[LETTER XXVI.]
Palais Royal. — Garden. — Gay Scene. — Passage d'Orleans. — House opposite to which Henry IV. was assassinated by Ravaillac. — Molière. — Marat and Charlotte Corday. — Palace of the Luxembourg. — Paintings. — Gardens. — Statuary. — Chapel.
[LETTER XXVII.]
Hotel de Cluny; History, Associations, Interior, wonderful Contents. — Julian's Palace of the Baths. — Mr. George Sumner. — Church of St. Sulpice. — Statuary. — Ecclesiastical Fountain. — Bibliothèque St. Geneviève. — Church of St. Etienne du Mont. — History. — Monuments of Racine and Pascal. — Christening an Infant. — Church of St. Germain des Pres, (oldest in Paris); its Restoration going on. — Tombs of Descartes, Mabillon, Montfaucon, &c.
[LETTER XXVIII.]
Jardin des Plantes; Situation, History. — Cedar of Lebanon and Palm-trees. — Menagerie. — Cuvier. — Museum of Comparative Anatomy, &c. — Paris owes much to Henry IV., Louis XIV., Napoleon, and Louis Philippe. — Pont Neuf. — St. Bartholomew's Massacre. — Bastile. — Column.
[LETTER XXIX.]
An amusing Fellow-countryman. — Père la Chaise. — Monuments. — Abattoir. — Consul's Office; his numerous Calls.
[LETTER XXX.]
Cirque. — Amusements. — Champs Elysées. — Hippodrome. — Arabs. — Sabbath kept in Parlor.