Chapter XLVIII: Versailles and the Commune (2)
Dagobert, King, Tomb of, I., 102; II., 98
_Daily News_, Office of, I., 140
_Daily Telegraph_, Office of, I., 140
D’Aligre and Latude, II., 215, 216
D’Amboise, Jacques, and the Hôtel Cluny, II., 74
_Dame aux Camélias, La_, I., 131
Dames Augustines, The, I., 279
“Dames de la Halle,” II., 315
Damien, Father, I., 80
Damiens, Penance, torture and execution of, I., 17, 18, 39, 79
D’Ancre, Marshal, mutilation of his body before the statue of Henry IV., I., 31
D’Anglas, Boissy, and the Breton Club, I., 162
D’Anjou, Quai, I., 291
D’Antichamp, Marquis, and the Revolution of 1830, I., 170
Danton and the Opéra under the Republic, I., 88;
his execution, 150;
place of residence, II., 108
D’Antraigues, Count and Countess, their assassination, I., 325, 326
Darboy, Monseigneur, Archbishop of Paris, put to death by the Commune, II., 66, 358
D’Argenson, M., and the Arsenal Library, I., 290
D’Arlincourt, Viscount, his romances, II., 238, 239
D’Armagnac, Jacques, I., 47
D’Artois, Count, Tennis-ground of, I., 84
Daubenton, Monument to, II., 150
Daudet, M. Alphonse, and the Académie Française, I., 38
David, his picture of the coronation of Napoleon, I., 21;
and the Temple of Terpsichore, 128, 129;
and the Louvre Picture Gallery, 203
David, Félicien, composer, I., 119
Davison, Mr. J. W., I., 115
Day-bankers, II., 260
Dazincourt in the _Marriage of Figaro_, I., 45
Deaf and Dumb Institutions, II., 89, 90, 199-201
Deaf-mutes, number in France, II., 200;
ancient disregard for them and the work of Abbé de l’Épee, 202
Debtors, Imprisonment of, I., 342, 343; II., 139
Déjazet, Mlle., I., 84
Déjazet Theatre, I., 84
Delacroix, Eugène, his picture in the church of St. Louis and St. Paul, I., 284
Delaroche, Paul, Burial-place of, I., 342
Delavau, Prefect of Police, and the spy system, I., 274, 275; II., 18
Delille, Abbé, his lines on the Palais Royal, I., 167
D’Enfer, Rue, I., 4; II., 90;
and the
entrance to the Catacombs, 101;
and the residences of artists, 106
D’Enghien, Duc, Arrest and execution of, I., 59, 60
Denis, St., Boulevard, I., 93
Denis, St., Church of, I., 7; II., 94
Denis, St., Martyrdom of, I., 7
Denis, St., Necropolis of, I., 98-102
Denis, St., Porte, I., 98
Denis, St., Rue, I., 311, 312
D’Ennery, M. Adolphe, I., 93
D’Epernon, M., I., 34
D’Épinay, Mme., and Rousseau, II., 285
Désaugiers, his lines on the Palais Royal, I., 167
Desault, Dr., attends the “Dauphin” in the Temple, I., 71
Desmoulins, Camille, plucking leaves in the Palais Royal gardens, I., 2, 48;
his call to arms, 47;
and the attack on the Bastille, 51, 109;
his execution, 150;
as a student, 357;
his pamphlet, “La Lanterne,” II., 30
D’Étaples, Lefèvre, his Reformation doctrines, I., 286; II., 36
Deux Mondes, Club des, I., 126
Diana of France and the Hôtel Lamoignon, I., 68, 309
Diderot, burial-place, I., 159; II., 246;
early life in Paris, 242;
love affairs, 243;
imprisonment in the Château de Vincennes, 244;
and Rousseau, 244;
and the “Encyclopædia,” 245;
and Catherine II., 246
Diocre, Raimond, Funeral in Notre-Dame of, I., 13
Diplomatists as agents for operatic celebrities, I., 74
Dog-fighting, I., 335
Doge of Genoa, visit to Paris, I., 3
Domes of Paris, The, I., 5
Domestic servants, II., 20-23
Dominicans, Convent of, II., 238
Donizetti’s operas, I., 135
Dorval, Mme., at Porte Saint-Martin Theatre, I., 92, 182
Dramas, place where first acted, I., 2;
performed in Notre-Dame, 19;
under the Reign of Terror, 88
Dramatic censorship, II., 181-184
Dramatic Critics’ Club, I., 103
Drawing, School of, II., 106
Dress in Paris, I., 10
Druot, Hôtel, II., 256
Dubois, Cardinal, Anecdote of, I., 114; II., 22
Ducamp, M. Maxime, his statistics of prisons, II., 144
Duels:
at Vincennes, I., 59, 61-63;
in the Place Royale, 69, 349;
ancient compared with modern, 345;
ancient regulations, 346;
judicial, 346;
in the sixteenth century, 347, 348;
between ladies, 349;
causes, 349;
notable cases, 350, 351;
anecdotes, 353, 354;
of journalists, II., 272, 273
Dugazon in the _Marriage of Figaro_, I., 45
Dumas, the elder, Alexandre, fights a duel with Gaillardet, I., 63;
his answers to a judge, 63;
performance of his _Antony_, 181, 182
Dumouriez and the conspiracy against the life of the First Consul, I., 60
Dupin, M., farmer-general, and the Hôtel Lambert, I., 291
Duplessis, Marie, and the _Dame aux Camélias_, I., 130;
her death, 131
Dupuis, the actor, I., 84
Dupuytren, Dr., and the assassination of the Duke of Berri, I., 90, 91; II., 250
Duval, Alexander, I., 177
Duveyrier, dramatist, I., 119;
his imprisonment, 120
École Militaire, I., 230
Edgeworth, Abbé, his account of the last moments and execution of Louis XVI., I., 146-150;
his account of his flight from Paris, &c., II., 298-300;
letter from Louis XVIII., 301, 302;
fidelity to the royal family and his death, 302
Edict of Nantes, its concessions, II., 41;
its revocation, I., 3; II., 42
Education, II., 44-53
Égalité, Philippe, his execution, I., 150;
voting for the death of Louis XVI., 151; II., 234;
and the Palais Royal, I., 166;
and the Breton Club, I., 162
Eiffel Tower, The, I., 238, 239
Electric cafés, I., 108
Eloi, St., Church of, I., 284
Élysée Palace, I., 218, 219
Emigration, The, II., 295-303
Empereur Joseph, Hôtel, II., 109
“Encyclopædia,” The, consigned to the Bastille by Louis XV., I., 55, 125;
and Diderot, II., 245
Enfantin, Le Père, head of the Saint-Simonians, I., 119;
his prosecution and imprisonment, 120;
his memoirs, 290
English in Paris, The:
a picture in _Punch_, II., 9;
contrasted with the French in London, 10;
traits drawn by M. Lemoinne, 10, 11;
manners of ladies, 11;
interest in religious matters, 11;
dress of women, 12
English dining-places and hotels in Paris, I., 123
Epileptics, Treatment of, II., 214
Escapes of prisoners, II., 141, 142
Étienne, Robert, his editions of the Scriptures, II., 178, 179
Étienne-du-Mont, St., Church of, II., 66
Eugène III., Pope, and the dispute at the church of Saint-Geneviève, II., 59
Eugène, du Prince, Boulevard, I., 302
Eustace, St., Church of, I., 5, 314, 315
Executioner of Lyons, The, and the slaughter of Huguenots, I., 27
Executioner, Public: salary and dress, I., 39, 331;
at the theatre, 88;
in early times, 330;
perquisites, 330, 331;
“Monsieur de Paris,” 331;
beheading dummies, 331;
sometimes physicians, 332;
incident of Victor of Nîmes, 332
Executions outside La Roquette prison, II., 134
Exhibitions, Universal, I., 224, 236-239
Eyck, Van, Picture at the Palais de Justice by, I., 256
Fabroni, the magician, I., 17
Fagon, Dr., and his administration of the Jardin des Plantes, II., 147
Fairs, II., 308
Famines in Paris, I., 3; II., 311, 313
Fargeau, Lepelletier St., his assassination, II., 234
Farmers-General, The, I., 7
Favart, Charles Simon, and his performances before the army, I., 118
Favart, Mme., and the Salle Favart, I., 117;
and Marshal Saxe, 118
Feast of Reason, I., 15
