CHAP. I.
Spirit of adventure of the English.—English fox-hunters.—Money spent abroad.—Migration through France and Switzerland into Italy.—Return.—The English associate together.—In what consist their reasons for foreign residence.—Distrust with respect to Napoleon.—Gallery of the Louvre.—Its dispersion.—Exaggeration of the number of English absentees.—The foreign notions of our motives for travelling.—Reflections on international intercourse.—Nature of the author's observations gleaned during a long residence abroad.—Remarks on the character of the French revolution.—Its effects.—Elevation of Napoleon.—Great results that have accrued from the French revolution in the West Indies, in South America; and that may possibly take place in Africa.
CHAP. II.
The author repairs with his two sons to Southampton.—They set sail for Havre de Grâce.—Gale of wind.—Fécamp in sight.—Continue their course for Havre.—Land after a long passage.—The routes from London to Paris compared.—Port regulations.—The English Hôtel.—Hôtel de la Ville du Havre.—Damp sheets, how aired.—Strong coffee.—Mass.—Douanier.—Extortion by porters.—Imposition respecting passports.—Ill-breeding of certain parrots.—Commissaire de Police.—Embouchure of the Seine.—Legend and statue of St. Denis.—Inquiring peasant-boy.—French exactness.—The Rogation days.—Insolence of vulgar assistants in travelling abroad.—Commodious diligence.—Normandy.—Norman predilection.—Petition in verse.—The king of Yvetot.—Rouen.—Magny.—Abstinence, variously understood, and how practised.—Road along the banks of the Seine.—Village of St. Clair.—Pontoise.—Arrival at Paris.—Rate of travelling.—Lodge in the Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin.
CHAP. III.
Description of Paris.—Place Louis XV.—Palais Bourbon.—Triumphal arch of Neuilly.—Champs Elysées.—The Louvre.—Its gallery of paintings, and museum.—Excellent arrangement of the statues.—The Italian school.—Progress of the French school of painting.—The Jardin des Plantes.—Museum of Natural History.—Ménagerie.—Manners of the Bourgeois.—Palais du Luxembourg.—King's library.—New structure at the Place du Carousel.—Pont Neuf.—Église de Notre Dame.—Ste. Geneviève.—Sepulture in that church.—Church of St. Sulpice.—Dome of the Invalides.—The Halle aux Bleds.—Pillar of the Place Vendôme.—Young Napoleon.—Duc de Bordeaux.—Preponderance of Russia.—History of the "Victoires et Conquêtes, &c."—Model of the elephant, designed for the Place de la Bastille.—Le Marais.—Agreeableness of the Boulevards.—Great advantage of quais.—Hôtel Dieu.—La Morgue.—Manufactory of the Gobelins.—Le Palais Royal.
CHAP. IV.