Abailard, and his students, I., 355;his house and his love story, II.,156Abailard and Héloise, Monument to, II.,156Abbey of Longchamp and its founder, I., 219Abbey of Saint-Magloire, I., 314Abd-el-Kader and the scene with General Bugeaud, I., 75, 76Academicians, The, and the oyster-woman, II.,7,8Académie Française:Mercier’s opinion, I., 37, 38;and composers of operas, 118;origin, II.,55;constitution, 55, 56;M. Arsène Houssaye’s “The Forty-first Chair,” 56;celebrated men who were not members, 56, 57;funds and prizes, 58Académie Royale de Musique, I., 87;Assassination of the Duke of Berri at the, 90Achard, Amédée, fights a duel with Paolo Fiorentino, I., 61Actors, Denial of the rites of burial to, I., 58, 111-113;imprisoned, 176Actresses, sent to prison, I., 56, 58, 176;an exc ommunicated class, 58;Voltaire on the public opinion of, 58;their costumes, 322-324Adrien de Valois, Burial-place of, I., 299Adulteration of foods, II.,314Affre, Monseigneur, his assassination, II.,66,247,249Agricultural produce, II.,167Agricultural proprietors, II.,167Alaux, M., and the Folies Dramatiques Theatre, I., 85Algeria as a training-ground for generals, I., 75Altar of Patriotism, I., 232, 233Alva, Duke of, and the massacre of St. Bartholomew, I., 22Amaury, and his followers, I., 251, 252Ambigu-Comique Theatre, I., 86Americans in Paris, II.,13-16Ancelot, librarian of the Arsenal Library, I., 290Andelot, and the attack on the Guises, I., 22André des Arts, St., Church of, II.,107Anecdotes, of duellists, I., 353, 354;of students, 359;of Bohemians, 367, 368;of cookery and dining, 374-376;of coachmen, II.,1-3;of oyster-women, 7;of domestic servants, 22;of Parisian gaiety and wit, 24-27;of peasants, 169;of Talleyrand, 241, 242;of beggars, 324, 326, 327Anglais, Café, I., 122, 123Angoulême, Count of, I., 23;and the Hôtel Lamoignon, 68Angoulême, Duchess of, and Mme. de Lavalette, I., 318Anisson family, The, and the Royal Printing Office, I., 307, 308Anjou, Duke of, and the massacre of St. Bartholomew, I., 23Anne of Austria and the Val de Grâce, II.,90Anti-Jacobin, The, I., 162Antoine, St., Rue, I., 2, 46, 282-28Apprenticeship, I., 301Aquinas, St. Thomas, Church of, II.,238Archbishops of Paris, Tragic fates of three successive, II.,66,358Architecture, Gothic style proscribed by Louis XIV., I., 5Archives, Palace of, I., 304Archivists, I., 305Armour in the Artillery Museum, II.,86,87Army, The, its uniformity, I., 65;Algeria as the training-ground for generals, 75Arnould, Sophie, birthplace, I., 3;her description of herself, 29;receives offer of marriage from Bélanger, 127, 129;poverty and death, 129;her wit, 354Arsenal, The, and its library, I., 290Artillery, Central depôt of, II.,238Artillery, Museum of:origin, history and growth, II.,83-88;reorganisation, 83, 84;sacked in 1830 and replenished by Duke of Reggio’s collection, 84;specimens of the Stone Age, 85;Roman and Mediæval specimens, 86;fire-arms, 87, 88Artistic and Literary Club. I., 140Artists in the Rue d’Enfer, II.,106Arts and crafts corporations, I., 300, 301Arts Bridge, II.,34Artus (or Arthur), King of Britain, and his duel with the Tribune Flollo, I., 277Assembly of the States-General (1789), II.,232Assistance Publique, I., 305Astleys, The:open a circus in Paris, I., 73;the personal attractions of the son, 73, 74;their circus taken over by Franconi, 74Astrology, I., 16;patronised by Catherine de Médicis, 42Asylum:of Bicêtre, I., 63; II.,211-214,221,222;Children’s, II.,101,102;Saint-Jacques aux Pélerins, I., 314;Salpêtrière, II.,209-211,218Auber, M., and the Conservatory of Music, I., 335Aubriot, founder of the Bastille, I., 47Austerlitz Bridge, II.,33,34Austerlitz, Column of, I., 155-158Ave Maria Market, I., 290Avenue Marigny, I., 223, 224Aveugles, Café des, I., 