CHAPTER XX
THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE--THE OPERA--SOME FAMOUS CAFÉS--CONCLUSION 321
INDEX 339
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS
BY O. F. M. WARD
RUE ST. ANTOINE _Frontispiece_
POINT DU JOUR _facing page_ 5
ROMAN BATHS IN MUSÉE DE CLUNY " " 8
BOIS DE BOULOGNE--LAC SUPÉRIEUR " " 19
RUE ST. JACQUES " " 23
ST. JULIEN LE PAUVRE " " 26
PORT DES ORMES " " 37
L'INSTITUT DE FRANCE " " 44
HOTEL GEROUILHAC " " 51
ST. ETIENNE DU MONT AND TOUR DE CLOVIS " " 62
VINCENNES " " 68
RUE DE VENISE " " 77
LA SAINTE CHAPELLE " " 86
THE SEINE FROM PONT DA LA CONCORDE " " 93
LE PETIT PONT " " 100
ILE DE LA CITÉ " " 109
THE SEINE AT ALFORTVILLE " " 117
ON THE QUAI DES GRANDS AUGUSTINS " " 124
NOTRE DAME FROM THE NORTH " " 132
PORCH OF ST. GERMAIN L'AUXERROIS " " 141
RUE ROYALE " " 146
BOULEVARD ST. MICHEL " " 155
LUXEMBOURG GARDENS " " 165
THE LOUVRE--GALERIE D'APOLLON " " 172
ST. GERVAIS " " 178
LUXEMBOURG PALACE " " 181
PLACE DES VOSGES " " 188
PONT ST. MICHEL " " 191
PONT NEUF " " 194
NOTRE DAME " " 207
PLACE DU CARROUSEL " " 211
VERSAILLES--LE TAPIS VERT " " 214
GRAND PALAIS AND PONT ALEXANDRE " " 219
HOTEL DES INVALIDES " " 222
COLONNE VENDÔME " " 230
PLACE DU CHÂTELET AND TOUR ST. JACQUES " " 235
MONT S. GENEVIÈVE FROM L'ILE S. LOUIS " " 238
ST. SULPICE " " 241
MONTMARTRE FROM BUTTES CHAMONT " " 251
PLACE DE LA CONCORDE " " 256
EIFFEL TOWER " " 261
ARC DE TRIOMPHE, PLACE DU CARROUSEL " " 268
THE LOUVRE, EASTERN ENTRANCE " " 274
RUE DROUOT AND SACRÉ COEUR " " 278
VERSAILLES--BASSIN DE NEPTUNE " " 283
THE OBSERVATORY " " 287
THE LOUVRE FROM THE SOUTH-EAST " " 293
ST. EUSTACHE " " 300
THE TROCADERO " " 327
ARC DE TRIOMPHE--PLACE DE L'ETOILE " " 330
IN THE GARDEN OF THE TUILERIES " " 334
REPRODUCTIONS OF PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE
THIRTEENTH CENTURY SCULPTURES FROM ST. DENIS (Restored) 84
OUR LADY OF PARIS. Early Fifteenth Century " " 136
PORTRAIT OF FRANCIS I. JEAN CLOUET " " 150
TRITONS AND NEREIDS FROM THE OLD FONTAINE DES INNOCENTS. JEAN GOUJON " " 166
PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH OF AUSTRIA, WIFE OF CHARLES IX. FRANÇOIS CLOUET " " 168
CATHERINE DE' MEDICI. French School, Sixteenth Century " " 176
PORTION OF THE EAST FAÇADE OF THE LOUVRE. From BLONDEL'S Drawing, showing PERRAULT'S Base. (_Reproduced by permission of_ M. LAMPUE) " " 220
WINGED VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE " " 302
ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. MICHEL COLOMBE " " 302
CARDINAL VIRTUES. GERMAIN PILON " " 304
DIANA AND THE STAG. JEAN GOUJON (_Photogravure_) " " 304
THE BURNING BUSH. NICOLAS FROMENT (_Photogravure_) " " 306
TRIPTYCH OF MOULINS. LE MAÎTRE DE MOULINS " " 308
JUVENAL DES URSINS. FOUQUET " " 308
SHEPHERDS OF ARCADY. POUSSIN " " 310
A SEAPORT. CLAUDE LORRAIN " " 312
LANDING OF CLEOPATRA AT TARSUS. CLAUDE LORRAIN " " 312
THE EMBARKATION FOR THE ISLAND OF CYTHERA WATTEAU " " 314
GRACE BEFORE MEAT. CHARDIN " " 316
MADAME RÉCAMIER. DAVID " " 316
LANDSCAPE. COROT " " 318
LICTORS BRINGING TO BRUTUS THE BODIES OF HIS SONS. DAVID " " 320
THE POND. ROUSSEAU " " 322
THE BINDERS. MILLET " " 324
The majority of the photographs of sculpture have been taken by Messrs. HAWEIS & COLES, while most of the other photographs are reproduced by permission of Messrs. GIRAUDON.
