Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland

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Jardin des Plantes; Situation, History.--Cedar of Lebanon and Palm-trees.--Menagerie.--Cuvier.--Museum of Comparative Anatomy, &c.--Paris owes much to Henry IV., Louis XIV., Napoleon, and Louis Philippe.--Pont Neuf.--St. Bartholomew's Massacre.--Bastile.--Column.