110Bac, Rue du, I., 10Balloons as war vehicles, II.,236Balls at the opera, I., 139Baltazarini and hisBallet Comique de la Reine, I., 28Balzac, and his tailor, I., 106;as a printer, II.,175Bank of France, I., 322Banquet d’Anacréon Restaurant, I., 85Barnave and the Breton Club, I., 162Barracks, Napoleon, I., 283Barère, proposes the destruction of royal tombs, I., 101, 102;and the preservation of the Louvre and the Tuileries for the king, 207;and the Breton Club, 162Barriers, The:and the octroi, II.,318;designations and number, 319;Clichy and De l’Étoile, 319;scenes of executions and assassinations, 320Barry, Mme. du, I., 302Bartholomew, St., Church of, I., 269Bastille, The, its destruction and the original intention of its builders, I., 46;as a State prison, 46;dungeons and internal regulations, 46;some notable prisoners, 47;andlettres de cachet, 50;its fall, 51, 52;release of prisoners, 51, 52;pulled down and meetings held on the site, 52;and the Encyclopædia, 55;liberation of prisoners on the accession of Louis XV., 55; II.,95;imprisonment of Mlle. Clairon, I., 56;prisoners liberated by the Duke of Orleans, 99;built by Étienne Marcel, 286Bastille, Place de la, I., 43, 52, 59Bath-house of the Romans, I., 73, 74Batignolles, Les, I., 344Baudelaire, Charles, his residence, I., 291Bavoux, Nicholas, prosecuted for his lectures, I., 358Bazaine, Marshal, II.,358Béarn, Prince of. (See Henry IV.)Beaufort, Duc de, his duel with the Duc de Nemours, I., 350Beauharnais, Louise de, saves her husband from death, I., 318-320Beaujolais Theatre, I. 183Beaumarchais, and hisMarriage of Figaro, I., 44-46, 67;builds the Théâtre du Marais, 67;hisMère Coupable, 67;imprisoned at St. Lazare, II.,142Beaumarchais, Boulevard, I., 43, 46, 47, 67Beaumarchais Theatre, I., 43, 67Beaupré, Mlle., on dramatic literature, I., 174Beauvais, Hôtel de, I., 283Beauvoir, Roger de, I., 291Bedford, Duke of, and the funeral of Charles VI., I., 98; II.,94Beggars:on the Pont-Neuf, I., 38, 39;organised into troops, II.,324;penalties in the Middle Ages, 324;and the General Hospital, 325;and Louis XV., 326;at the Revolution, 326;as professionals, 326;anecdotes, 327;employment in prison, 330;Homes and Retreats, 331;“bureaux,” 333Béjard, Armande, wife of Molière, I., 173; II.,291Béjard, Madeleine, I., 173; II.,291Bélanger, the architect, I., 84;builds the Hôtel de Brancas and proposes marriage to Sophie Arnould, 127, 129;appeals to the Government on Sophie Arnould’s behalf, 129Belleville, I., 335Belleyme, M. de, Prefect of Police, I., 275; II.,18Beltard, the architect, I., 315Benedictines, Church and Monastery of, I., 306; II.,90Béranger, Statue of, I., 303;Benjamin Constant’s opinion of his songs, 303Bercy, Bridge de, II.,33Bergeret, Communist leader, II.,357Bernhardt, Sarah, I., 182Bernini, and his designs for the completion of the Louvre, I., 198Berri, Duke of, Assassination of, I., 70, 71, 76, 86, 90;his widow inaugurates the Ambigu-Comique Theatre, 86;his double marriage, 90;his children born in England committed to the care of the Duchess, 91;burial-place, 100; II.,97,98;alarmed at fireworks, I., 144, 145Berry, Duchess of, II.,111Berryer, lieutenant of police, I., 273, 275; II.,17Berryer, Statue of, in the Palais de Justice, I., 258;defends Louis Napoleon, II.,124Berthe, Queen, I., 42Béthisy, Rue de, I., 3Beyle, Henri, Monument to, I., 324Bèze, Theodore de, II.,39Bicêtre Asylum, I., 63;origin of name and its history, II.,211,212;approach, population, departments, and canteen, 212;great well, workshops, library, and inmates, 213;disturbances, 213, 214;“Monsieur l’Abbé” and his painting, 214;epileptics, idiots, and criminal lunatics, 214;story of Latude, 214;story of the four sergeants of La Rochelle, 218-221;insurrections, 221;massacre at the