Fencing schools, II., 257-259
Férier, Jean, a leader in the massacre of the Huguenots, I., 27
Ferrières, Château of Baron do Rothschild at, I., 339
Fersen, Count de, and the flight of Louis XVI., I., 211
Feuillants, I., 162
Fieschi, his attempt on the life of Louis Philippe, I., 76-78; II., 112-114;
guillotined, I., 79;
his mistress exhibited at a café, 83
Filles de la Mère-Dieu, Les, Convent of, II., 139
Fine Arts, School of, II., 175, 176
Fiorentino, Paolo, his duel with Achard, I., 61
Fire Brigade, its organisation, I., 270
Fire-arms in the Artillery Museum, II., 87, 88
Fireworks, Duke of Berri alarmed by, I., 144, 145;
accident at a display of, 146
Flamel, Nicholas, librarian to the University of Paris, I., 283;
his house, II., 158
Flesselles, De, Provost of Paris, I., 48, 243
Flollo and his duel with King Arthur, I., 277
Flower-girls, II., 7
Flower-market, in the Place de la République, I., 84;
in the Place de la Madeleine, 142;
in the Place Saint-Sulpice, 173
Folies Dramatiques Theatre, I., 85
Folies Saint-Germain Theatre, II., 89
Fontaine, La, and his mock duel, I., 354
Food, Supply of, II., 310-315
Footman, A speculative, I., 295
Force, Caumont de la, attempts to bribe assassins on St. Bartholomew’s Day, I., 26;
and the grocer’s shop, 295
Force, La, prison, and recalcitrant actresses, I., 56, 58; II., 210
Fort l’Évêque, I., 56
Fortifications of Paris, planned by M. Thiers, I., 7, 8;
their arming in 1870, II., 348
Fortress of John the Fearless, I., 318
Fortunatus, Venantius, and the glass windows of Notre-Dame, I., 14
Fouché and his spy system, I., 274; II., 18
Fould, M. Achille, I., 192
Foundlings, Home for, II., 102
Fountain, in the Place de la République, I., 84;
of the Innocents, 312
Fouquet, Superintendent of Finances, imprisoned in the Bastille, I., 47
Foy, Café, I., 109, 110
Fragonard, artist, decorates the Temple of Terpsichore, I., 128
Français, Théâtre, I., 11, 44-46, 111
Francis I., Cost of obsequies of, I., 98;
his dislike of printed books, 187;
his collection of MSS., 189;
and the Louvre, 195;
and the Château de Madrid, 222;
lays first stone of the Hôtel de Ville, 242;
and the burning of Protestants, 287;
secret rendezvous, II., 158
Francis II., and the Louvre, I., 195;
and the persecution of Protestants, II., 38
Franconi takes over Astley’s Circus in Paris, I., 74
Francs-tireurs, I., 66; II., 351, 352
Frascati’s gambling-house, I., 104-106
Frederick the Great, and the importance of Paris as a capital, I., 1;
and his knowledge of the French language, 36
French in London, The, II., 10
Fréron on the luxurious life of dramatic authors, I., 175
Frescoes in the church of Saint-Eustache, I., 315
Frogs, Eating, II., 167, 168
Fulton, Robert, and his panoramas, I., 103
Funerals, Royal, I., 98-102, 314; II., 94-99
Furniture in the Cluny Museum, II., 82
Gabriel, architect for the completion of the Louvre, I., 199
Gaillardet, M., fights a duel with Alexandre Dumas the elder, I., 63
Gaieté Theatre, I., 302, 303
Gaiety, National, II., 24;
anecdotes of, 24-27
Gambetta, his monument, I., 217
Gambling, at the gambling-house of Frascati, I., 104-106;
at the Palais Royal, 167
Garamond, Claude, II., 178
Gardens, of Frascati’s gambling-house, I., 106;
of the Luxemburg, II., 130
Garnier, Charles, architect of the New Opéra, I., 138
Gassendi, his burial-place, I., 299
Gautier, Théophile, his residence, I., 291
Gavaudin, Mlle., opera-singer, sent to prison, I., 58
General Post Office, and Lavalette, I., 318-321;
adoption and circulation of postcards, 322;
organisation, 321, 322
Geneviève, Ste., Church of, I., 10; II., 59, 62;
Hill of, I., 3, 10;
jest of the Abbé of, I., 99
Genius and madness, II., 211
Georges, Mlle., at Porte Saint-Martin Theatre, I., 92
Geoffroy Lasnier, Rue, I., 290
Gérard, the assassin of the Prince of Orange, I., 79
Germain, St., Market of, II., 171
Germain l’Auxerrois, St., Church of;
and the massacre of St. Bartholomew, I., 2, 22, 26;
and the marriage of the Duc de Joyeuse and Marguerite of Lorraine, 27;
and the excommunication of the Emperor Frederick, II., 29
Germain-des-Prés, St., Church of, I., 7;
antiquity and origin, II., 170;
history, 170, 171;
monastery attached to it, 171
Gibbet, The, II., 315
Girardin, De, kills Armand Carrel in a duel, I., 62;
visits Carrel’s grave, 63, 352
Girls corrupted at St. Lazare, II., 144
Girondists, Hall of the, I., 263
Gluck, his arrival in Paris, I., 135
Gobelins, The:
origin, II., 225;
articles produced, and the directors, 226;
tapestry, 226-228;
and M. Chevreuil, 228;
masterpieces, 228
Good Shepherd, Convent of the, II., 102
Gordon, Mme., and Louis Napoleon’s Strasburg expedition, I., 95
Güritz, Bourbons buried at, I., 100; II., 97
Goujon, Jean, sculptor of the Louvre, I., 195, 310, 312
Gounod’s operas, I., 138
Government offices, II., 237
Grand Cercle, The, I., 111
Grand Châtelet, The, I., 291, 292
Grand Prix, I., 226
Grandjean, surgeon to Louis XVI., I., 72
Granier, Mlle. Jeanne, I., 93
Graveron, Mme. de, her execution, I., 287
Greasy pole, Climbing the, I., 226
Grenier-sur-l’eau, Rue, I., 291
Gribeauval, General de, creator of modern artillery, II., 83
Grimm on the first performances of the _Marriage of Figaro_, I., 44;
and Diderot, II., 245, 246
Gros-Chenet, Rue du, place of burning for sorcerers, I., 3
“Guardian Angels,” II., 260
Guénégaud Theatre, I., 174
Guilds, I., 300, 301
Guillotine:
its introduction, I., 4, 327;
in the Place de la Revolution, 146;
its victims during the Reign of Terror, 150;
its inventor, 327;
subject of a song, 328;
and Dr. Louis, 328, 329;
its first victims, 329;
various sites, 329;
as a toy, 329;
improvements, 330;
the executioner, 330-332;
burial-place of victims, 333;
shed where first experiments were made, II., 108
Guimard, Madeleine, mass at Notre-Dame for her broken arm, I., 19;
and the fire at Porte Saint-Martin Opera House, 86;
her Temple of Terpsichore, 127
Guise, Duke of, and the massacre of St. Bartholomew, I., 22, 26;
and the murder of Coligny, 24
Guise and Coligny, Quarrels between the houses of, I., 349
Guttenberg, Statue of, I., 307
Gymnase Theatre:
opened under the patronage of the Duchess of Berri, I., 103;
notable productions, 103
Hackney coaches, I., 262; II., 1, 2, 30, 31
Halles, The, site of, I., 2
Handel and the overtures of De Maurepas for performances in Paris, I., 74
Hanging for felony, I., 327
Haussmann, Baron, restores the Musée Carnavalet, I., 67, 310
Hawkers of books, I., 125
Haye, M. de la, and the Hôtel Lambert, I., 291
Heart of St. Louis, The, I., 102
Hearts of Kings, Preservation of, I., 102; II., 91
Heaume, Hôtel du, I., 315
Hébert, M., and the Opéra under the Republic, I., 88
“Hedge Schools,” I., 287
Heine, Heinrich, I., 1;
his letters on Paris and other works, II., 292;
his satire, 293;
on Victor Hugo and Rothschild, 294
Henri, the historian, burial-place, I., 299
Henriot, M., and the Opéra under the Republic, I., 88
