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Title: Paris as seen and described by famous writers ..
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Singleton, Esther, (from old catalog) ed. and tr
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Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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lk when you traversethe immense Salle des Pas-Perdus, is a marvel of architec-ture, and is so still to the intelligent eyes of the poet whocomes to study it while examining the Conciergerie. Alas !the Conciergerie has invaded the palace of the kings. Onesheart bleeds to see how jails, cells, corridors, apartments,and halls without light or air have been cut into this mag- loo PARIS nificent composition in which Byzantine, Roman, andGothic, the three orders of ancient art, have beenunified in the architecture of the Twelfth Century. Thispalace is to the monumental history of the France of thefirst period what the Chateau de Blois is to the monumentalhistory of the second period. Just as at Blois you can ad-mire in the same court the chateau of the Comtes de Blois,that of Louis XII., that of Francois I., and that of Gaston,so at the Conciergerie you will find in the same enclosurethe character of the early races, and in the Sainte-Chapellethe architecture of Saint-Louis. The Left Bank 1
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FLOWER ^rARKET. FLOWERS IN PARIS ALPHONSE KARR FROM its origin, Paris seems to have been pre-destined for the capital of the civilized world.Julian says that Paris was surrounded withpleasant gardens full of fruits and flowers. We have letters patent of Clovis dated in the month ofOctober in the year 500 of the Christian Era, in which hesays: Paris is a brilliant queen over other cities; a royal city,the seat and head of the empire of the Gauls. WithParis safe, the realm has nothing to fear, Paris was encircled with woods and gardens, thememory of which is still preserved by various names ofstreets and faubourgs, such as la Courtille^ la Culture-Sainte-Catherine^ etc.^ etc. The church that Clovis caused to be built near Sainte-Genevieve (a church first dedicated by him to Saint Peterand Saint Paul) was surrounded by vast gardens. His son, Childebert, formed a magnificent garden around the Palais des Thermes, says a contemporary, completely planted with roses and every other kind of fl

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