Reign of Terror, 222;reforms of Pinel, 222Bièvre, River, II.,225Birds, Convent of the, II.,196Biron, Duc de, and the belief in magic, I., 17;and the arrest of the Young Pretender, 63Biron, Marshal de, in the Bastille, I., 47Bismarck, Count, and General de Wimpffen, II.,360Blanc, Louis, and the death of Armand Carrel, I., 62;his account of the Boulogne expedition, II.,117,118Blanche, Queen, II.,157Blaze, M. Castil, on the proximity of the Salle Montansier to the National Library, I., 86Blind Children, Institution for, II.,198Blind men, Orchestra of, I., 110Bohemians:described by Béranger and Balzac, I., 365;described by Montépin, 366;two generations, 366, 367;Henri Mürger’s “Vie de Bohème,” 367;anecdote told by Grenville Murray, 368;at the Café Momus, 110Boieldieu, his residence, I., 111Boiling of coiners, I., 3Bois de Boulogne, I., 221-223; II.,287Boisgerard effects the escape of Sir Sidney Smith from the Temple, I., 72, 73Bologne, Jean de, and the statue of Henry IV., I., 31Bonaparte, Lucien, and the Place des Vosges, I., 310Bondi, Rue de, and its theatres, I., 85, 86Bonne Nouvelle Bazaar, I., 103Bonne Nouvelle Boulevard, I., 103Bonvalet’s restaurant, and his supply of food during the siege of Paris, I., 85Bookstalls, II.,255Books, Burning, I., 40, 252;proscription of, 40, 126, 187-189Booksellers and the king’s library, I., 190Bookselling, I., 124, 125Bordeaux, Duke of. (See Chambord, Count of)Bornier, Vicomte de, librarian at the Arsenal, I., 290Bosc, Pastor du, II.,42Bossuet preaching at La Salpêtrière, II.,211Bouchardon, Edmé, Fountain by, II.,238Bouffar, Mlle. Zulma, I., 93Bouillé, M. de, and the flight of Louis XVI., I., 211, 214Bouillon, Chevalier de, and masked balls, I., 139Bouillon, Duchess of, and Adrienne Lecouvreur, I., 3, 182, 183Boulanger, General, and the Naval and Military Club, I., 140Boule and the inlaid furniture of the Louvre, I., 198, 199Boulevard:Beaumarchais, I., 43, 46, 47, 67;Bonne Nouvelle, 43, 103;Bourdon, 282, 290;Capucines, 43, 130, 132;St. Denis, 43, 93;des Filles du Calvaire, 43;des Italiens, 11, 43, 115, 126, 127;Madeleine, 43, 142;St. Martin, 43, 93;Montmartre, 43, 104;du Palais, 264, 269;Poissonnière, 43, 103;du Prince Eugène, 302;Sebastopol, 95, 292, 293;Strasbourg, 95;du Temple, 43, 70, 85.Et passim.Boulevards, Formation of, I., 7;description of, 43;reflecting the history of Paris, 166;their restaurants and theatres, 43;upper and lower, 43Boulogne expedition, II.,116-124Boundaries of Paris, I., 103Bourbon, Duchess of, and the Élysée Palace, I., 218Bourbons, Burial-places of, I., 100; II.,97Bourdon, Boulevard, I., 282, 290Bourdon, Colonel, I., 290Bourg, Du, Execution of, I., 287; II.,38Bourgeois, Nicholas, I., 139Bourgogne, Marguerite, Blanche, and Jeanne de, punishments inflicted upon them, II.,62Boursault-Malesherbes and the Théâtre des Sans-Culottes, I., 298Bourse, The:architecture, I., 191;origin of word, 191;its first location and subsequent history, 192;taken from the Communists, 359Bourse, Petite, The, I., 192Boute-Feu, Jean, and his fireworks, I., 146Bouteville, Count de, his duels and his execution, I., 349Bouvet, Father, his presentation of Chinese books to the Royal Library, I., 190Brandus, M., Outrage at residence of, I., 115Bread collectors, II.,260Breton Club, afterwards Society of the Friends of the Constitution, I., 162Breret de dameand the attendance of unmarried ladies at the opera, I., 89, 90Bridge:Arts, II.,34;Austerlitz, 33, 34;de Bercy, 33;Jena, 33;Latournelle, 34;Louis Philippe, 34;Saint-Louis, 34;Marie, 34;“Napoleon III.,” 33;National, Solferino, De la Cour. Alma, &c., 34;Neuf, 34Brie, La, Sorcerers of, I., 42Brissot and his library, II.,108Brosse, Guy de la, and the Jardin des Plantes, II.,147Brosse, Jacques de, and the Luxemburg