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BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS.
BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS.
OLD AND NEW PARIS

Its History, its People, and its Places
 
BY
H. SUTHERLAND EDWARDS
AUTHOR OF “IDOLS OF THE FRENCH STAGE” “THE GERMANS IN FRANCE” “THE
RUSSIANS AT HOME” ETC. ETC.


VOL. I


WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS

C A S S E L L   AND   C O M P A N Y   LIMITED
LONDON PARIS & MELBOURNE
1893
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.PAGE
PARIS: A GENERAL GLANCE.1
CHAPTER II.
THE EXPANSION OF PARIS
Lutetia—La Cité—Lutetia taken by Labienus—The Visit of Julian theApostate—Besieged by the Franks—The Norman Invasion—Gradual Expansionfrom the Île de la Cité to the Outer Boulevards—M. Thiers’s Line ofOutworks
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CHAPTER III.
THE LEFT BANK AND THE RIGHT.
Paris and London—The Rive Gauche—The Quartier Latin—The Pantheon—TheLuxemburg—The School of Medicine—The School of Fine Arts—The Bohemiaof Paris—The Rive Droite—Paris Proper—The “West End”
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CHAPTER IV.
NOTRE DAME.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame, a Temple to Jupiter—Cæsar andNapoleon—Relics in Notre Dame—Its History—Curious Legends—The “NewChurch”—Remarkable Religious Ceremonies—The Place de Grève—The Daysof Sorcery—“Monsieur de Paris”—Dramatic Entertainments—Coronation ofNapoleon
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CHAPTER V.
SAINT-GERMAIN-L’AUXERROIS
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