CHAPTER XXXI—Unison

PARIS NIGHTS And Other Impressions of Places and People By Arnold Bennett MCMXIII

CONTENTS

PARIS NIGHTS—1910

I—ARTISTIC EVENING

II—THE VARIÉTIÉS

III—EVENING WITH EXILES

IV—BOURGEOIS

V—CAUSE CÉLÈBRE

VI—RUSSIAN IMPERIAL BALLET AT THE OPERA

LIFE IN LONDON—1911

I—THE RESTAURANT

II—BY THE RIVER

III—THE CLUB

IV—THE CIRCUS

V—THE BANQUET

VI—ONE OF THE CROWD

ITALY—1910

I—NIGHT AND MORNING IN FLORENCE

II—THE SEVENTH OF MAY, 1910

III—MORE ITALIAN OPERA

THE RIVIERA—1907

I—THE HÔTEL TRISTE

II—WAR!

III-“MONTE”

IV—A DIVERSION AT SAN REMO

FONTAINEBLEAU—1904-1909

I—FIRST JOURNEY INTO THE FOREST

II—SECOND JOURNEY INTO THE FOREST

III—THE CASTLE GARDENS

IV—AN ITINERARY

SWITZERLAND—1909-1911

I—THE HOTEL ON THE LANDSCAPE

II—THE EGOIST

III—THE BLAND WANDERER

IV—ON A MOUNTAIN

ENGLAND AGAIN—1907

I—THE GATE OF THE EMPIRE

II—AN ESTABLISHMENT

III—AMUSEMENTS

IV—MANCHESTER

V—LONDON

VI—INDUSTRY

THE MIDLANDS—1910-1911

I—THE HANBRIDGE EMPIRE

II—THE MYSTERIOUS PEOPLE

III—FIRST VOYAGE TO THE ISLE OF MAN

IV—THE ISLAND BOARDING-HOUSE

V—TEN HOURS AT BLACKPOOL

THE BRITISH HOME—1908

I—AN EVENING AT THE SMITHS’

II—THE GREAT MANNERS QUESTION

III—SPENDING-AND GETTING VALUE

IV—THE PARENTS

V—HAMIT’S POINT OF VIEW

VI—THE FUTURE

STREETS ROADS AND TRAINS—1907-1909

I—IN WATLING STREET

II—STREET TALKING

III—ON THE ROAD

IV—A TRAIN

V—ANOTHER TRAIN