It is a sad, and a woful change; and one of ominous import for our children. Most woful to those of my countrymen who, like the reader's humble servant, have passed a happy half-score of years in the delightful society and the incomparable capital of the French people.

Blanchard Jerrold.
Rue de Rome, Paris,
July, 1871.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I.MRS. ROWE'S[13]
II.HE'S HERE AGAIN![30]
III.MRS. ROWE'S COMPANY[39]
IV.THE COCKAYNES IN PARIS[45]
V.THE COCKAYNE FAMILY[62]
VI.A "GRANDE OCCASION"[91]
VII.OUR FOOLISH COUNTRYWOMEN[104]
VIII."OH, YES!" AND "ALL RIGHT!"[111]
IX.MISS CARRIE COCKAYNE TO MISS SHARP[122]
X."THE PEOPLE OF THE HOUSE"[129]
XI.MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLERS[140]
XII.MRS. DAKER[154]
XIII.AT BOULOGNE-SUR-MER[174]
XIV.THE CASTAWAY[192]
XV.THE FIRST TO BE MARRIED[210]
XVI.GATHERING A FEW THREADS[231]

MAMMA ANGLAISE. (A French design.)

ILLUSTRATIONS.

MY LORD ANGLAIS AT MABILLE[Frontispiece]
CROSSING THE CHANNEL—A SMOOTH PASSAGE[13]
CROSSING THE CHANNEL—RATHER SQUALLY[14]
ROBINSON CRUSOE AND FRIDAY[16]
PAPA AND THE DEAR BOYS[18]
THE DOWAGER AND TALL FOOTMAN[20]
ON THE BOULEVARDS[42]
A GROUP OF MARBLE "INSULAIRES"[46]
BEAUTY AND THE B——[68]
PALAIS DU LOUVRE.—THE ROAD TO THE BOIS[72]
MUSEE DU LUXEMBOURG[77]
THE INFLEXIBLE "MEESSES ANGLAISES"[105]
ENGLISH VISITORS TO THE CLOSERIE DE LILAS—SHOCKING!![109]
SMITH BRINGS HIS ALPENSTOCK[114]
JONES ON THE PLACE DE LA CONCORDE[118]
FRENCH RECOLLECTION OF MEESS TAKING HER BATH[125]
THE BRAVE MEESS AMONG THE BILLOWS HOLDING ON
BY THE TAIL OF HER NEWFOUNDLAND		[125]
COMPATRIOTS MEETING IN THE FRENCH EXHIBITION[127]
VARIETIES OF THE ENGLISH STOCK.—COMPATRIOTS
MEETING IN THE FRENCH EXHIBITION		[126]
A PIC-NIC AT ENGHIEN[147]
EXCURSIONISTS AND EMIGRANTS[152]
BOIS DE BOULOGNE[164]