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| PREFACE | [7] |
| I. | IN THE STREET | [19] |
| II. | IN A CELLAR | [31] |
| III. | IN A MARKET-PLACE | [38] |
| IV. | BOURGEOISIE | [47] |
| 1. | M. DURAND AT MARIE-LE-BOIS | |
| 2. | PENSION DE FAMILLE. THE BEAUTIFUL MADEMOISELLE MARIE, WHO LOVED GAMBETTA | |
| 3. | PENSION DE FAMILLE. FRENCH AND PIANO LESSONS. LES SAINTES FILLES, MESDEMOISELLES PÉRIVIER | |
| 4. | THE AFFAIR OF THE COLLARS | |
| V. | ON STRIKE | [69] |
| 1. | WHEN IT WAS DARK IN PARIS | |
| 2. | BIRDS OF THE STATE AT THE POST OFFICE | |
| 3. | AFTER THE STORM AT VILLENEUVE-ST-GEORGES | |
| VI. | COTTIN & COMPANY | [84] |
| VII. | THE LATIN QUARTER | [92] |
| 1. | MÈRE CASIMIR | |
| 2. | GLOOM ON THE RIVE GAUCHE | |
| 3. | THE DAUGHTER OF THE STUDENTS | |
| VIII. | MONSIEUR LE ROUÉ | [114] |
| IX. | FRENCH LIFE AND THE FRENCH STAGE | [122] |
| 1. | M. PAUL BOURGET, THE REACTIONARY PLAYWRIGHT, AND M. PATAUD, WHO PUT OUT THE LIGHTS OF PARIS | |
| 2. | M. ALFRED CAPUS. “NOTRE JEUNESSE” AT THE FRANÇAISE | |
| 3. | M. BRIEUX, “LA DÉSERTEUSE,” AT THE ODÉON | |
| 4. | PARIS, M. EDMOND ROSTAND, AND “CHANTECLER” | |
| X. | AFTER “CHANTECLER” | [187] |
| XI. | AU COURS D’ASSISES. PARIS AND MADAME STEINHEIL | [192] |
| XII. | THE LATE JULES GUÉRIN AND THE DEFENCE OF FORT CHABROL | [216] |
| XIII. | DEATH OF HENRI ROCHEFORT | [235] |
| XIV. | ROYAL VISITS TO PARIS | [246] |
| XV. | AT THE ÉLYSÉE. MESSIEURS LES PRÉSIDENTS | [260] |
| 1. | M. LOUBET AND PAUL DÉROULÈDE | |
| 2. | M. ARMAND FALLIÈRES. MOROCCO AND THE FLOODS | |
| 3. | M. RAYMOND POINCARÉ AND THE RECORD OF M. LÉPINE | |
| XVI. | MADAME LA PRÉSIDENTE, M. GEORGES CLEMENCEAU AND THE UNFORTUNATE M. PAMS | [296] |