Henry II. mortally wounded in the Rue Saint-Antoine, I., 2, 68;
and his library, 190;
and the Louvre, 195;
his Protestant victims, 286; II., 38;
and duelling, I., 347
Henry III., name erased from the prayers of the Church, I., 16;
and the marriage of Duc de Joyeuse and Margaret of Lorraine, 27, 28;
lays first stone of Pont-Neuf, 30;
his murder by Jacques Clèment, 76
Henry IV., statue on the Pont-Neuf, I., 3, 31;
chief of the Protestant party when Prince of Béarn, 22;
and the Pont-Neuf, 31;
character and assassination of, 31, 34;
his monument destroyed and afterwards re-erected, 35;
his burial-place, 100;
and duelling, 349
Henry VI. of England crowned King of France in Notre-Dame, I., 15
Henry of Prussia, Prince, and Mlle. Contat, I., 36
Heralds, their proclamations in ancient times, I., 3
Hermits of Saint-William, I., 306
_Hernani_, its first production, I., 179-181
Hérouard, Dr., and the Jardin des Plantes, II., 147
Hilaire, Geoffroy St., and the Jardin des Plantes, II., 150
Holy Sepulchre, Convent of the, I., 314
Homes and Retreats for the indigent, II., 331
Horn, Count, I., 298
Horse-market in the park of the Hôtel des Tournelles, I., 69
Hospice de la Reconnaissance, II., 331
Hospital:
(Hôtel) Dieu, I., 278-280;
for incurables, II., 195;
for sick children, 196;
de la Charité, 204-206;
La Pitié, 206
Hospitals, their administration, I., 276;
system, II., 193-195;
funds, 204
Hôtel:
de Beauvais, I., 283;
Carnavalet, I., 310; II., 160;
du Cheval Blanc, II., 108;
Choiseul, I., 126;
Cluny, II., 73;
Continental, I., 158;
Corneille, II., 109;
Drouet, 256;
l’Empereur Joseph, II., 109;
du Heaume, I., 315;
Lambert, I., 291;
Lamoignon, I., 68, 309;
St. Lomenie de Brienne et Loutrec, II., 177, 237, 238;
St. Paul, II., 158;
de Ranes, II., 174;
du Rhin, I., 158;
de Rohan, I., 304;
de Salm, II., 236, 237;
de Sens, I., 35; II., 158;
de Soissons, I., 318;
de Soubise, I., 304;
de Torpane, II., 160
Hôtel-Dieu:
its founder, I., 278;
its rebuilding, cost, accommodation, &c., 278;
and the Dames Augustines, 279;
as described by Mercier, 279, 280
Hôtel des Invalides:
arms seized by insurgents, I., 50;
opinion of Montesquieu, II., 185;
history, 185, 186;
edict of Henry IV., 186;
the edict of 1870, 186;
and Louis XIV. and Mme. de Maintenon, 187;
visit of Peter the Great, 188;
jokes of the inmates, 188, 189;
Napoleon and the anniversary of the taking of the Bastille, 190;
characteristics of the pensioners, 190, 191;
triumphal battery and tomb of Napoleon, 192
Hôtel de Ville:
its history, I., 242-249;
destroyed by the Commune, 242; II., 359;
attack of 1830, I., 244;
balls and entertainments, 247;
reconstructed, 247;
and the administration of municipal affairs, 248, 249;
and the administration of hospitals, 276
Houssaye, Arsène, and the Académie Française, I., 38
Huberti, Mme. St., I., 135, 322-324;
her assassination, 325, 326
Hugo, Victor, and the tower of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie, I., 5;
and Marion de Lorme, 69;
first production of his _Hernani_, 179-181;
his dramatic works, 181;
recites his first poems at the Arsenal Library, 290;
and the Tower of Vertbois, 302;
his remains deposited in the Panthéon, II., 64;
childhood, 90;
and Lemaître at the Bonne Nouvelle Bazaar, I., 103
Huguenots:
fired upon by Charles IX., I., 2; II., 40;
number massacred throughout France, I., 27;
continued persecution, II., 41, 42.
(See also Protestants)
Hulio takes charge of De Launay, Governor of the Bastille, I., 51
“Hymen, Temple of,” I., 299
Hypnotism and the cure of madness, II., 211
Idiots, Treatment of, II., 214
Immorality, Laws against, II., 143
Imperial Club, I., 140
Imperial Theatre of the Châtelet, I., 76
Industrial Exhibitions, I., 236
Industrial system, I., 236
Infanta of Spain and her _fiancé_, I., 197
Inquisition, The, and the Waldenses, I., 42
Institute of Paris, I., 10;
its academies, 37, 38; II., 288;
opinion of Renan, 53, 54;
unique character and objects of its projectors, 53, 54;
constitution, 54, 55;
library, 55, 290;
reconstitution by the National Convention, 290
Institution Ste. Périne, II., 331
Insurrection against Julius Cæsar, I., 6;
of June, 1832, against Louis Philippe, 93, 94; II., 247-249
“Internationale,” The, II., 355
Isabelle, Princess, and the Abbey of Longchamp, I., 219
Island of Saint-Louis, I., 291
Italian actors invited to Paris by Henri III., and afterwards expelled, I., 115-117
Italian children, Trade in, II., 328-330
Italian prisoner declines to leave the Bastille, I., 99
Italiens, Boulevard des, I., 11, 43, 115-127
Italiens, Théâtre des, I., 117
Ivan the Terrible, and torturing criminals, I., 18
Ivories in the Hôtel Cluny, II., 77
Jacobin Club, I., 162-165
Jacobins:
monastery, I., 161;
their principles, 162;
Chateaubriand’s opinion of them, 163;
and M. l’Abbé Maury, 163, 164;
Michelet’s opinion, 162
Jacques-la-Boucherie, St., Tower of, I., 283
Jacques aux Pelerins, St., Asylum of, I., 314
Janin, Jules, I., 10;
at the Café Riche, 122;
his satirical novel, 335
Jansenists in the Bastille, I., 46
Jardin des Plantes:
popularity, originators, first design, and the administration of Fagon, II., 147;
under Buffon, 148, 149;
at the Revolution, 149;
extensions, 149, 150;
enthusiasm of travellers and professors, 150;
general arrangement, 150-154;
menagerie, 152;
wax-work collection, 153;
busts and masks of famous men, 154
Jarnac, his duel with Chateigneraie, I., 347
Jarnac, Battle of, I., 22
Jena Bridge, II., 33
Jensae, De, his duel with two adversaries, I., 347, 348
Jerome, Prince, and the Palais Royal, I., 168
Jesuits and prisoners in the Bastille, I., 99;
and the Church of St. Louis and St. Paul, 284;
and the University, II., 46
Jews, roasted at la Maubuée, I., 3;
during the Crusades, II., 62
Joan of Arc, unpopularity with Parisians, I., 2, 159;
at the siege of Paris, and her execution, 159;
denounced by a monk, 159, 160;
personated, 160;
and the Sorbonne, II., 50
Jockey Club, I., 111, 139
John the Fearless, and the assassination of the Duke of Orleans, II., 158
Jonathan, the Jew, Legend of, I., 304
Joseph, Father, and the spy system, I., 272
Josephine, Empress, her coronation at Notre-Dame, I., 21
Jouffroi Passage, I., 111
_Journal of Henry III._, and the talisman of Catherine de Médicis, I., 16
Journalists, Leading, II., 270-273
Joyeuse, Duc de, Marriage of, I., 27
Jugglers, II., 327
Julian, Emperor, and his enthusiasm for Lutetia, I., 7
Julien, Saint, Assassination of, I., 35
Julius Cæsar, Insurrection against, I., 6
Jullien at the Café Turc, I., 80
Just, Saint, his execution, I., 151
Kaufmann, Angelica, I., 298
Kings, Hearts of, their preservation, I., 102; II., 91
Kirburg, Prince Frederic John Otho von Salm, his palace and his execution, II., 236
Labienus, and the insurrection against Julius Cæsar, I., 6
Labour, Compulsory, in prisons, II., 146
Lacépède, and the Jardin des Plantes, II., 150
Lackeys, II., 20, 22
