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Quai d'Orsay.-Cathedral of Nôtre Dame.-Ostentatious
Forms of Public Worship.- Church of Nôtre Dame de
Lorette.-Visit to an Artist's Studio.- Interior of the
Church of St. Madeleine. — Sunday in Paris. — Bishop
Luscombe's Protestant Church. A Disaster to Charles,
attended with a Blackened Eye. -Spanish Gallery of
Paintings.-Hôtel Bourbon, or Palace of Representatives.
- Jardin des Plantes. Comparisons with similar Insti-
tutions in Great Britain. Baron Cuvier. - Public Re-
wards to Men of Genius.-The Gobelins Tapestry.

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CHAPTER VI.

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The Evening Party.-French and English Dancing.-
Arrangements for a Day's Amusement.-Unexpected In-
terruption. Charles's Disaster of the preceding Day ac-
counted for. His Bravery in saving a Child's Life.-
A Mother's Gratitude. - French Boasting and English
Modesty.-The Boulevards.-A Dancing Master of For-
mer Times.-Place de la Bastille.-The Elephant Fount-
ain. Cemetery of Père la Chaise. - Tomb of Abelard
and Héloise.-French Levity in Solemn Situations.-A
Funeral Procession. -- Apathy of the Attendants.-Ma-
nagement of Public Works in France and England. ·
Théatre des Vaudevilles.

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- Royal Library. Its Small Beginning

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Versailles. Interior of the Palace.--Gallery of Sculp-
tures. Statue of Joan of Arc.-David the Painter.-La
Fayette.-Gallery of Paintings.-Battle-pieces.-Florid
Colouring.-Marriage of Buonaparte with Maria Louisa.
-Want of Proportions in the Portraits.-The Gardens.
-Picture of the Conquest of Algeria.- Drawing-room of
Louis XIV.-Palace of the Trianon.-Table and Ink-
stand used by Buonaparte.-Le Petit Trianon." An
English Garden," so-called.-Sunday at Versailles.—
Company in the Gardens.-Fountains.-Chariot of Nep-

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