Hôtel Dieu.-Mr. Jefferson. 83
The Gardens of the Tuileries.-Legitimatist-Republican
-Doctrinaire.- Children.- Dress of the Ladies- Of the
Gentlemen. Black Hair. Unrestricted Admission.
Anecdote.
101
LETTER XV.
Street Police.-Cleaning Beds.-Tinning Kettles.-Build-
ing Houses.-Loading Carts.-Preparing for the Scavenger.
-Want of Drains.-Bad Pavement.-Darkness.
LETTER XVI.
112
Preparations for the Fête du Roi.-Arrival of Troops.
-Champs Elysées.-Concert in the Garden of the Tuileries.
-Silence of the People.-Fireworks.
120
LETTER XVII.
Political chances.-Visit from a Republican- His high
spirits at the prospects before him - His advice to me
respecting my name. Removal of the Prisoners from
Ste. Pélagie. Review. - Garde de Paris - The National
Guard.
130
LETTER XVIII.
First Day of the Trials.-Much blustering, but no riot.-
All alarm subsided. - Proposal for inviting Lord B-m
to plead at the Trial. Society. Charm of idle conversa-
tion. The Whisperer of good stories.
LETTER XIX.
Victor Hugo.-Racine.
141
151
Père Lachaise.-Mourning in public.-Defacing the Tomb
of Abelard and Eloïsa.—Baron Munchausen. Russian
Monument.-Statue of Manuel.
189
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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
Objections to quoting the names of private individuals.
-Impossibility of avoiding Politics.-Parceque and Quoique.
-Soirée Antithestique.
LETTER XXVIII.
Page 237
New Publications.-M. de Lamartine's "Souvenirs, Im-
pressions, Pensées, et Paysages."-Tocqueville and Beau-
mont.-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.
LETTER XXX.
257
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.
LETTER XXXII.
281
Eglise Apostolique Française-Its doctrine.-L'Abbé Au-
zou-His Sermon on "les Plaisirs Populaires."
290