[CONTENTS]
[FOOTNOTES]
[TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE]
THE AMERICAN
IN
PARIS.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,
GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
1838.
T. C. Savill, Printer, St. Martin’s Lane, Charing Cross.
PREFACE.
* * * * * You have no sooner a guinea in London than you have none. In addition to the ways and means I pointed out in my last, gather together the letters I wrote you from Paris, and offer them to the booksellers. There are enough, if you have preserved them, for two volumes. I had partly the intention, in writing these letters, to dress them up one day into some kind of shape for the Public. I am not certain they are fit to be seen in their present dishabille—but leave that to the purchaser. A pretty woman slip-shod is a pretty woman still, and she is not so much improved as you think by her court dress. Tell the Public I do not mean them for great things: I am no critic, no politician, no political economist; but only, as Shakspeare would say, “a snapper up of inconsiderate trifles.” Under this title I have the honour to be, with the most perfect consideration, the Public’s very obedient, humble servant.
CONTENTS.
| [LETTER I] | |
|---|---|
| Havre—Description of the Town—The Mapseller—Mannersof the People—Law of Inheritance—State of Agriculture—Townand Country Poverty—Foreign Trade—TheCustom House, a School for Perjury—System ofPassports—The French Diligence—Rouen—The Cathedral—Joanof Arc | [p. 1-24] |
| [LETTER II] | |
| Paris—Street Cries—St. Roch—The Boulevards—ParisianLodgings—Manner of Living—The Grand Opera—Taglioni—ThePublic Gardens—The Guinguettes—Dancing,the characteristic amusement of the French—SundayDances—Dancing defended, from classical authority | [p. 25-53] |
| [LETTER III] | |
| The Boulevards—Boulevard Madelaine—Boulevard desCapucines—Boulevard Italien—Monsieur Carème—SplendidCafés—The Baths—Boulevard Montmartre—TheShoe-black—The Chiffonnier—The Gratteur—TheCommissionnaire—Boulevard du Temple—Scene atthe Ambigù Comique—Sir Sydney Smith—Monsieur deParis—The Café Turc—The Fountains—Recollectionsof the Bastille—The Halle aux Blés—The Bicêtre—Boulevarddu Mont Parnasse | [p. 54-92] |
| [LETTER IV] | |
| The Palais Royal—French courtesy—Rue Vivienne—Pleasuresof walking in the streets—Cafés in the Palais Royal—MilleColonnes—Véry’s—French dinners—Past Historyof the Palais Royal—Galerie d’Orleans—Gambling—Theunhappy Colton—Hells of the Palais Royal—PrincePuckler Muskau—Lord Brougham—The Kingand Queen | [p. 93-125] |
| [LETTER V] | |
| The Tuileries—The Gardens—The Statues—The Cabinetsde Lecture—The King’s Band—Regulations of the Gardens—Yankeemodesty—The English Parks—Properestimate of riches—Policy of cultivating a taste for innocentpleasures—Advantages of gardens—Should be madeornamental—Cause of the French Revolution—Mr.Burke’s notion of the English Parks—Climate ofFrance | [p. 126-143] |
| [LETTER VI] | |
| The Three Glorious Days—The plump little Widow—Marriageof fifteen young Girls—Shrines of the Martyrs—LouisPhilippe—Dukes of Orleans and Némours—TheNational Guards—Fieschi—The Infernal Machine—MarshalMortier and twelve persons killed—Dismissalof the Troops—The Queen and her Daughters—Disturbedstate of France—The Chamber ofDeputies—Elements of support to the present Dynasty—Privatecharacter of the King—The Daily Journals—TheChamber of Peers—Bonaparte | [p. 144-165] |
| [LETTER VII] | |
| The Garden of Plants—The Omnibus—The Museum ofNatural History—American Birds—The Naturalist—Studyof Entomology—The Botanic Garden—Cabinetof Comparative Anatomy—The Menagerie—The Giraffe—Notionsof America—The Cedar of Lebanon—Effectsof French Cookery—French Gastronomy—Goose LiverPie—Mode of Procuring the Repletion of the Liver | [p. 166-186] |
| [LETTER VIII] | |
| Burial of the victims—St. Cloud—The Chateau—TheCicerone—The Chevalier d’Industrie—Grave of Mrs.Jordan—The Bois de Boulogne—Amusements on FêteDays—Place Louis XV.—The King at the Tuileries—TheAmerican Address—His Majesty’s Reply—ThePrincess Amelia—The Queen and her Daughters—TheDukes of Orleans and Némours—Madame Adelaide—Splendourof Ancient Courts—Manner of governing theFrench—William the Fourth—Exhibition of the Studentsat the University | [p. 187-209] |
| [LETTER IX] | |
| Tour of Paris—The Seine—The Garden of Plants—TheAnimals—Island of St. Louis—The Halle aux Vins—ThePolice—Palais de Justice—The Morgue—Numberof suicides—M. Perrin—The Hotel de Ville—Place deGrêve—The Pont Neuf—Quai des Augustins—TheInstitute—Isabelle de Bavière—The Bains Vigiers—ThePont des Arts—The Washerwomen’s Fête—Swimming-schoolsfor both sexes—The Chamber of Deputies—Placede la Revolution—Obelisk of Luxor—Hospitalof the Invalids—Ecole Militaire—The Champ de Mars—Talleyrand | [p. 210-250] |
| [LETTER X] | |
| Faubourg St. Germain—Quartier Latin—The Book-stalls—Phrenologists—Dupuytren’sRoom—Medical Students—Lodgings—Billat the Sorbonne—FrenchCookery—A Gentleman’s Boarding-house—The LocomotiveCook—Fruit—The Pension—The Landlady—Pleasuresof being duped—Smile of a French Landlady—TheBoarding-house—Amiable Ladies—The LuxembourgGardens—The Grisettes—Their naïveté and simplicity—Americanssent to Paris—Parisian Morals—Advantagesin visiting Old Countries—American Societyin Paris | [p. 251-284] |
| [LETTER XI] | |
| The Observatory—The Astronomers—Val de Grace—Anneof Austria—Hospice des Enfans Trouvés—Rows ofCradles—Sisters of Charity—Vincent de Paul—Maisonsd’Accouchement—Place St. Jaques—The Catacombs—Skullof Ninon de l’Enclos—The Poet Gilbert—Julian’sBath—Hotel de Cluny—Ancient Furniture—Francisthe First’s Bed—Charlotte Corday—Danton—Marat—Robespierre—Ruedes Postes—Convents offormer Times—Faubourg St. Marceau | [p. 285-302] |