Palace, II.,111Bruce, Heart of, II.,93Brun, Lesueur le, I., 291Bruno, St., and the funeral of Raimond Diocre, I., 13, 14Buffon, preservation of his heart and brain, II.,92,93;his administration of the Jardin des Plantes, 148, 149Bugeaud, General, and his interview with Abd-el-Kader, I., 75, 76Bull-fighting, I., 335Bureau of Judicial Assistance, I., 260“Bureaux of Beneficence,” II.,333Burgundy, Duke of, Assassination of, I., 2Burial of Kings, I., 98-102, 314; II.,94,99Burning, Jews, I., 3;sorcerers, 3, 42;magicians, 15, 42;books, 40, 252;witches, 40;Waldenses, 42;Protestants, 286; II.,71,72;lunatics, 207Butchers, II.,308,316Butte Saint-Roch, The, and Joan of Arc I., 2, 159“Cabochiens,” their attack on the Conciergerie, II.,134Cadoudal, George, Vendean chief, his career, I., 313, 314Cadran Bleu Restaurant, I., 85Café:Anglais, I., 123;des Aveugles, I., 110;“Cannon of the Bastille,” I., 46;Cardinal, I., 115;Foy, I., 109, 110;Frascati, I., 106;Leinblin, I., 110, 167;Littéraire, I., 107, 108;des Milles Colonnes, I., 115;Momus, I., 110, 111;d’Orsay, II.,236;de Paris, I., 127;Porte Montmartre, I., 103;Procope, I., 10, 108, 109;de la Régence, I., 109;Riche, I., 122;Tortoni, I., 126;Turc, I., 80;Valois, I., 110Café concerts, I., 80Cafés of Paris, I., 83;indicative of political and other changes in French history, 107;literary, 108, 109;after the Revolution, 110;in the days of the Restoration, 122;disappearance of old specimens, 122;originally wine-shops, 122Calvin in Paris, I., 286;as a student, 337; II.,36Canal of Saint-Martin, II.,34Cannon, fired by the sun, I., 47;specimens in the Artillery Museum, II.,87,88“Cannon of the Bastille” Café, I., 46Capet Dynasty, Advent of, I., 7Capuchins, The, and Rue d’Enfer, or Hell Street, I., 4Capucines, Boulevard, I., 130, 132Carafa, his residence, I., 111Cardinal, Café, I., 115Carmelites, Shoeless, II.,247Carmes, The Couvent des, II.,71Carnavalet, Hôtel, I., 310; II.,160Carrel, Armand, killed in a duel with De Girardin, I., 62, 352Carriages, II.,30,31Castiglione, Rue, I., 158Castle of Chambord, II.,303-305Catacombs:formerly quarries, II.,99;removal of remains from cemeteries, 99, 100;admission of visitors, 100;number of human relics deposited, 101Catherine II. and Diderot, II.,246Catherine de Médicis, her credulity, I., 16, 42;and Cosmo Ruggieri, 16;and the massacre of St. Bartholomew, 22; II.,39;her collection of books, I., 189;and the Louvre, 195;and the Palace of the Tuileries, 206;and the Huguenots, II.,39Catherine de la Rochelle, I., 160Cavaignac, General, II.,248,249Cavaignac, Godefroi, his monument, I., 342Cazotte, Jacques, his trial and execution, I., 259Cecilia, St., Festival of, I., 315Cemeteries, I., 333-335, 342; II.,250Censorship of books, I., 126; II.,180;and Francis I., I., 187;opinion of Mercier, 188, 189Censorship of the drama, II.,181-184;under Louis XI, 181;under Louis XIII. and Louis XIV., 182;andAthalie,Esther, and theMarriage of Figaro, 182;under the Republic and the Restoration, 183;its abolition, 183;re-established, 183, 184Central Depôt of Artillery, II.,238Central markets, I., 314-318; II.,166,167Central Paris, I., 281-326“Cercle des Deux Mondes,” I., 126Chamber of Deputies, II.,231,232Chamber of Peers, II.,112,130Chambord, Count of, Funeral of, I., 100;discussion on his legitimacy, 222, 223;and the Count of Paris, II.,305Chamousset and l’Institution Sainte-Périne, II.,331Champ de Mars:its original use, I., 229;historical events, 230, 231;national celebration, 231, 232;Altar of Patriotism, 232, 233;massacre by troops and execution of Bailly, 234;Festival of the Supreme Being, 234, 235;military and other celebrations, 235;as a racecourse, 235;the annex of the exhibition of 1867, 235Champfleury, I., 110Champs Élysées, I., 11;and the triumphal