Lacroix, Paul, librarian at the Arsenal, I., 290
Ladies’-maids, II., 22
Lafayette, General, I., 94;
and the flight of Louis XVI., 211;
at the national celebration in the Champ de Mars, 232;
place of burial, 333;
and the mob at Versailles, II., 346, 347;
and the Breton Club, I., 162
Laffitte, M., I., 94;
and the story of the pin, 336;
and the story of his loan to a gamester, 336, 337;
Minister of Finance and President of the Council, 337
Lallemand, the student, Death of, I., 358, 359
Lally-Tollendal, Execution of, I., 47, 282
Lamalle, Execution of, I., 17
Lamarck, and the Jardin des Plantes, II., 150
Lamarque, General, Funeral of, and the Republican insurrection, I., 94
Lamartine and the mob, I., 244
Lamballe, Princesse de, I., 313
Lambert, Hôtel, I., 219
Lameth and the Breton Club, I., 162
Lamotte, Countess, and the “affair of the diamond necklace,” II., 345
Lamoignon Hôtel, its former and present occupants, I., 68
Lamoureux, M., I., 76
L’Arbre, Rue de, I., 4, 327
Larive, in the _Marriage of Figaro_, I., 45
Lasource condemned to death, I., 151
Lassay, Marchioness de, II., 210
Lassus, M., and Notre-Dame, I., 14
Latournelle Bridge, II., 34
Latude, Story of, II., 214-218;
his liberation from the Bastille, I., 50
Launay, M., and the statue of Napoleon on the Vendôme Column, I., 156
Launay, De, and his defence of the Bastille, I., 50, 51
Lavalette, M. de:
early life and connection with the post office, I., 318;
arrested for high treason, and saved from death by his wife, 318-320
Law, John Lauriston, his financial speculations in Paris, I., 294, 295;
his work for France, and his pictorial advertisements, 296, 297;
his emigration scheme, II., 325
Law, Changes in the, I., 253, 254
Lawlessness of Parisians in ancient times, I., 3; II., 60
Lazare, St., Prison, I., 64; II., 131;
formerly a leper hospital, 142;
under the canons of St. Victor and St. Vincent de Paul, 142;
becomes a house of correction, and is sacked during famine, 142;
and André Chenier, 142;
vastness, 142;
inmates, 143
Learning under the Convention, I., 90
Lebrun, the painter, and the Louvre, I., 198
Lecouvreur, Adrienne, Supposed poisoning of, I., 3, 182, 183;
burial of, 58, 183; II., 175
Legion of Honour, Palace of the, II., 237
Legislative Assembly of 1791, II., 233
Legouvé, M., on the art of fencing, II., 257, 258
Legris, Jacques, Case of, and judicial duels, I., 346
Legros, Mme., and her efforts on behalf of Latude, II., 214, 217, 218
Lemaître, Frédéric, in _Robert Macaire_, I., 85;
in the _Auberge des Adréts_, 86;
at Porte Saint-Martin Theatre, 92;
at the Théâtre des Variétés, 104;
and Victor Hugo at the Bonne Nouvelle Bazaar, 103
Lemoinne, M., on the English in Paris, II., 10-12
Lenclos, Ninon de, and her rooms in the Boulevard Beaumarchais, I., 67
Lenglet-Dufresnoy, Abbé, employed as a spy by Louis XIV. and Prince Eugène, I., 275
Léo, M. André, on Americans in Paris, II., 12-15
Leopold, M., and the Folies Dramatiques Theatre, I., 85
L’Épée, Abbé de, founder of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, II., 89, 90, 199, 202;
his monument in the church of St. Roch, 203
Lepers, Proclamation for extermination of, I., 3;
asylum for, 219;
shut off in churches, 267;
at St. Lazare, II., 142
Lescot, Pierre, architect of the Louvre, I., 195;
and the Fountain of the Innocents, 312
Lesueur, his picture of an incident in Notre-Dame, I., 14
L’Étoile, Arc de, I., 58
_Lettres de Cachet_, I., 50, 63;
and opera-singers, 89, 99;
and the spy system, 273; II., 17
Leu-Saint-Gilles, St., Church of, I., 312-314
L’Évêque, Fort, State prison, I., 56
Lézardière, Baron, and Abbé Edgeworth, II., 298
L’Hôpital, Marshal de, and his marriage, I., 322
Liancourt, Duc de, and Louis XVI. after the fall of the Bastille, I., 52
Librairie Nouvelle, I., 123, 124
Libraries, Circulating, I., 123;
public, 187-191
Library, National, I., 86, 87, 187, 189-191;
Arsenal, 290;
in the Hôtel de Pimodan, 291;
of the Institute, II., 55;
Sainte-Geneviève, 65, 66;
in the School of Mines, 167
Lighting of Paris, II., 28
_L’Île de la Cité_, I., 6, 249
L’illustre Theatre, II., 291
Littéraire, Café, I., 107, 108
Liszt, Abbé, I., 315
Locke interests himself in an opera-singer, I., 74
Lombards, College and chapel of the, II., 71
Lomenie de Brienne et Loutrec, Hôtel, II., 177, 237, 238
London contrasted with Paris, I., 9
Longchamp, Abbey of, I., 219-221;
promenade, 221
L’Opéra, Place de, I., 133
Loriquet, Father, as an historian, II., 250, 251
Lorme, Marion de, and her residence in the Place Royale, I., 69
L’Orme, Philibert de, and the church of Saint Eustace, I., 5
Lorraine, Cardinal de, and the massacre of St. Bartholomew, I., 22
Losme, De, major of the Bastille, I., 52
Louis VI. and the right of clergy to fight duels, I., 346
Louis VII., his offence against the Chapter of Notre Dame, I., 12, 13;
and the lepers, II., 142
Louis IX. and the Louvre, I., 194
Louis XI. borrowing a book from the Faculty of Medicine, I., 13;
his coronation, 314
Louis XII., his library, I., 187
Louis XIII., his statue erected by Richelieu, I., 69, 70;
his funeral, 99;
and the Palais Royal, 166;
and the Royal Printing Office, 307;
and the Jardin des Plantes, II., 147;
and Versailles, 338
Louis XIV., Statue of, I., 2;
proscribes Gothic architecture, 5;
and the burial of Molière, 58, 111;
and opera-singers, 89;
his funeral, 99; II., 94;
and the Italian actors, I., 117;
and the licence for masked balls, 139;
presents the Palais Royal to Philip of Orleans, 166;
and the Louvre, 197-199;
his collection of pictures, 201, 202;
and duelling, 350;
and disabled soldiers, II., 187;
and Versailles, 338
Louis XV. consigns the Encyclopædia to the Bastille, I., 55;
stabbed by Damiens, 76;
his conduct compared with that of the Duke of Berri, 91;
his funeral, 99; II., 95;
and the Madeleine, I., 142;
his statue, 143, 144;
and the Comédie Française, 175;
and the Royal Military School, 229;
founds the Church of Sainte-Geneviève, II., 62;
and the beggars, 326
Louis XVI. confined in the Rue du Temple, I., 2, 70;
after the capture of the Bastille, 52;
his mild government, 55;
flight from Paris, 87, 211;
reputed burial-place, 100;
his execution, 146, 147-150;
brought back to the Tuileries, 214;
and the celebration in the Champ de Mars, 231, 232;
his trial, II., 234;
and Versailles, 345
Louis XVII., his life in the Temple and death, I., 70;
the supposition that he escaped from the Temple and lived till 1872, 70, 71;
his reputed burial-place, 100
Louis XVIII. inaugurates the new statue of Henry IV., I., 35;
and the burial of Mlle. Raucourt, 58;
and the murder of the Duke of Berri, 90;
obsequies of, II., 96, 99;
and the Madeleine, I., 142;
and the pictures in the Louvre, 204;
and the dungeon of Marie Antoinette, 263;
and Lavalette, 318, 320;
and the Abbé Edgeworth, II., 302
Louis Napoleon, Prince, his two attempts to secure the throne, I., 95-97; II., 116-123;
his trial at the Luxemburg, 123, 124.
