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L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
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Dumas' Paris

By Francis Miltoun

Author of "Dickens' London," "Cathedrals of Southern
France," "Cathedrals of Northern France," etc.

With two Maps and many Illustrations

Boston
L. C. Page & Company
MDCCCCV

_Copyright, 1904_
BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

_All rights reserved_

Published November, 1904

_COLONIAL PRESS
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
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Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1

II. DUMAS' EARLY LIFE IN PARIS 14

III. DUMAS' LITERARY CAREER 33

IV. DUMAS' CONTEMPORARIES 68

V. THE PARIS OF DUMAS 83

VI. OLD PARIS 126

VII. WAYS AND MEANS OF COMMUNICATION 147

VIII. THE BANKS OF THE SEINE 165

IX. THE SECOND EMPIRE AND AFTER 178

X. LA VILLE 195

XI. LA CITE 235

XII. L'UNIVERSITE QUARTIER 244

XIII. THE LOUVRE 257

XIV. THE PALAIS ROYAL 266

XV. THE BASTILLE 278

XVI. THE ROYAL PARKS AND PALACES 297

XVII. THE FRENCH PROVINCES 321

XVIII. LES PAYS ETRANGERS 359

APPENDICES 373

INDEX 377

List of Illustrations

PAGE

ALEXANDRE DUMAS _Frontispiece_

DUMAS' HOUSE AT VILLERS-COTTERETS 7

STATUE OF DUMAS AT VILLERS-COTTERETS 14

FACSIMILE OF DUMAS' OWN STATEMENT OF HIS BIRTH 26

FACSIMILE OF A MANUSCRIPT PAGE FROM ONE OF
DUMAS' PLAYS 37

D'ARTAGNAN 48

ALEXANDRE DUMAS, _Fils_ 64

TWO FAMOUS CARICATURES OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS 68

TOMB OF ABELARD AND HELOISE 82

GENERAL FOY'S RESIDENCE 84

D'ARTAGNAN, FROM THE DUMAS STATUE BY GUSTAVE DORE 123

PONT NEUF--PONT AU CHANGE 135

PORTRAIT OF HENRY IV. 143

GRAND BUREAU DE LA POSTE 154

THE ODEON IN 1818 167

PALAIS ROYAL, STREET FRONT 183

77 RUE D'AMSTERDAM--RUE DE ST. DENIS 188

PLACE DE LA GREVE 197

TOUR DE ST. JACQUES LA BOUCHERIE (MERYON'S
ETCHING, "LE STRYGE") 198

HOTEL DES MOUSQUETAIRES, RUE D'ARBRE SEC 207

D'ARTAGNAN'S LODGINGS, RUE TIQUETONNE 214

109 RUE DU FAUBOURG ST. DENIS (DESCAMPS' STUDIO) 221

NOTRE DAME DE PARIS 235

PLAN OF LA CITE 236

CARMELITE FRIARY, RUE VAUGIRARD 246

PLAN OF THE LOUVRE 257

THE GARDENS OF THE TUILERIES 265

THE ORLEANS BUREAU, PALAIS ROYAL 268

THE FALL OF THE BASTILLE 284

INN OF THE PONT DE SEVRES 302

BOIS DE BOULOGNE--BOIS DE VINCENNES--FORET DE
VILLERS-COTTERETS 315

CHATEAU OF THE DUCS DE VALOIS, CREPY 318

CASTLE OF PIERREFONDS 324

NOTRE DAME DE CHARTRES 329

CASTLE OF ANGERS--CHATEAU OF BLOIS 333

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