LINE ILLUSTRATIONS
BY KATHARINE KIMBALL
PAGE
THE CITÉ 3
REMAINS OF ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE 6
TOWER OF CLOVIS 16
ST. GERMAIN DES PRÉS 26
ST. JULIEN LE PAUVRE 32
ST. GERMAIN L'AUXERROIS 39
WALL OF PHILIPPE AUGUSTE, COUR DE ROUEN 64
LA SAINTE CHAPELLE 70
REFECTORY OF THE CORDELIERS 74
CATHEDRAL OF ST. DENIS 80
NOTRE DAME: PORTAL OF ST. ANNE 82
NOTRE DAME--SOUTHERN SIDE 85
NOTRE DAME AND PETIT PONT 91
TOWER IN RUE NAVARRE IN WHICH CALVIN IS SAID TO HAVE LIVED 94
HÔTEL OF THE PROVOST OF PARIS 96
PALAIS DE JUSTICE, CLOCK TOWER AND CONCIERGERIE 105
PALACE OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF SENS 113
CHAPEL OF FORT VINCENNES 122
TOWER AT THE CORNER OF THE RUE VIEILLE DU TEMPLE AND THE RUE BARBETTE 126
TOWER OF JEAN SANS PEUR 128
CLOISTER OF THE BILLETES, FIFTEENTH CENTURY, RUE DE L'HOMME ARMÉ 135
TOWER OF ST. JACQUES 147
PONT NOTRE DAME 149
CHAPEL, HÔTEL DE CLUNY 151
WEST DOOR OF ST. MERRI 152
TOWER OF ST. ETIENNE DU MONT 153
LA FONTAINE DES INNOCENTS 161
WEST WING OF LOUVRE BY PIERRE LESCOT 163
PETITE GALERIE OF THE LOUVRE 174
HÔTEL DE SULLY 183
PLACE DES VOSGES 188
OLD HOUSES NEAR PONT ST. MICHEL, SHOWING SPIRE OF THE STE. CHAPELLE 190
THE MEDICI FOUNTAIN, LUXEMBOURG GARDENS 196
PONT NEUF 198
THE INSTITUT DE FRANCE 208
RIVER AND PONT ROYAL 225
SOUTH DOOR OF NOTRE DAME 237
INTERIOR OF ST. ETIENNE DU MONT 239
HÔTEL DE VILLE FROM RIVER 279
NOTRE DAME, SOUTH SIDE 282
ST. SÉVERIN 285
TOWER AND COURTYARD OF HOTEL CLUNY 287
OLD ACADEMY OF MEDICINE 289
COUR DU DRAGON 292
ST. GERVAIS 294
PLACE DES VOSGES, MAISON DE VICTOR HUGO 296
ARCHIVES NATIONALES IN HÔTEL SOUBISE, SHOWING TOWERS OF HÔTEL DE CLISSON 298
NEAR THE PONT NEUF 303
ARCHES IN THE COURTYARD OF THE HÔTEL CLUNY 322
_The majority of the three-colour, half-tone and line blocks used in this book have been made by the Graphic Photo-Engraving Co., London._
LIST OF MAPS
PLAN OF THE HISTORIC LOUVRE FROM BLONDEL'S DRAWING xxiii
MAP OF THE SUCCESSIVE WALLS OF PARIS xxiv
PLAN OF PARIS WHEN BESIEGED BY HENRY IV. IN 1590, _facing page_ 175
PARIS AND ITS STORY