(See also Napoleon III.)
Louis-Philippe:
abdication and flight, I., 2, 3;
fortifications constructed under, 7;
lays first stone of the monument in the Place de la Bastille, 59;
military glories of his reign, 75;
Fieschi’s attempt upon his life, 76-79; II., 112-114;
his _sang-froid_, I., 78;
insurrection of June, 1832, against him, 93, 94;
his burial-place, 100;
unveils the new statue of Napoleon on the Vendôme Column, 156;
and the Palais Royal, 167, 168;
and the Élysée Palace, 218;
and the Arc de Triomphe, 225;
and Talleyrand, II., 241
Louis-Philippe Bridge, II., 34
Louis, Dr., and the guillotine, I., 328, 329
Louis le Gros and the Palais de Justice, I., 250
Louis, St.:
funeral, I., 98;
preservation of his heart, 102; II., 91;
effigy in the Palais de Justice, I., 260;
and Blanche de Castille, I., 267
Louis, St., Bridge, I., 34
Louis, St., Island of, II., 34
Louis, St., and St. Paul, Church of, and a picture by Eugène Delacroix, I., 284
Louvel, assassin of the Duke of Berri, I., 90, 91;
his trial, II., 114-116
Lovat, Lord, Decapitation of, and George Selwyn, I., 18
Louviers, Island of, II., 34
Louvre, The:
origin, I., 193;
reconstructed by Philip Augustus, 194;
the Tower, 194;
additions made by Louis IX. and Charles X., 194;
historical events, 194, 195;
its architect and alterations by Catherine de Médicis, 195;
royal residents, 196, 197;
extensions, under Louis XIV., 198;
its picture-gallery, 199, 201-206;
completed by Napoleon III., 200
Lucas, Hippolyte, librarian at the Arsenal, I., 290
Lulli’s operas, I., 127, 135
Lunatic asylums, II., 207-214, 223-225
Lunatics, Prison for, I., 63;
their treatment at various periods, 207, 208;
number in France, 209
Lunge, The brothers, I., 111
Lutetia, the Paris of the Romans, I., 3;
its position and development, 6;
rebuilt and governed as a Roman town, 6;
and the Emperor Julian, 7;
governed by bishops, besieged by Franks, and invaded by Normans, 7;
an island, 7;
its church and palace, 249;
and the hot baths, II., 73
Lutheran Church, I., 304
Luxemburg Palace, I., 10;
its originator and various owners, II., 111;
becomes the Senate or Chamber of Peers, 112;
celebrated trials, 112;
trial of Fieschi, 112-114;
trial of Louvel, 114-116;
trial of Louis Napoleon, 116-124;
and the case of Praslio, 124, 129;
the gardens and picture-gallery, 130
Luxor, Obelisk of, I., 154
Lyceum of Louis the Great, II., 59
Lyons, Number of Huguenots killed at, I., 27;
incidents of the massacre of Huguenots, 27
Machines, Exhibition of, I., 301, 302
MacMahon, Marshal, II., 358
Madeleine, The, its architecture, I., 11, 142;
its history, decorations, preachers, &c., 142, 143
Madeleine, Boulevard, I., 43, 142
Magic, Burning for the crime of, I., 15
Magicians in Paris, I., 16, 17;
patronised by Catherine de Médicis, 42
Magloire, St., Abbey of, I., 314
Magny Restaurant, II., 108
Maintenon, Mme. de, satirised by Italian actors, I., 116;
and disabled soldiers, II., 187;
and the Tsar, 344
Maison Dorée, La, I., 122, 123
Maison de Villas, II., 331
Malesherbes, M. de, and the execution of Louis XVI., I., 147;
his monument in the Palais de Justice, 258
Malle de Scudéry, novelist, I., 299
Man in the iron mask, I., 284
Mandelot, Governor of Lyons, and the massacre of Huguenots, I., 27
Maniaut, Du, and Porte Saint-Martin Theatre, I., 92
Mansard, the architect, I., 67;
and the Place Vendôme, 155;
and the Val de Grâce, II., 90
Manteuffel, Baron Ernest von, and _Les deux Pages_, I., 36
Maps, School of, I., 305
Maquet, Auguste, I., 303
Mara, Mme., I., 135
Marais, The, its illustrious residents, I., 67
Marais, Rue des, I., 3, 67
Marais, Théâtre du, I., 174; II., 110
Marat, I., 151;
disposal of his remains, II., 106;
editor of _Ami du Peuple_, 109
Marble Table, Theatre of the, I., 250, 252
Marcel, Étienne, Mayor of Paris, I., 242;
builds the Bastille, 286
Marcellus, Bishop, I., 14
Marchaud, Guillaume, architect and builder of Pont-Neuf, I., 31
Marché, Rue du, I., 161
Marché des Innocents, Rue du, Events associated with, I., 3
Margaret of Navarre, Queen, and the preaching of Protestants, I., 287; II., 38
Marguerite of Lorraine, Marriage of, I., 27
Marguerite de Valois and her lovers, I., 35; II., 159
Marie Antoinette confined in the Rue du Temple, I., 2, 70;
at a notable performance at the Académie Royale de Musique, 87;
insulted at the Opéra Comique, 87;
marriage, 144;
her execution, 150;
carries her son into the Assembly, 207;
in the Conciergerie, 263;
affair of the necklace, 307; II., 345
Marie de Médicis and her belief in magic, I., 17;
and the Luxemburg Palace, II., 111
Marie Bridge, II., 34
Marigny, Avenue, I., 223, 224
Market:
in the Place de la République, I., 84;
in the Place de la Madeleine, 142;
Temple, 303, 304;
Innocents, 312;
Corn, 314, 318;
Fish, 315; II., 316;
Ave Maria, I., 290;
of St. Germain, II., 171
Markets, Central, I., 314, 315-318; II., 166, 167, 315, 316
Marly, II., 339, 340
Marne, River, II., 287
Marot, Clément, his translation of the Psalms, I., 287; II., 38
Marriage of Duc de Joyeuse and Marguerite of Lorraine at the Church of St.-Germain-l’Auxerrois, I., 27
_Marriage of Figaro_, I., 44-46, 179;
its effect on the public mind, 67
Mars, Mlle., I., 103;
in _Hernani_, 181, 183;
and Mlle. Rachel, 298
Martin, St., Boulevard, I., 93
Martin, St., Porte, I., 93, 98
