Since this new edition was prepared for the press the devastating theft of Leonardo da Vinci's "Monna Lisa" was perpetrated. Pages 81-87 therefore—describing that picture as one of the chief treasures of the Louvre—must change their tense to the past.

E. V. L.

CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I]PAGE
The English Gates of Paris [1]
[CHAPTER II]
The Ile de la Cité [9]
[CHAPTER III]
Notre Dame [31]
[CHAPTER IV]
Saint Louis and his Island [54]
[CHAPTER V]
The Marais [61]
[CHAPTER VI]
The Louvre: I. The Old Masters [78]
[CHAPTER VII]
The Louvre: II. Modern Pictures and Other Treasures[97]
[CHAPTER VIII]
The Tuileries [114]
[CHAPTER IX]
The Place de la Concorde, the Champs Elysées and theInvalides[132]
[CHAPTER X]
The Boulevard St. Germain and its Tributaries[158]
[CHAPTER XI]
The Latin Quarter [170]
[CHAPTER XII]
The Panthéon and Sainte Geneviève [188]
[CHAPTER XIII]
Two Zoos [199]
[CHAPTER XIV]
The Grands Boulevards: I. The Madeleine to the Opera[214]
[CHAPTER XV]
A Chair at the Café de la Paix [227]
[CHAPTER XVI]
The Grands Boulevards: II. The Opera to the Place dela République[244]
[CHAPTER XVII]
Montmartre [260]
[CHAPTER XVIII]
The Elysée to the Hôtel de Ville [276]
[CHAPTER XIX]
The Place des Vosges and Hugo's House[299]
[CHAPTER XX]
The Bastille, Père Lachaise and the End[306]
[Index] [321]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

IN COLOUR

The Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville [Frontispiece]
The Courtyard of the Compas d'OrTo face page[6]
The Ile de la Cité from the Pont des Arts"[40]
Notre Dame"[58]
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile"[74]
The Parc Monceau"[116]
The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel"[124]
The Place de la Concorde"[140]
The Pont Alexandre III."[160]
The Fontaine de Médicis"[180]
The Musée Cluny"[200]
The Rue de Bièvre"[222]
The Boulevard des Italiens"[240]
The Porte St. Denis"[258]
The Sacre Cœur de Montmartre from the Buttes-Chaumont"[280]
The Place des Vosges, Southern Entrance"[300]