At the Grand Hotel du Louvre, Paris.
Potage.—Consommé aux Quenelles; Hors d’œuvre; Melon. Relevées.—Saumon Sauce Hollandaise; Pommes de terre nature; Train de Côtes à la broche; Aubergines à la Provençale. Entrées.—Timbales à la Joinville; Poulardes à la Demidoff. Rot.—Canetons de Rouen au Cresson; Salade de Romaine. Entremets.—Petits Pois à l’Anglaise; Biscuits Princesse; Garnis d’Allumettes. Desserts.
At a Provincial Hotel in France, somewhat more meagre than usual, however (verbatim).
Potage.—Tapioca. Relevées.—Epigrammes d’Agneau Bretonne. Entrées.—Poulets Sautés Maringa. Legumes.—Choux de Bruxelles. Rôtis.—Ros bief. Entremets.—Charlotte de Pommes Parisien, etc. Dessert.
[9] A Winter’s Sketches in the South of France and the Pyrenees, p. 7.
[10] At Naples I sat next a German who helped himself to four thick slices of roast beef, then, according to German custom, began by placing one above another, and cutting the whole into little squares by drawing his knife first lengthways and then crossways through them, and having so divided the beef, took his knife and shovelled, in quick succession, all the pieces into his mouth. Fish is often a scarce commodity, yet I have seen German ladies, after having liberally helped themselves to it, call for more as they would for more of any other course, though it is unusual for others to ask a second supply of any course.
[11] Since this chapter was written, alterations have been made on the French postal rates, and, inter alia, the postage to England is reduced to 25 centimes, and for the interior to 15 centimes; but I have allowed the text to stand as referring to the time we were away. There may be other changes of which I am not aware.
[12] The Guide, arranged alphabetically, contains information regarding the following countries and places:—Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey in Europe, and the Mediterranean. In Denmark and Greece the number of Protestant churches is very limited. The Mediterranean embraces fifty-four towns, including towns in Egypt and Palestine.
[13] The figures in this chapter are all given subject to correction.
[14] Bowing the head or bowing the knee at the mention of the name of Jesus, is one of those literal renderings sometimes put upon words of Scripture, of which in reading through, long ago, as a student, the Corpus Juris Canonici, I found examples. The subject is disposed of in Mr. Thomas Spalding’s Scripture Difficulties, p. 269.