LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

From drawings by John Fulleylove, Esq. The portraits from photographs by Messrs. Braun, Clément et Cie.

Madame de Sévigné (from the portrait by Mignard).[Frontispiece]
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Alphonse de Lamartine (from a sketch by David d'Angers,"un soir chez Hugo")facing[10]
Madame Récamier (from the portrait by Gros)facing[40]
The Abbaye-aux-Bois[43]
Portal of Châteaubriand's Dwelling in Rue du Bac[46]
The Court of the Pension Vauquerfacing[52]
Honoré de Balzac (from the portrait by Louis Boulanger)facing[64]
Les Jardies[70]
The Antiquary's Shop, and in the background the house whereVoltaire diedfacing[78]
The Pension Vauquer[80]
The Commemorative Tablet to Balzac[84]
The Figure of d'Artagnan (from the Dumas Monument byGustave Doré)facing[90]
Alexandre Dumasfacing[104]
The Wall of the Carmelites[113]
Rue Tiquetonne, with the Hôtel de Picardiefacing[118]
The Hôtel de Toulouse[128]
Alfred de Musset (from the sketch by Louis-Eugène Lami)facing[144]
The Cemetery of Picpus[153]
Victor Hugo (from the portrait by Bonnat)facing[160]
The Hôtel du Prévôt[175]
Anne de Bretagne (from a portrait by an unknown artist in aprivate collection)facing[186]
Louis XII (from a water-color portrait by an unknown artist,in a private collection)facing[190]
Sully (from a portrait attributed to Quesnel, in the MuséeCondé at Chantilly)facing[194]
The Court of the Hôtel de Béthune. Sully's Residence[196]
The Hôtel de Mayenne. In the distance, the Temple Sainte-Marie,called the Church of the Visitationfacing[198]
The Place des Vosgesfacing[214]
The Hôtel de Beauvaisfacing[238]
The Staircase of the Dwelling of the Marquise de Brinvilliersfacing[246]
The Hôtel de Sensfacing[254]
Marguerite de Valois (from a portrait by an unknown artist, inthe Musée de Montpellier)facing[258]
The Hôtel Lamoignonfacing[262]
The Tourelle of the Hôtel Barbette[268]
The Gateway of the Hôtel de Clisson[276]