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and Mme. de Maintenon and Scarron, 375, 376;the “epigram” dish and anecdote of Carême, 376;and the “cordon bleu,” II.,22Coqueley, M., and theMarriage of Figaro, I., 44Corday, Charlotte, Execution of, I., 150Cordeliers, I., 162;Convent of the, II.,106Corn supply, II.,313,314Corneille, Tomb of, I., 158;estrangement with Molière, 174;and the Comédie Française, 172-175Corneille, Hôtel, II.,109Council of Elders, II.,231Council of the Five Hundred, II.,231Cour des Miracles, I., 3Courtyard of the Dragon, II.,247Crébillon, II.,72Crematorium in the Cemetery of Père-Lachaise, I., 335Crémeries, I., 318Criminal population, II.,320-323Criminals, tortured, I., 4Croissant, Jean Douet de Romp, his scheme for the abolition of mendicancy, II.,325Cultelli, Procopio, founder of the Café Procope, I., 108Cuvier and the Jardin des Plantes, II.,150Czartoryski, Prince, and the Hôtel Lambert, I., 291Dagobert, King, Tomb of, I., 102; II.,98Daily News, Office of, I., 140Daily Telegraph, Office of, I., 140D’Aligre and Latude, II.,215,216D’Amboise, Jacques, and the Hôtel Cluny, II.,74Dame aux Camélias, La, I., 131Dames Augustines, The, I., 279“Dames de la Halle,” II.,315Damien, Father, I., 80Damiens, Penance, torture and execution of, I., 17, 18, 39, 79D’Ancre, Marshal, mutilation of his body before the statue of Henry IV., I., 31D’Anglas, Boissy, and the Breton Club, I., 162D’Anjou, Quai, I., 291D’Antichamp, Marquis, and the Revolution of 1830, I., 170Danton and the Opéra under the Republic, I., 88;his execution, 150;place of residence, II.,108D’Antraigues, Count and Countess, their assassination, I., 325, 326Darboy, Monseigneur, Archbishop of Paris, put to death by the Commune, II.,66,358D’Argenson, M., and the Arsenal Library, I., 290D’Arlincourt, Viscount, his romances, II.,238,239D’Armagnac, Jacques, I., 47D’Artois, Count, Tennis-ground of, I., 84Daubenton, Monument to, II.,150Daudet, M. Alphonse, and the Académie Française, I., 38David, his picture of the coronation of Napoleon, I., 21;and the Temple of Terpsichore, 128, 129;and the Louvre Picture Gallery, 203David, Félicien, composer, I., 119Davison, Mr. J. W., I., 115Day-bankers, II.,260Dazincourt in theMarriage of Figaro, I., 45Deaf and Dumb Institutions, II.,89,90,199-201Deaf-mutes, number in France, II.,200;ancient disregard for them and the work of Abbé de l’Épee, 202Debtors, Imprisonment of, I., 342, 343; II.,139Déjazet, Mlle., I., 84Déjazet Theatre, I., 84Delacroix, Eugène, his picture in the church of St. Louis and St. Paul, I., 284Delaroche, Paul, Burial-place of, I., 342Delavau, Prefect of Police, and the spy system, I., 274, 275; II.,18Delille, Abbé, his lines on the Palais Royal, I., 167D’Enfer, Rue, I., 4; II.,90;and the entrance to the Catacombs, 101;and the residences of artists, 106D’Enghien, Duc, Arrest and execution of, I., 59, 60Denis, St., Boulevard, I., 93Denis, St., Church of, I., 7; II.,94Denis, St., Martyrdom of, I., 7Denis, St., Necropolis of, I., 98-102Denis, St., Porte, I., 98Denis, St., Rue, I., 311, 312D’Ennery, M. Adolphe, I., 93D’Epernon, M., I., 34D’Épinay, Mme., and Rousseau, II.,285Désaugiers, his lines on the Palais Royal, I., 167Desault, Dr., attends the “Dauphin” in the Temple, I., 71Desmoulins, 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.,30D’Étaples, Lefèvre, his Reformation doctrines, I., 286; II.,36Deux Mondes, Club des, I., 126Diana of France and the Hôtel Lamoignon, I., 68, 309Diderot, 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.,246Diocre, Raimond, Funeral in Notre-Dame of, I., 13Diplomatists as agents for operatic celebrities, I., 74Dog-fighting, I., 335Doge of Genoa, visit to Paris, I., 3Domes of Paris, The, I., 5Domestic servants, II.,20-23Dominicans, Convent of, II.,238Donizetti’s operas, I., 135Dorval, Mme., at Porte Saint-Martin Theatre, I., 92, 182Dramas, place where first acted, I., 2;performed in Notre-Dame, 19;under the Reign of Terror, 88Dramatic censorship, II.,181-184Dramatic Critics’ Club, I., 103Drawing, School