arch, 59, 218, 224, 225;as a pleasure resort, 224;amusements, 226, 229;exhibitions, 229Chapelle, Ste., The Church of:its founder and its historical associations, I., 264;upper and lower chapels, 265;statue of Virgin and the painted windows, 266;Saint Louis and Blanche de Castille, 267Chapelain, author of “La Pucelle,” burial-place, I., 294Charbonniers, II.,218Charenton Asylum, I., 63:date of foundation and history, II.,223,224;as a house of detention, and the administrations of M. de Coulmier and Roulhac du Maupas, 223;rebuilt, 223;surroundings, 223, 224;internal system, number of inmates, and the patronage of Empress Eugénie, 224;amusements, 225Charlemagne, Statue of, I., 278Charles V., speech against Charles the Mischievous, King of Navarre, I., 2;and the Louvre, 194Charles VI., Funeral of, I., 98; II.,94;and the Louvre, I., 194;and the municipality of Paris, 243;and the Palais de Justice, 250;his madness, II.,157Charles VII. and Joan of Arc’s support, I., 2;and Agnes Sorel, 64Charles IX. firing upon the Huguenots, I., 2, 26, 196; II.,40;his share in the massacre of St. Bartholomew, I., 22; II.,40;misled by the queen, I., 23;his avowal in Parliament after the massacre of Protestants, 27; II.,40Charles X.:suppression of newspapers, I., 2;burial, 102;preservation of his heart, II.,91Charolais, Comte de, alarmed at fireworks, I., 145Chartres, Duke of. (SeeÉgalité, Philippe)Chasseurs, The, I., 59, 64, 75Château:de Madrid, I., 222;de la Muette, 223;Rouge, II.,72,73Château d’Eau, Theatre, I., 85;Place du, 84Châtelet Theatre, Du, I., 291, 292Châtelet-Laumont, Marquis du, and the Hôtel Lambert, I., 291Chateaubriand on the Duke of Berri’s English family, I., 91;on the Jacobins, 163Chaumette, M., and Notre Dame, I., 14;and the Opéra under the Republic, 88;his execution, 150Chaussée d’Antin, The, at the end of the eighteenth century, I., 2Chenier, André, imprisoned at St. Lazare, II.,142Chermoye, Philippe, Assassination of, II.,89Chérubini and the Conservatory of Music, I., 335Chess-players at the Café de la Régence, I., 109Cheval Blanc, Hôtel du, II.,108Chevalier represents the Man of Destiny at Porte Saint-Martin Theatre, I., 92Chevalier, Michel, I., 119;his imprisonment, 120Chevreuil, M., and the flowers in the Jardin des Plantes, II.,151;and the Gobelins, 228Children, Hospital for, II.,196;institution for blind, 198;imported to Paris from Italy, 328Children’s Asylum, II.,101,102Chinese books in the Royal Library, I., 190Choiseul, Hôtel, I., 126Christmas, Saturnalia in churches at, I., 226-228Christmas cards, I., 113Church of, St. Bartholomew, I., 269;the Benedictines, I., 306; II.,90;St. Denis, I., 7; II.,94;St. Éloi, I., 284;St. Étienne-du-Mont, II.,66;St. Eustace, I., 5, 314, 315;Ste. Geneviève, I., 10; II.,59,62;St. Germain l’Auxerrois, I., 2, 22, 26, 27; II.,29;St. Germain-des-Prés, I., 7; II.,170,171;St. Leu-Saint-Gilles, I., 312-314;St. Louis, I., 291;St. Louis and St. Paul, I., 284;Madeleine, I., 11, 142, 143;St. Méry, I., 93, 293, 294;St. Nicholas-in-the-Fields, I., 299;Notre-Dame, I., 3, 4-19;Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, I., 340;St. Roch, I., 158, 159;Sacred Heart, I., 340;St. Sulpice, II.,171-173;Val de Grâce, II.,90,91Churches and chapels, English, II.,11,43Cigar-ends, Collectors of, II.,259,260Circus, opened by the Astleys, I., 73;of the Faubourg du Temple, 74;in the Boulevard des Filles de Calvaire, 76;of the Prince Imperial, 85Circus-women, II.,19,20Cirque d’Hiver opened under the title of Cirque Napoleon, I., 73Civic tribunal. The, I., 261Clairon, Mlle., imprisoned in the Bastille, I., 56;her residence in the Marais, 67; II.,175;passion of M. de S—— for her, I., 129, 130Claque, The:origination, II, 261;at the Restoration, and its organisation, 262;its utility, 