CONTENTS. A Trip to Paris proposed.-The Orphan.-Contrasted PAGE Railroad Journey to Southampton.-Salutary Admoni- tion to young Travellers. —A Night at Sea.- A Squall. -Sea-sickness.-Deadlights.-Dying Easy.-Return of Fine Weather.-Havre de Grace.-American Vanity.- The French Diligence.-Journey across Normandy.- Likeness of its Population to the Natives of Sussex.- City of Rouen. - Bridges over the Seine. Narrow Streets and Tall Houses.-A Cicerone.-The Exiled Pole.-Flower Market.-Cathedral.-Tomb and Effigy of Richard Coeur de Lion. Church of St. Ouen.- Table-d'Hôte.-Joan of Arc.-Railroad to Paris.-Sister The Citadine.-Place Bourbon.-Relic from Luxor.- Ali Pacha.- Fountains. - Statues. Exterior of the Church of St. Madeleine.-Palace of the Tuileries.- Garden. - Buonaparte and his Infant Son.- Place du Carrousel. - Statue of Henri IV.-Parisian Shops.- An Equestrian Exhibition.- Church of St. Roch.- Holy Thursday.—Pantomimic Procession in the Church. -Indecorous Squabble about the Prices of Chairs.-A Protestant's Preference for Pews.-L'Arc de l'Etoile.-A Parisian Tea-party. — The Luxembourg. - Chambre des Pairs. Ancient Apartments of Marie de Medicis.-Me- morial of Fénélon.-Church of St. Sulpice.-Exterior of the Louvre. Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Palais Interior of the Louvre.-Grand Gallery.-Treasures of - - Quai d'Orsay.-Cathedral of Nôtre Dame.-Ostentatious - - CHAPTER VI. - The Evening Party.-French and English Dancing.- - - Royal Library. Its Small Beginning - and Present Extent.-The Pantheon.-A Generous Pro- PAGE 63 . 92 ject. The Catacombs.-Objections against visiting them. -A Turkish Story-teller.-Heights of Montmartre.— Passy.- Bois de Boulogne.—Sunday.—Church of the Oratory.-Hôpital des Invalides.-Statue of Buonaparte. Halle au Blé.-Halle de Justice.-City and Cathedral of St. Denis.-Origin of the Place.-Errand of Charity.— Improvident Benevolence.-Ingenuous Confession.-St. Cloud.-Desire chastened by Prudence.-Juvenile Friend- ship.-Versailles.-The Streets and Houses.-Exterior of Versailles. Interior of the Palace.--Gallery of Sculp- tune.-A Thunder-storm.-Return to Paris.-Letters by Post, requiring a Return to England.-A Night Journey in a Diligence.— A Fortified Town.- Beauvais.- Lights extinguished at Midnight. — Picardy.- Boulogne.-An Oversight remedied.—The Lower Order of People more |