of, II.,106Dress in Paris, I., 10Druot, Hôtel, II.,256Dubois, Cardinal, Anecdote of, I., 114; II.,22Ducamp, M. Maxime, his statistics of prisons, II.,144Duels: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.,272,273Dugazon in theMarriage of Figaro, I., 45Dumas, the elder, Alexandre, fights a duel with Gaillardet, I., 63;his answers to a judge, 63;performance of hisAntony, 181, 182Dumouriez and the conspiracy against the life of the First Consul, I., 60Dupin, M., farmer-general, and the Hôtel Lambert, I., 291Duplessis, Marie, and theDame aux Camélias, I., 130;her death, 131Dupuis, the actor, I., 84Dupuytren, Dr., and the assassination of the Duke of Berri, I., 90, 91; II.,250Duval, Alexander, I., 177Duveyrier, dramatist, I., 119;his imprisonment, 120École Militaire, I., 230Edgeworth, 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, 302Edict of Nantes, its concessions, II.,41;its revocation, I., 3; II.,42Education, II.,44-53Égalité, 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., 162Eiffel Tower, The, I., 238, 239Electric cafés, I., 108Eloi, St., Church of, I., 284Élysée Palace, I., 218, 219Emigration, The, II.,295-303Empereur Joseph, Hôtel, II.,109“Encyclopædia,” The, consigned to the Bastille by Louis XV., I., 55, 125;and Diderot, II.,245Enfantin, Le Père, head of the Saint-Simonians, I., 119;his prosecution and imprisonment, 120;his memoirs, 290English in Paris, The:a picture inPunch, 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, 12English dining-places and hotels in Paris, I., 123Epileptics, Treatment of, II.,214Escapes of prisoners, II.,141,142Étienne, Robert, his editions of the Scriptures, II.,178,179Étienne-du-Mont, St., Church of, II.,66Eugène III., Pope, and the dispute at the church of Saint-Geneviève, II.,59Eugène, du Prince, Boulevard, I., 302Eustace, St., Church of, I., 5, 314, 315Executioner of Lyons, The, and the slaughter of Huguenots, I., 27Executioner, 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, 332Executions outside La Roquette prison, II.,134Exhibitions, Universal, I., 224, 236-239Eyck, Van, Picture at the Palais de Justice by, I., 256Fabroni, the magician, I., 17Fagon, Dr., and his administration of the Jardin des Plantes, II.,147Fairs, II.,308Famines in Paris, I., 3; II.,311,313Fargeau, Lepelletier St., his assassination, II.,234Farmers-General, The, I., 7Favart, Charles Simon, and his performances before the army, I., 118Favart, Mme., and the Salle Favart, I., 117;and Marshal Saxe, 118Feast of Reason, I., 15Fencing schools, II.,257-259Férier, Jean, a leader in the massacre of the Huguenots, I., 27Ferrières, Château of Baron do Rothschild at, I., 339Fersen, Count de, and the flight of Louis XVI., I., 211Feuillants, I., 162Fieschi, his attempt on the life of Louis Philippe, I., 76-78; II.,112-114;guillotined, I., 79;his mistress exhibited at a café, 83Filles de la Mère-Dieu, Les, Convent of, II.,139Fine Arts, School of, II.,175,176Fiorentino, Paolo, his duel with Achard, I., 61Fire Brigade, its organisation, I., 270Fire-arms in the Artillery Museum, II.,87,88Fireworks, Duke of Berri alarmed by, I., 144, 145;accident at a display of, 146Flamel, Nicholas, librarian to the University of Paris, I., 283;his house, II.,158Flesselles, De, Provost of Paris, I., 48, 243Flollo and his duel with King Arthur, I., 277Flower-girls, II.,7Flower-market, in the Place de la République, I., 84;in the Place de la Madeleine, 142;in the Place Saint-Sulpice, 173Folies Dramatiques Theatre, I., 85Folies Saint-Germain Theatre, II.,89Fontaine, La, and his mock duel, I., 354Food, Supply of, II.,310-315Footman, A speculative, I., 295Force, Caumont de la, attempts to bribe assassins on St. Bartholomew’s Day, I., 26;and the grocer’s shop, 295Force, La, prison, and recalcitrant actresses, I., 56, 58; II.,210Fort l’Évêque, I., 56Fortifications of Paris, planned by M. Thiers, I., 7, 8;their arming in 1870, II.,348Fortress of John the Fearless, I., 318Fortunatus, Venantius, and the glass windows of Notre-Dame, I., 14Fouché and his spy