Masked balls, I., 139
Massacre of St. Bartholomew and the bell of St.-Germain-l’Auxerrois, I., 2, 9, 289;
its authors, 22, 289;
preparations, 23;
murder of Coligny, 24, 289
Massenet’s operas, I., 138
Maubuée, La, Jews roasted at, I., 3
Maurevel fires at Admiral Coligny, I., 23
Maury, M. l’Abbé, his oration in defence of the Parliament, I., 163, 164
Mazarin, and Count de Rochefort, I., 37;
and the introduction of opera into France, 74, 116;
his project for establishing a college, II., 289
Mazarin Library, I., 191
Mazarin Palais, II., 288
Mazas, Prison of, I., 261; II., 131;
construction, and riots of first inmates, 137;
and the cellular system, 137, 138;
sanitation, régime, and administration, 138
Medicine, School of, and practical school, II., 106, 107
Mendicancy, II., 324-330
Ménilmontant, I., 335
Mercier, his description of the Pont-Neuf, I., 36, 37;
on the Académie Française, 37, 38;
description of public executioner, 39;
on the political indifference of Parisians, and the mild government of Louis XVI., 54, 55;
on hackney coaches, 262;
on the spy system, 271, 272;
on the Hôtel-Dieu, 279-281;
on the Mont-de-Piété, 306;
views on the Sorbonne, II., 52, 53;
on the Panthéon, 64
Méry at the Café de la Régence, I., 109
Méry, St., Church of, I., 93, 293, 294
Meyerbeer, his _Robert le Diable_, I., 135
Michelet on the Jacobins, I., 162
Middle Ages:
curiosities of the period in the Cluny Museum, II., 78;
arms and armour in the Artillery Museum, 86, 87;
burning of lunatics, 207
Mignard, the painter, I., 159
Mignons, The, their contest with the partisans of the Duke of Guise, I., 69
Mignot, François Marie, I., 322
Military School, Site of old, I., 127
Military spectacles in circuses and theatres, I., 75
Mille, Laurent de, and the assassination of a banker in the Rue de Venise, I., 298
Mineralogy, Museum of, II., 130
Ministry of Justice, I., 158
Mirabeau:
his motion in the Assembly on July 8th, 1789, I., 47;
his death, 163;
place of burial, II., 63;
letters from the Bastille to “Sophie,” 139, 279;
early life, marriage, and imprisonment, 279;
captivity at Vincennes, and visit to Prussia, 280;
his “Secret History,” and “Prussian Monarchy,” 281;
political life, relations with the Court, and his death, 282;
and the Breton Club, I., 162
Miraille, Dominique, burnt for the crime of magic, I., 15
Miramion, Madame Beauharnais de, and her house of refuge for girls, II., 138
Mirlitons Club, I., 140
Miron, François, his offering of a silver lamp in Notre-Dame, I., 15
Molay, Jacques de, burned on the Pont-Neuf, I., 3, 276
Molé, in the _Marriage of Figaro_, I., 45
Molière, birthplace, I., 2, 322;
death and burial, 2, 58, 111, 112;
residence, 111;
benevolent act of his widow, 112;
his borrowing from the Italians, 117;
as represented by Scarron, 173, 174;
estrangement from Racine, 174;
joins a troop of wandering players, 174;
imprisoned for debt, 290;
his Scottish descent, 315;
and the Val de Grâce, II., 91
Molière Theatre, I., 296
Momus, Café, I., 110, 111
Monastery of the Jacobins, I., 161
Monceau, Parc, I., 344
Monks and duelling, I., 346
Montalivet, M. de, his interview with Napoleon, I., 291
Montansier, Mlle., I., 86, 183
Mont-de-Piété, I., 305, 306;
external appearance, II., 160;
internal arrangements, 161;
Alfred Delvau’s description of the borrowers, 162;
its founder, 163;
description by M. Blaize, 163-166
Montesquieu shoots the Prince of Condé, I., 22;
his interest in opera-singers, 74
Montgomery kills Henri II. in a tournament, I., 68
Montlhéry, Battle of, I., 43, 144
Montmartre, Boulevard, in former times, I., 2, 104, 113;
Butte, 340, 342;
Cemetery, 342;
observatory, 342;
and the church of St. Peter, 342;
and the Frascati gaming-house, 104-106
Montmorency, Constable de, Hotel built by, I., 290
Montparnasse, its associations and occupants, II., 250-253
Montparnasse Theatre, II., 250
Monument to the Republic, I., 84
Moralities, Performance of, at the Palais de Justice, I., 250
Moreau, Hégésippe, II., 250, 251
Morgue, The, II., 34, 35
Moulins, Assembly at, I., 22
Mun, Comte de, II., 71
Municipality of Paris, I., 243
Murat and the Élysée Palace, I., 218
Mürger, Henri, I., 110, 342;
his “Vie de Bohême,” 367
Murillo, his “Conception of the Virgin,” at the Louvre, I., 206
Museum, Artillery, II., 83-88;
Carnavalet, I., 67, 310;
Cluny, II., 76-82;
of French monuments, II., 175;
of mineralogy, II., 130;
des Thermes, I., 314
Musical Artists, Society of, I., 315
Musset, Alfred de, at the Café de la Régence, I., 109
Mysteries, Performance of, I., 19, 226, 314
Napoleon I. and his coronation in Notre-Dame, I., 12, 19-21;
and _The Man of Destiny_ at Porte Saint-Martin Theatre, 92;
his burial-place, 100;
and opera-singers, 135;
and the Madeleine, 142;
and the Column of Austerlitz, 155;
and the Comédie Française, 178;
at the Élysée Palace, 218;
and the Bois de Boulogne, 222;
and the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile, 224;
at the Royal Military School, 230;
and the Rue de Rivoli, 283;
and the Legislative Body, II., 232;
his nobility, 303
Napoleon III.:
his burial-place, I., 100; II., 97;
completes the Louvre, I., 200;
and the Rue de Rivoli, 283;
birthplace, 340;
and the monument to Marshal Ney, II., 106;
sends 500 citizens to Sainte-Pélagie, 141;
creation of nobles, 303.
