Paris as It Was and as It Is A Sketch Of The French Capital, Illustrative Of The Effects Of The Revolution

LETTER LXXV.

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The Carnival--That of 1802 described--The Carnival of modern times, an imitation of the Saturnalia of the ancients--Was for some years prohibited, since the revolution--Contrast between the Carnival under the monarchy and under the republican government.