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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