The American in Paris; vol. 1 of 2

Havre--Description of the Town--The Mapseller--Manners of the People--Law of Inheritance--State of Agriculture--Town and Country Poverty--Foreign Trade--The Custom House, a Scho...

The Boulevards--Boulevard Madelaine--Boulevard des Capucines--Boulevard Italien--Monsieur Carème--Splendid Cafés--The Baths--Boulevard Montmartre--The Shoe-black--The Chiffonnie...

The Palais Royal--French courtesy--Rue Vivienne--Pleasures of walking in the streets--Cafés in the Palais Royal--Mille Colonnes--Véry’s--French dinners--Past History of the Pala...

The Tuileries--The Gardens--The Statues--The Cabinets de Lecture--The King’s Band--Regulations of the Gardens--Yankee modesty--The English Parks--Proper estimate of riches--Poli...

The Three Glorious Days--The plump little Widow--Marriage of fifteen young Girls--Shrines of the Martyrs--Louis Philippe--Dukes of Orleans and Némours--The National Guards--Fies...

The Garden of Plants--The Omnibus--The Museum of Natural History--American Birds--The Naturalist--Study of Entomology--The Botanic Garden--Cabinet of Comparative Anatomy--The Me...

Burial of the victims--St. Cloud--The Chateau--The Cicerone--The Chevalier d’Industrie--Grave of Mrs. Jordan--The Bois de Boulogne--Amusements on Fête Days--Place Louis XV.--The...

Tour of Paris--The Seine--The Garden of Plants--The Animals--Island of St. Louis--The Halle aux Vins--The Police--Palais de Justice--The Morgue--Number of suicides--M. Perrin--T...

Faubourg St. Germain--Quartier Latin--The Book-stalls--Phrenologists--Dupuytren’s Room--Medical Students--Lodgings--Bill at the Sorbonne--French Cookery--A Gentleman’s Boarding-...

The Observatory--The Astronomers--Val de Grace--Anne of Austria--Hospice des Enfans Trouvés--Rows of Cradles--Sisters of Charity--Vincent de Paul--Maisons d’Accouchement--Place...

I have half a mind to describe this town to you. It has twenty thousand inhabitants, is at the mouth of the Seine, and twenty-four hours from Paris. The houses are high, and mos...

When one has travelled all night in a French diligence in the dog-days, and is set down next morning in the “_Place Notre Dame des Victoires_,” three thousand miles from one’s h...

The Boulevards--Boulevard Madelaine--Boulevard des Capucines--Boulevard Italien--Monsieur Carème--Splendid Cafés--The Baths--Boulevard Montmartre--The Shoe-black--The Chiffonnie...

The Palais Royal--French courtesy--Rue Vivienne--Pleasures of walking in the streets--Cafés in the Palais Royal--Mille Colonnes--Véry’s--French dinners--Past History of the Pala...

The Tuileries--The Gardens--The Statues--The Cabinets de Lecture--The King’s Band--Regulations of the Gardens--Yankee modesty--The English Parks--Proper estimate of riches--Poli...

The Three Glorious Days--The plump little Widow--Marriage of fifteen young Girls--Shrines of the Martyrs--Louis Philippe--Dukes of Orleans and Nemours--The National Guards--Fies...

The Garden of Plants--The Omnibus--The Museum of Natural History--American Birds--The Naturalist--Study of Entomology--The Botanic Garden--Cabinet of Comparative Anatomy--The Me...

Burial of the victims--St. Cloud--The Chateau--The Cicerone--The Chevalier d’Industrie--Grave of Mrs. Jordan--The Bois de Boulogne--Amusements on Fête Days--Place Louis XV.--The...

Tour of Paris--The Seine--The Garden of Plants--The Animals--Island of St. Louis--The Halle aux Vins--The Police--Palais de Justice--The Morgue--Number of suicides--M. Perrin--T...

Faubourg St. Germain--Quartier Latin--The Book-stalls--Phrenologists--Dupuytren’s Room--Medical Students--Lodgings--Bill at the Sorbonne--French Cookery--A Gentleman’s Boarding-...

The Observatory--The Astronomers--Val de Grace--Anne of Austria--Hospice des Enfans Trouvés--Rows of Cradles--Sisters of Charity--Vincent de Paul--Maisons d’Accouchement--Place...