system, I., 274; II.,18Fould, M. Achille, I., 192Foundlings, Home for, II.,102Fountain, in the Place de la République, I., 84;of the Innocents, 312Fouquet, Superintendent of Finances, imprisoned in the Bastille, I., 47Foy, Café, I., 109, 110Fragonard, artist, decorates the Temple of Terpsichore, I., 128Français, Théâtre, I., 11, 44-46, 111Francis 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.,158Francis II., and the Louvre, I., 195;and the persecution of Protestants, II.,38Franconi takes over Astley’s Circus in Paris, I., 74Francs-tireurs, I., 66; II.,351,352Frascati’s gambling-house, I., 104-106Frederick the Great, and the importance of Paris as a capital, I., 1;and his knowledge of the French language, 36French in London, The, II.,10Fréron on the luxurious life of dramatic authors, I., 175Frescoes in the church of Saint-Eustache, I., 315Frogs, Eating, II.,167,168Fulton, Robert, and his panoramas, I., 103Funerals, Royal, I., 98-102, 314; II.,94-99Furniture in the Cluny Museum, II.,82Gabriel, architect for the completion of the Louvre, I., 199Gaillardet, M., fights a duel with Alexandre Dumas the elder, I., 63Gaieté Theatre, I., 302, 303Gaiety, National, II.,24;anecdotes of, 24-27Gambetta, his monument, I., 217Gambling, at the gambling-house of Frascati, I., 104-106;at the Palais Royal, 167Garamond, Claude, II.,178Gardens, of Frascati’s gambling-house, I., 106;of the Luxemburg, II.,130Garnier, Charles, architect of the New Opéra, I., 138Gassendi, his burial-place, I., 299Gautier, Théophile, his residence, I., 291Gavaudin, Mlle., opera-singer, sent to prison, I., 58General Post Office, and Lavalette, I., 318-321;adoption and circulation of postcards, 322;organisation, 321, 322Geneviève, Ste., Church of, I., 10; II.,59,62;Hill of, I., 3, 10;jest of the Abbé of, I., 99Genius and madness, II.,211Georges, Mlle., at Porte Saint-Martin Theatre, I., 92Geoffroy Lasnier, Rue, I., 290Gérard, the assassin of the Prince of Orange, I., 79Germain, St., Market of, II.,171Germain 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.,29Germain-des-Prés, St., Church of, I., 7;antiquity and origin, II.,170;history, 170, 171;monastery attached to it, 171Gibbet, The, II.,315Girardin, De, kills Armand Carrel in a duel, I., 62;visits Carrel’s grave, 63, 352Girls corrupted at St. Lazare, II.,144Girondists, Hall of the, I., 263Gluck, his arrival in Paris, I., 135Gobelins, The:origin, II.,225;articles produced, and the directors, 226;tapestry, 226-228;and M. Chevreuil, 228;masterpieces, 228Good Shepherd, Convent of the, II.,102Gordon, Mme., and Louis Napoleon’s Strasburg expedition, I., 95Güritz, Bourbons buried at, I., 100; II.,97Goujon, Jean, sculptor of the Louvre, I., 195, 310, 312Gounod’s operas, I., 138Government offices, II.,237Grand Cercle, The, I., 111Grand Châtelet, The, I., 291, 292Grand Prix, I., 226Grandjean, surgeon to Louis XVI., I., 72Granier, Mlle. Jeanne, I., 93Graveron, Mme. de, her execution, I., 287Greasy pole, Climbing the, I., 226Grenier-sur-l’eau, Rue, I., 291Gribeauval, General de, creator of modern artillery, II.,83Grimm on the first performances of theMarriage of Figaro, I., 44;and Diderot, II.,245,246Gros-Chenet, Rue du, place of burning for sorcerers, I., 3“Guardian Angels,” II.,260Guénégaud Theatre, I., 174Guilds, I., 300, 301Guillotine: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.,108Guimard, 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, 127Guise, Duke of, and the massacre of St. Bartholomew, I., 22, 26;and the murder of Coligny, 24Guise and Coligny, Quarrels between the houses of, I., 349Guttenberg, Statue of, I., 307Gymnase Theatre:opened under the patronage of the Duchess of Berri, I., 103;notable productions, 103Hackney coaches, I., 262; II.,1,2,30,31Halles, The, site of, I., 2Handel and the overtures of De Maurepas for performances in Paris, I., 74Hanging for felony, I., 327Haussmann, Baron, restores the Musée Carnavalet, I., 67, 310Hawkers of books, I., 125Haye, M. de la, and the Hôtel Lambert, I., 291Heart of St. Louis, The, I., 