Set up and electrotyped March, 1901
Reprinted August, 1901; January, 1902

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
FRENCH RURAL AND PROVINCIAL LIFE[1]
CHAPTER II
PARIS AND PARISIANISM[28]
CHAPTER III
SOCIAL DIVERSIONS AND DISTINCTIONS[58]
CHAPTER IV
THE ARMY AND THE NATION[87]
CHAPTER V
SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION[112]
CHAPTER VI
NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS[ 147]
CHAPTER VII
HOME-LIFE IN FRANCE[173]
CHAPTER VIII
PEASANT AND ARTISAN[202]
CHAPTER IX
THE PRESS AND THE PEOPLE’S COLLEGES[229]
CHAPTER X
THE PARISIAN LECTURE AND SALON[250]
CHAPTER XI
THE “LITTLE PEOPLE” OF PARIS[264]
CHAPTER XII
ORGANISED PHILANTHROPY AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE[283]
INDEX[307]

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