(See also Louis Napoleon)
Napoleon III. Bridge, II., 33
Napoleon Barracks, I., 283
National Assembly:
its heroic behaviour during the revolution of 1789, I., 50;
decrees the destruction of royal tombs, 102; II., 98;
description of a debate, I., 163-165
National Guard, their behaviour at the insurrection of June, 1832, I., 94
National Library:
the danger of fire from the proximity of the Salle Montansier, I., 86, 87;
and Louis XI., 187;
sequestration of Scheffer and Hanequis’ books, 187;
its gradual growth, 189, 190;
regulations, 191
National Museum of French Monuments, II., 175
National School of Mines, II., 166
National workshops, II., 130, 247
Naundorff, pretender to the French throne, I., 70, 71
Naval and Military Club, I., 140
Navarre, Queen of, Death of the, I., 23
Necker, Dismissal of, I., 47;
bust, veiled with crape, carried through Paris, 48
Necklace, diamond, Affair of the, II., 345
Necropolis of Saint-Denis, Burial of kings at the, I., 98-102;
destruction of tombs and mausoleums by the National Assembly, 102
Nemours, Duc de, his duel with the Duke de Beaufort, I., 350
Nesle, Mme. de, principal in a duel, I., 350
Nesle, Tower of, II., 288
Neuf Bridge, II., 34
Nevers, Duke of, I., 23
New Opéra, The:
dimensions, I., 133;
opening, cost, and number of persons employed, 138;
masked ball, 139
New Year’s gifts, I., 113, 114; II., 22
_New York Herald_, Office of the, I., 140
Newspapers suppressed by Charles X., I., 2;
after the Revolution, II., 180;
prosecutions of 1835, 181;
the first paper, 270;
leading newspapers and their writers, 270-273
Ney, Marshal, and the fencing-master, I., 350;
espousal of the cause of Napoleon, II., 103, 104;
trial and execution, 105, 106;
monument to his memory, 106
Nicholas-in-the-Fields, St., Church of, I., 299
Nobility, Emigration of the, II., 295-298
Nodier, Charles, custodian of the Arsenal Library, I., 290
Normans, their burning of a part of Paris, I., 3;
invasion of Paris, 7
Notre-Dame, founding of, I., 3;
Paris seen from the towers of, 4;
on the site of a Temple to Jupiter, 6, 12, 14;
coronation of Napoleon in, 12, 19-21;
wand of Louis VII. deposited in, 12, 13;
funeral of Raimond Diocre, 13, 14;
formerly consisting of two edifices, 14;
known as the “New Church” in the twelfth century, 14;
embellishments under Louis XIII., 14;
mutilations and restoration, 14;
absolution of Raymond VII., 14;
put to various uses, 15;
coronation of Henry VI. of England as King of France, 15;
panic caused by robbers, 15;
celebration of the Feast of Reason, 15;
executions in front of, 15;
penance of Damiens in front of, 17;
mass for Madeleine Guimard’s broken arm, 19;
dramatic performances, 19
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Church of, I., 340
Novels, Price of, I., 124
Nursing Institution, II., 196
Obelisk of Luxor, I., 154
Observatory, founding and design, II., 102;
copper cupola, 102;
instruments, 102, 103;
execution of Marshal Ney in the Avenue, 103
Observatory of Montmartre, I., 342
O’Connell, his will that his heart should be sent to Rome, I., 102; II., 91
Octroi, The, I., 7, 48; II., 318
Odéon Theatre, I., 10; II., 110, 291, 292
Odo the Falconer, I., 293
Old-clothes dealers, II., 260, 261
Olivier, Mlle., in the _Marriage of Figaro_, I., 45
Omnibuses, II., 31
Opéra, The:
described by Rousseau, I., 134, 135;
Dr. Burney’s opinion, 134;
rehearsals, 136;
first performances, 138
Opéra Comique, The, Marie Antoinette insulted at, I., 87;
its establishment, 115, 117;
its operas, 118;
destroyed by fire, 118;
its history, 292
Opera, Grand, its dimensions and commodiousness, I., 133;
its inauguration, 138;
and masked balls, 139
Opera House in the Rue Le Pelletier, destroyed by fire, I., 127;
and _William Tell_, 138
Opera-singers, engaged through the agency of diplomatists, I., 74;
compelled to perform by _lettres de cachet_, 89;
their immunities, 89;
salaries, 134;
training, 135;
costumes, 322-324
Opéra, National, formerly Académie Royale de Musique, I., 87;
its direction under the Republic, 87, 88
Operas, Composers of, at the Opéra Comique and the Académie, I., 118
Orchestra of blind men, I., 110
Organ-grinders, II., 327
Orleans, brother of Charles VI., Duke of, assassinates the Duke of Burgundy, I., 2
Orleans, Louis Philippe Joseph, Duke of,
(See Égalité, Philippe)
Orleans, Philip II., Duke of, liberates prisoners from the Bastille, I., 99;
and the Palais Royal, 167
Oriental Languages, School, II., 177
Orsi, Count, and Boulogne expedition of Louis Napoleon, II., 117-124
Oyster-women, II., 7, 8
Paix, Rue de la, I., 158
Palace of Industry and the Exhibition of 1855, I., 223, 224
Palace of National Archives, I., 304
Palais:
Bourbon, I., 231, 236;
Cardinal, 306, 307;
de Justice, 250-260;
Mazarin, 288, 289;
Royal, 2, 166-170;
des Thermes, II., 73
Palais, du, Boulevard, I., 264, 269
Palais Bourbon:
inappropriateness of name, II., 231;
construction, history, and use, 231;
and the Legislative Body, 231, 236
Palais de Justice:
its Roman origin and early history, I., 250, 251;
fire of 1618, 252;
fire of 1776, 253;
reconstructed and enlarged, 253;
design, dimensions, tower and courts, 254;
stalls and booths, grand staircase, &c., 255;
picture by Van Eyck, 256;
Salle des Pas Perdus, 258;
monument to Malesherbes, 258;
the Golden Room, 258;
trials in the “Hall of Equity” and the case of Cazotte, 259;
Galerie Saint-Louis, 259, 260;
Bureau of Judicial Assistance, 260;
collection of articles taken from prisoners, 260
Palais Royal:
revolutionary scenes enacted there, I., 2, 169, 170;
its original name, 166;
presented to Louis XIII. by Richelieu, 166;
residence of Henrietta of France and of Philip of Orleans, 166;
burning and re-erection of theatre, 166;
galleries turned into shops, 167;
place of dissipation, 167;
various owners, 168;
fired by Communards, 168; II., 359
Palais Royal Theatre, I., 184
Palissy, Bernard, specimens of his work in the Cluny Museum, II., 79
Panoramas established by Robert Fulton, I., 103
Panoramas, Passage de, I., 103
Panthéon, I., 3, 10;
the site, II., 59;
founded as the Church of Sainte-Geneviève, 63;
decision of the Constituent Assembly, 63;
its illustrious dead, 63, 64
Panthéon Theatre, II., 89
Parc, Mlle. du, her lovers and her intrigues, I., 174
Paris, Count of, and his claim to the throne, II., 305, 306
“Parisians,” The, I., 103
Parvis of Notre-Dame, its historical associations, I., 276, 277
Pascal, Statue of, I., 283
Pasdeloup, Popular Concerts started by I., 76
Pasquier, Baron, and the spy system, II., 18
Passage des Panoramas, I., 103
Paul, Hotel St., II., 158
Paul, St. Vincent de, and his asylum for foundlings, II., 102;
and the lepers, 142;
and the inmates of La Salpêtrière, 211
Paulmy, M. de, and the sale of his books to the Count of Artois, I., 290
Pauvent, first Protestant put to death in France, I., 286
Pavilion of Hanover, I., 126
Peasants, II., 167-170, 310, 311
Pelagie, Ste., Prison: I., 170; II., 131;
origin and first uses, 138, 139;
at the Revolution and under the Second Empire, 139;
Duchess of Berri’s Chapel and employment of prisoners, 139;
class of inmates and official staff, 139, 140;
celebrated prisoners, 140;
during the Republic and under Napoleon III., 141;
famous escapes, 141, 142
Pelletan, Dr., and the heart of Louis XVII., II., 92
Pène, Henri de, fights a duel at Vincennes, I., 61
Père-Lachaise, Cemetery of:
origin of name, I., 333;
site and characteristics, 334;
monuments and graves of notable people, 334;
the slaughter of May, 1871, 335; II., 359;
the crematorium, I., 335;
demonstration of students in connection with the death of Lallemand, 359
Périne, Institution Sainte-, II., 331
Perrault, Claude, and the completion of the Louvre, I., 198
Peter the Great, his visit to Versailles, II., 343, 344
Pétion and the Breton Club, I., 162
Petty trades, II., 259-264, 265, 266
Philip II. of Spain and the massacre of St. Bartholomew, I., 22
Philip Augustus:
Burial at St. Denis of, I., 98;