102Hearts of Kings, Preservation of, I., 102; II.,91Heaume, Hôtel du, I., 315Hébert, M., and the Opéra under the Republic, I., 88“Hedge Schools,” I., 287Heine, Heinrich, I., 1;his letters on Paris and other works, II.,292;his satire, 293;on Victor Hugo and Rothschild, 294Henri, the historian, burial-place, I., 299Henriot, M., and the Opéra under the Republic, I., 88Henry 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., 347Henry 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, 76Henry 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, 349Henry VI. of England crowned King of France in Notre-Dame, I., 15Henry of Prussia, Prince, and Mlle. Contat, I., 36Heralds, their proclamations in ancient times, I., 3Hermits of Saint-William, I., 306Hernani, its first production, I., 179-181Hérouard, Dr., and the Jardin des Plantes, II.,147Hilaire, Geoffroy St., and the Jardin des Plantes, II.,150Holy Sepulchre, Convent of the, I., 314Homes and Retreats for the indigent, II.,331Horn, Count, I., 298Horse-market in the park of the Hôtel des Tournelles, I., 69Hospice de la Reconnaissance, II.,331Hospital:(Hôtel) Dieu, I., 278-280;for incurables, II.,195;for sick children, 196;de la Charité, 204-206;La Pitié, 206Hospitals, their administration, I., 276;system, II.,193-195;funds, 204Hôtel: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.,160Hôtel-Dieu:its founder, I., 278;its rebuilding, cost, accommodation, &c., 278;and the Dames Augustines, 279;as described by Mercier, 279, 280Hôtel 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, 192Hôtel 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, 276Houssaye, Arsène, and the Académie Française, I., 38Huberti, Mme. St., I., 135, 322-324;her assassination, 325, 326Hugo, Victor, and the tower of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie, I., 5;and Marion de Lorme, 69;first production of hisHernani, 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., 103Huguenots: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., 299Hypnotism and the cure of madness, II.,211Idiots, Treatment of, II.,214Immorality, Laws against, II.,143Imperial Club, I., 140Imperial Theatre of the Châtelet, I., 76Industrial Exhibitions, I., 236Industrial system, I., 236Infanta of Spain and herfiancé, I., 197Inquisition, The, and the Waldenses, I., 42Institute 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, 290Institution Ste. Périne, II.,331Insurrection against Julius Cæsar, I., 6;of June, 1832, against Louis Philippe, 93, 94; II.,247-249“Internationale,” The, II.,355Isabelle, Princess, and the Abbey of Longchamp, I., 219Island of Saint-Louis, I., 291Italian actors invited to Paris by Henri III., and afterwards expelled, I., 115-117Italian children, Trade in, II.,328-330Italian prisoner declines to leave the Bastille, I., 99Italiens, Boulevard des, I., 11, 43, 115-127Italiens, Théâtre des, I., 117Ivan the Terrible, and torturing criminals, I., 18Ivories in the Hôtel Cluny, II.,77Jacobin Club, I., 162-165Jacobins:monastery, I., 161;their principles, 162;Chateaubriand’s opinion of them, 163;and M. l’Abbé Maury, 163, 164;Michelet’s opinion, 162Jacques-la-Boucherie, St., Tower of, I., 283Jacques aux Pelerins, St., Asylum of, I., 314Janin, Jules, I., 10;at the Café Riche, 122;his satirical novel, 335Jansenists in the Bastille, I., 46Jardin 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, 154Jarnac, his duel with Chateigneraie, I., 347Jarnac, Battle of, I., 22Jena Bridge, II.,33Jensae, De, his duel with two adversaries, I., 347, 348Jerome, Prince, and the Palais Royal, I., 168Jesuits and prisoners in the Bastille, I., 99;and the Church of St. Louis and St. Paul, 284;and the University, II.,46Jews, roasted at la Maubuée, I., 3;during the Crusades, II.,62Joan 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.,50Jockey Club, I., 111, 139John the Fearless, and the assassination of the Duke of Orleans, II.,158Jonathan, the Jew, Legend of, I., 304Joseph, Father, and the spy system, I., 272Josephine, Empress, her