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Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon
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LETTER LXVII.
_Depot de la Marine_--An establishment much wanted in England.

LETTER LXVIII.
_Theatre Louvois_--_Picard_, the manager of this theatre, is the
_Moliere_ of his company--_La Grande Ville, ou les Provinciaux a
Paris_--Principal performers at this theatre--_Picard_, _Devigny_,
_Dorsan_, and _Clozel_--Mesdemoiselles _Adeline_, _Moliere_,
_Lescot_, and Madame _Mole_--_Theatre du Vaudeville_--Authors who
write for this theatre--Principal performers--Public malignity, the
main support of this theatre.

LETTER LXIX.
_Hotel de la Monnaie_--Description of this building--_Musee des
Mines_--Formed by M. _Sage_--The arrangement of this cabinet is
excellent--_Cabinet du Conseil des Mines_--Principal mineral
substances discovered in France since the revolution.

LETTER LXX.
_Theatre Montansier_--Principal performers--_Ambigu Comique_--The
curiosity of a stranger may be satisfied in a single visit to each of
the minor theatres in Paris.

LETTER LXXI.
Police of Paris--Historical sketch of it--Its perfections and
imperfections--Anecdote of a minister of police--_Mouchards_
--Anecdote which shews the detestation in which they are held--The
Parisian police extends to foreign countries--This truth exemplified
by two remarkable facts--No _habeas corpus_ in France.

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