reconstructs the Louvre, 194;
and the Palais de Justice, 250;
founds the Central Markets, 315;
his towers, II., 157
Philip the Fair and the Palais de Justice, I., 250
Philip the Long, and the church of Notre Dame de Boulogne, I., 221
Piccini’s operas, I., 135
Pichon, Baron, his collection of books and objects of art, I., 291
Picture-dealers, II., 255, 256
Picture-gallery at the Louvre, I., 201-206;
at the Cluny Museum, II., 79, 80;
at the Luxemburg Palace, 130
Pillory, II., 315
Pimodan, Lieut-General Count de, I., 291
Pinel, reformer of lunatic asylum system, II., 211, 222
Piron, and the Académie Française, I., 37, 38
Pius IV. and the massacre of St. Bartholomew, I., 22
Place, de la Bastille, I., 43, 52, 59;
du Château d’Eau, I., 84;
du Châtelet, I., 291, 292;
de la Concorde, II., 143-154;
de Grève, I., 2, 15, 39, 289;
de l’Hôtel-de-Ville, I., 39, 281;
St. Jacques, I., 282;
Maubert, II., 71, 72;
de l’Opéra, I., 133;
du Parvis, I., 276;
de la Roquette, I., 282;
Royale, I., 68, 69;
Vendôme, I., 133, 155-158; II., 359;
des Victoires, I., 2;
des Vosges, I., 68
Poissonnière, Boulevard, I., 103
Pol, St., Execution of the Constable of, I., 282
Police-courts, I., 261
Polignac, Mme. de, principal in a duel, I., 350
Political indifference of Parisians, I., 54
Polytechnic School, I., 358
Pompadour, Mme. de, and her treatment of Latude, II., 214-216
Pomponne, Marquis de, his burial-place, I., 294
Pont-Neuf, the, Statue of Henry IV. on, I., 3;
events occurring on, 3;
the oldest bridge in Paris, 30;
first stone laid by Henry III., 30;
restored, 35;
incident of Mlle. Contat and Prince Henry of Prussia, 35, 36;
Mercier’s account of, 36, 37;
robberies committed by gentlemen on, 37;
resort of beggars, 38, 39
Poor, The:
their treatment, II., 193;
institute for their nursing, 196, 197;
homes, retreats, “bureaux,” and Government aid, 331-337
Popular concerts started by Pasdeloup, I., 76
Poquelins, House of the, I., 315
Porcelain, Sèvres, II, 228-230
Portal, Bérenger de, I., 290
Porte Saint-Denis, Construction and design of, I., 98
Porte Saint-Martin, I., 93, 98
Porte Saint-Martin Theatre, I., 80;
closed at intervals and afterwards re-opened by Du Maniaut, 92;
burnt, and rebuilt, 93
Post-cards, Adoption and circulation of, I. 322
Potel and Chabot, Firm of, and the banquet to ten thousand mayors, I., 126
Poussin, Nicolas, and the Louvre, I., 198
Prado, The, I., 269
Praslin, Duc de, Crime and suicide of, II., 124-130
Press, The:
in 1728, II., 268;
under the Convention, the Directory, and the Consulate, 269;
at the second Restoration, 269;
“ordonnances” of 1830, 269;
abolition of censorship by Louis Philippe, 269;
after the revolution of 1848, 270;
leading newspapers and journalists, 270-273
Press Club, I., 139
Prefect of Police, I., 270
Preville in the _Marriage of Figaro_, I., 45
Prévôt, Rue de, I., 284
Printers, and the suppression of newspapers by Charles X., I., 2
Printing, its introduction, II., 178;
work of Garamond and Robert Étienne, 178;
restrictions and opposition, 179;
privileges granted by Henry IV., and the censorship of Louis XIII., 180;
in 1791, 180;
and the play of Gérard de Nerval, 181
Printing-office, Royal, I., 307-309;
of Honoré de Balsac, II., 175;
of Quantin, 178
Prisoners, and their cells, I., 261, 262; II., 137;
famous escapes, 141, 142
Prisons, II., 131-146;
hygiene, food, and general internal arrangements, 145, 146
Private warfare in France, I., 3
Procope, Café, I., 108, 109
Protestant Temple of the Oratory, I., 314
Protestants:
attempt to drive away the Guises, I., 22;
privileges granted to them after the battle of Jarnac, 22;
preparations for their massacre, 23;
suspected of plots, 23;
their massacre on St. Bartholomew’s Day, 26, 27;
in the Bastille, 47;
their burning by Henry II., 286;
persecution at the Reformation, 287; II., 38;
places of worship, I., 287; II., 38, 43;
under the Reign of Terror, 43;
schools, I., 287
Prussians, charges against them for conduct during the Franco-Prussian War, II., 353, 354
Public Aid Department, II., 335, 337
Public Writers, II., 3-7
Quai d’Anjou, I., 291
Quantin’s printing-office, II., 178
Quartier Latin, The, I., 10
Quinze-Vingts, The, II., 198, 199
Quincampoix, Rue, I., 294
Rabelais, his place of burial, I., 284;
place of his death, II., 157;
his allusions to Francis I., 158
Rachel, Mlle.:
parentage and early life, I., 298;
her performances at the Théâtre Molière, and admission into the Conservatoire, 298;
at the Gymnase, 298, 299;
at the Théâtre Français, 299
Racine, and “Bajazet” and “Britannicus,” I., 3;
estrangement with Molière, 174
Racing, at Longchamps, I., 226; II., 254;
at Champ de Mars, I., 235;
as a fête, II., 255;
at Chantilly, 254;
at Versailles and Fontainebleau, 255
Racing Club, I., 140
Rag-pickers, their occupation described, I., 360, 361;
commissioned to kill dogs, 362;
in literature and the drama, 362-365; II., 260
Railway Club, I., 139
Railways, their introduction, II., 317;
development checked by the accident of 1842, 318
Rameau’s operas, I., 135
Ramus, Peter, II., 71, 72
Ranes, Hôtel de, II., 174
Raphael, his pictures in the Louvre, I., 206;
copies of his Loggie in the School of Fine Arts, II., 176
Raucourt, Mlle., Burial of, I., 58, 112, 158;
narrow escape from the guillotine, 178;
opposition to the Directory, 178
Ravaillac, Francis, his occupation and disposition, I., 31, 32;
plans the murder of Henry IV., 33;
assassinates the king, is tortured and dismembered, 34, 35;
suspected of firing the Palais de Justice, 253
Raymond VII. absolved in Notre-Dame, I., 14
Recruitment Bill of 1872, I., 65
Reformation said to have begun in Paris, I., 286; II., 36;
its progress, I., 288
Refreshments at the Exhibition of 1889, I., 239, 240
Reggio, Duke of, and his collection in the Artillery Museum, II., 84
Régence, Café de la, I., 109
Regnard, Birthplace of, I., 315
Regnault, Henri, II., 250
Regnier, the astrologer, I., 16
Reign of Terror, The Opéra and drama under the, I., 88, 135, 176;
its commencement, 150;
number of its victims, 151;
causes, 151;
and the mass for the Princesse de Lamballe, 313;
and massacre of inmates of prisons, II., 222;
and Robespierre’s rule, 235;
and the emigration, 295
Relics, Worship of, II., 91
Renaissance, Churches of the, I., 5
Renaissance Theatre, I., 86, 93
Renée, Princess, saves Protestants during the massacre of St. Bartholomew, I., 289
Rentier, The, II., 23
Reposoir, Le, place of meeting of the Breton Club, afterwards a Protestant Church, I., 162
Republic, Monument to the, I., 84;
the Opéra under the, 88, 135
Republican Guard, I., 271
Restaurant:
origin of the word, I., 103;
Banquet d’Anacréon, 85;
Brébant’s, 103;
Cadran Bleu, 85;
of the Porte Montmartre, 103;
Magny, II., 108;
La Maison Dorée, I., 122, 123
Restaurants of the Boulevard du Temple, I., 85;
in the early days of the Restoration, 122;
and the brothers from Provence, 122
Retz, Count de, I., 23
Revolution (1789):
the first blow and Camille Desmoulins’ call to arms, 47;
preparations for a rising, 49;
behaviour of the National Assembly, 50;
seizure of arms at the Hôtel des Invalides, 50;
fall of the Bastille, 51, 52;
revolutionary spirit in the provinces, 52, 54;
the cry “À la lanterne!” II., 29
Revolution (1830), outbreak and development, I., 169-171
Révolution, Place de la, I., 146, 151
Rey, M., and the fire at the Porte Saint-Martin Opera House, I., 86
Rheims, Archbishop of, presentation of books to the Royal Library, I., 190
Rhin, Hôtel du, I., 158
Richard the Lion-hearted, Heart of, II., 91
Riche, Café, I., 122
Richelieu, Cardinal, and the Académie Française, I., 37;
his attempt to put down duelling, 69, 349;
medallion to his memory, 111;
and the Pavilion of Hanover, 126;
presents the Palais Royal to Louis XIII., 166;
and the spy system, 272; II., 19;
and the Sorbonne, II., 51
Richelieu, Duc de, as a duellist, I., 350
Riding School of the Tuileries, I., 165
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