coronation at Notre-Dame, I., 21Jouffroi Passage, I., 111Journal of Henry III., and the talisman of Catherine de Médicis, I., 16Journalists, Leading, II.,270-273Joyeuse, Duc de, Marriage of, I., 27Jugglers, II.,327Julian, Emperor, and his enthusiasm for Lutetia, I., 7Julien, Saint, Assassination of, I., 35Julius Cæsar, Insurrection against, I., 6Jullien at the Café Turc, I., 80Just, Saint, his execution, I., 151Kaufmann, Angelica, I., 298Kings, Hearts of, their preservation, I., 102; II.,91Kirburg, Prince Frederic John Otho von Salm, his palace and his execution, II.,236Labienus, and the insurrection against Julius Cæsar, I., 6Labour, Compulsory, in prisons, II.,146Lacépède, and the Jardin des Plantes, II.,150Lackeys, II.,20,22Lacroix, Paul, librarian at the Arsenal, I., 290Ladies’-maids, II.,22Lafayette, 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., 162Laffitte, 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, 337Lallemand, the student, Death of, I., 358, 359Lally-Tollendal, Execution of, I., 47, 282Lamalle, Execution of, I., 17Lamarck, and the Jardin des Plantes, II.,150Lamarque, General, Funeral of, and the Republican insurrection, I., 94Lamartine and the mob, I., 244Lamballe, Princesse de, I., 313Lambert, Hôtel, I., 219Lameth and the Breton Club, I., 162Lamotte, Countess, and the “affair of the diamond necklace,” II.,345Lamoignon Hôtel, its former and present occupants, I., 68Lamoureux, M., I., 76L’Arbre, Rue de, I., 4, 327Larive, in theMarriage of Figaro, I., 45Lasource condemned to death, I., 151Lassay, Marchioness de, II.,210Lassus, M., and Notre-Dame, I., 14Latournelle Bridge, II.,34Latude, Story of, II.,214-218;his liberation from the Bastille, I., 50Launay, M., and the statue of Napoleon on the Vendôme Column, I., 156Launay, De, and his defence of the Bastille, I., 50, 51Lavalette, M. de:early life and connection with the post office, I., 318;arrested for high treason, and saved from death by his wife, 318-320Law, John Lauriston, his financial speculations in Paris, I., 294, 295;his work for France, and his pictorial advertisements, 296, 297;his emigration scheme, II.,325Law, Changes in the, I., 253, 254Lawlessness of Parisians in ancient times, I., 3; II.,60Lazare, 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, 143Learning under the Convention, I., 90Lebrun, the painter, and the Louvre, I., 198Lecouvreur, Adrienne, Supposed poisoning of, I., 3, 182, 183;burial of, 58, 183; II.,175Legion of Honour, Palace of the, II.,237Legislative Assembly of 1791, II.,233Legouvé, M., on the art of fencing, II.,257,258Legris, Jacques, Case of, and judicial duels, I., 346Legros, Mme., and her efforts on behalf of Latude, II.,214,217,218Lemaître, Frédéric, inRobert Macaire, I., 85;in theAuberge des Adréts, 86;at Porte Saint-Martin Theatre, 92;at the Théâtre des Variétés, 104;and Victor Hugo at the Bonne Nouvelle Bazaar, 103Lemoinne, M., on the English in Paris, II.,10-12Lenclos, Ninon de, and her rooms in the Boulevard Beaumarchais, I., 67Lenglet-Dufresnoy, Abbé, employed as a spy by Louis XIV. and Prince Eugène, I., 275Léo, M. André, on Americans in Paris, II.,12-15Leopold, M., and the Folies Dramatiques Theatre, I., 85L’Épée, Abbé de, founder of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, II.,89,90,199,202;his monument in the church of St. Roch, 203Lepers, Proclamation for extermination of, I., 3;asylum for, 219;shut off in churches, 267;at St. Lazare, II.,142Lescot, Pierre, architect of the Louvre, I., 195;and the Fountain of the Innocents, 312Lesueur, his picture of an incident in Notre-Dame, I., 14L’Étoile, Arc de, I., 58Lettres de Cachet, I., 50, 63;and opera-singers, 89, 99;and the spy system, 273; II.,17Leu-Saint-Gilles, St., Church of, I., 312-314L’Évêque, Fort, State prison, I., 56Lézardière, Baron, and Abbé Edgeworth, II.,298L’Hôpital, Marshal de, and his marriage, I., 322Liancourt, Duc de, and Louis XVI. after the fall of the Bastille, I., 52Librairie Nouvelle, I., 123, 124


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