Madame de Sévigné.
(From the portrait by Mignard.)

THE STONES OF PARIS
IN HISTORY AND LETTERS

BY
BENJAMIN ELLIS MARTIN
AND
CHARLOTTE M. MARTIN

IN TWO VOLUMES
Vol. II

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
MDCCCXCIX

Copyright, 1899, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

TROW DIRECTORY
PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY
NEW YORK

CONTENTS

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The Southern Bank in the Nineteenth Century[1]
The Paris of Honoré de Balzac[51]
The Paris of Alexandre Dumas[89]
The Paris of Victor Hugo[123]
The Making of the Marais[163]
The Women of the Marais[213]