264Clausel, Marshal, I., 94Clergy, their right to fight duels, I., 346;their corruption in the thirteenth century, II.,61Clichy, Prison of, I., 342, 343Clock in the Arsenal Library, I., 290Club:Agricultural, II.,237;des Armées, I., 140;Artistique et Littéraire, I., 140;Breton, I., 162;des Deux Mondes, I., 126;des Éclaireurs, I., 140;Dramatic Critics’, I., 103;Le Grand, I., 111, 126, 139;Impérial, I., 140;Jacobin, I., 162;Jockey, I., 111, 139;Mirlitons, I., 140;de la Presse, I., 139;Railway, I., 139;de la Rue Royale, I., 140;Sporting, I., 140;de Terre et de Mer, I., 140;Union, I., 140;Washington, I., 140;Workmen’s, II.,71;Yacht, I., 139Clubs, Management and facilities of, I., 141, 142Cluny, Hôtel, origin and history, II.,74-82;collection of curiosities and objects of art, 76-82Cobblers, II.,266Cocher, The, various types of, II.,1,2Cockneys, Parisian, II.,27Coffee, its introduction into Europe, I., 82;the rage in Parisian society, 83Coiners, Boiling of, I., 3Colbert appointed to complete the Louvre, I., 198;his tomb in the church of Saint-Eustache, I., 315Coligny, Admiral, place of death, I., 3;plot for his assassination, 22;flattered by the king and queen, and wounded by Maurevel, 23;his murder, 24;daughter married to the Prince of Orange, 27Coligny and Guise, Quarrels between the houses of, I., 349College of France, II.,44,45,47;Du Plessis, 47;of Clermont, 47;of Dace, 71;of Soissons, 71;of the Lombards, 71Colonne, M., I., 76Column of Austerlitz, I., 155;removal of the statue of Napoleon, 156;erection of a new statue of Napoleon in 1833 and of another by Napoleon III.,156,157;pulled down by the Commune, 157;re-established in 1875, 157, 158Comédie Française, I., 103, 108, 109;and the Richelieu Theatre, 167;its history, 172-186; II.,110Comédie Italienne, I., 175Commercial Exchange, I., 318Communards set fire to the Palais Royal, I., 168;of 1871, II.,355-361Commune, The, and the fortifications of Paris, I., 8Concerts started by Pasdeloup, I., 76Conciergerie, The: I., 263; II.,131;its associations, 134;custodians, 134;attack of the “Cabochiens,” 134;dungeons, 134, 135;partly burned, 135;massacre of September, 135;inmates at the Revolution and tortures in the Bombec Tower, 136Concorde, Place de la, extent and boundaries, I., 143;history, 143-154;Louis XV. and his statue, 143, 146;accidentfrom fireworks in 1770, 146;formerly the Place de la Révolution, 146;and the execution of Louis XVI., 146-150;executions of Marie Antoinette, Philippe Égalité, Charlotte Corday, Madame Élizabeth, the Girondists, and others, 150;also formerly called Place Louis XVI., 152;fountains, obelisk, &c., 154;occupied by Russian and Prussian troops, 154Condé, Prince de, Death of, I., 22;his abjuration, 290;fidelity to Protestantism, II.,39Confessional, The, and the State, I., 33Congé de la Bataille, I., 346, 347Conservatoire de Musique, I., 90, 135, 335Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, I., 293, 300-302Constant, Benjamin, Duel fought by, I., 351;and the songs of Béranger, 303Constitution, Signing of the, by Louis XVI., I., 87Contat, Mlle., and Prince Henry of Prussia, I., 35, 36;in theMarriage of Figaro, 45;her love-affair with De Lubsac and the loss of her jewels, 104, 105Continental, Hôtel, I., 158Convent of the White Cloaks, I., 306;of the Holy Sepulchre, 314;of Penitent Girls, 318;Des Carmes, II.,71;of the Good Shepherd, 102;of the Cordeliers, 106;of Les Filles de la Mère-Dieu, 139;in the street of Les Petits Augustins, 175;of the Birds, 196Convention, Learning under the, I., 90;its procedure, II.,234Convulsionnaires, The, I., 47Cooks and cooking, I., 123;in comedy, 372;opinion of Brillat-Savarin, 372;in the 17th century, 374;schools, 374;and a certain archbishop, 374;in the reign of Louis XV., 374, 375;