Abailard, and his students, I., 355;
his house and his love story, II., 156
Abailard and Héloise, Monument to, II., 156
Abbey of Longchamp and its founder, I., 219
Abbey of Saint-Magloire, I., 314
Abd-el-Kader and the scene with General Bugeaud, I., 75, 76
Academicians, The, and the oyster-woman, II., 7, 8
Académie 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, 58
Académie Royale de Musique, I., 87;
Assassination of the Duke of Berri at the, 90
Achard, Amédée, fights a duel with Paolo Fiorentino, I., 61
Actors, Denial of the rites of burial to, I., 58, 111-113;
imprisoned, 176
Actresses, sent to prison, I., 56, 58, 176;
an exc ommunicated class, 58;
Voltaire on the public opinion of, 58;
their costumes, 322-324
Adrien de Valois, Burial-place of, I., 299
Adulteration of foods, II., 314
Affre, Monseigneur, his assassination, II., 66, 247, 249
Agricultural produce, II., 167
Agricultural proprietors, II., 167
Alaux, M., and the Folies Dramatiques Theatre, I., 85
Algeria as a training-ground for generals, I., 75
Altar of Patriotism, I., 232, 233
Alva, Duke of, and the massacre of St. Bartholomew, I., 22
Amaury, and his followers, I., 251, 252
Ambigu-Comique Theatre, I., 86
Americans in Paris, II., 13-16
Ancelot, librarian of the Arsenal Library, I., 290
Andelot, and the attack on the Guises, I., 22
André des Arts, St., Church of, II., 107
Anecdotes, 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, 327
Anglais, Café, I., 122, 123
Angoulême, Count of, I., 23;
and the Hôtel Lamoignon, 68
Angoulême, Duchess of, and Mme. de Lavalette, I., 318
Anisson family, The, and the Royal Printing Office, I., 307, 308
Anjou, Duke of, and the massacre of St. Bartholomew, I., 23
Anne of Austria and the Val de Grâce, II., 90
Anti-Jacobin, The, I., 162
Antoine, St., Rue, I., 2, 46, 282-28
Apprenticeship, I., 301
Aquinas, St. Thomas, Church of, II., 238
Archbishops of Paris, Tragic fates of three successive, II., 66, 358
Architecture, Gothic style proscribed by Louis XIV., I., 5
Archives, Palace of, I., 304
Archivists, I., 305
Armour in the Artillery Museum, II., 86, 87
Army, The, its uniformity, I., 65;
Algeria as the training-ground for generals, 75
Arnould, Sophie, birthplace, I., 3;
her description of herself, 29;
receives offer of marriage from Bélanger, 127, 129;
poverty and death, 129;
her wit, 354
Arsenal, The, and its library, I., 290
Artillery, Central depôt of, II., 238
Artillery, 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, 88
Artistic and Literary Club. I., 140
Artists in the Rue d’Enfer, II., 106
Arts and crafts corporations, I., 300, 301
Arts Bridge, II., 34
Artus (or Arthur), King of Britain, and his duel with the Tribune Flollo, I., 277
Assembly of the States-General (1789), II., 232
Assistance Publique, I., 305
Astleys, The:
open a circus in Paris, I., 73;
the personal attractions of the son, 73, 74;
their circus taken over by Franconi, 74
Astrology, I., 16;
patronised by Catherine de Médicis, 42
Asylum:
of Bicêtre, I., 63; II., 211-214, 221, 222;
Children’s, II., 101, 102;
Saint-Jacques aux Pélerins, I., 314;
Salpêtrière, II., 209-211, 218
Auber, M., and the Conservatory of Music, I., 335
Aubriot, founder of the Bastille, I., 47
Austerlitz Bridge, II., 33, 34
Austerlitz, Column of, I., 155-158
Ave Maria Market, I., 290
Avenue Marigny, I., 223, 224
Aveugles, Café des, I., 110

Bac, Rue du, I., 10
Balloons as war vehicles, II., 236
Balls at the opera, I., 139
Baltazarini and his Ballet Comique de la Reine, I., 28
Balzac, and his tailor, I., 106;
as a printer, II., 175
Bank of France, I., 322
Banquet d’Anacréon Restaurant, I., 85
Barnave and the Breton Club, I., 162
Barracks, Napoleon, I., 283
Barère, 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, 162
Barriers, The:
and the octroi, II., 318;
designations and number, 319;
Clichy and De l’Étoile, 319;
scenes of executions and assassinations, 320
Barry, Mme. du, I., 302
Bartholomew, St., Church of, I., 269
Bastille, 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;
and lettres 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, 286
Bastille, Place de la, I., 43, 52, 59
Bath-house of the Romans, I., 73, 74
Batignolles, Les, I., 344
Baudelaire, Charles, his residence, I., 291
Bavoux, Nicholas, prosecuted for his lectures, I., 358
Bazaine, Marshal, II., 358
Béarn, Prince of. (See Henry IV.)
Beaufort, Duc de, his duel with the Duc de Nemours, I., 350
Beauharnais, Louise de, saves her husband from death, I., 318-320
Beaujolais Theatre, I. 183
Beaumarchais, and his Marriage of Figaro, I., 44-46, 67;
builds the Théâtre du Marais, 67;
his Mère Coupable, 67;
imprisoned at St. Lazare, II., 142
Beaumarchais, Boulevard, I., 43, 46, 47, 67
Beaumarchais Theatre, I., 43, 67
Beaupré, Mlle., on dramatic literature, I., 174
Beauvais, Hôtel de, I., 283
Beauvoir, Roger de, I., 291
Bedford, Duke of, and the funeral of Charles VI., I., 98; II., 94
Beggars:
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,” 333
Béjard, Armande, wife of Molière, I., 173; II., 291
Béjard, Madeleine, I., 173; II., 291
Bélanger, 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, 129
Belleville, I., 335
Belleyme, M. de, Prefect of Police, I., 275; II., 18
Beltard, the architect, I., 315
Benedictines, Church and Monastery of, I., 306; II., 90
Béranger, Statue of, I., 303;
Benjamin Constant’s opinion of his songs, 303
Bercy, Bridge de, II., 33
Bergeret, Communist leader, II., 357
Bernhardt, Sarah, I., 182
Bernini, and his designs for the completion of the Louvre, I., 198
Berri, 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, 145
Berry, Duchess of, II., 111
Berryer, lieutenant of police, I., 273, 275; II., 17
Berryer, Statue of, in the Palais de Justice, I., 258;
defends Louis Napoleon, II., 124
Berthe, Queen, I., 42
Béthisy, Rue de, I., 3
Beyle, Henri, Monument to, I., 324
Bèze, Theodore de, II., 39
Bicêtre 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, 222
Bièvre, River, II., 225
Birds, Convent of the, II., 196
Biron, Duc de, and the belief in magic, I., 17;
and the arrest of the Young Pretender, 63
Biron, Marshal de, in the Bastille, I., 47
Bismarck, Count, and General de Wimpffen, II., 360
Blanc, Louis, and the death of Armand Carrel, I., 62;
his account of the Boulogne expedition, II., 117, 118
Blanche, Queen, II., 157
Blaze, M. Castil, on the proximity of the Salle Montansier to the National Library, I., 86
Blind Children, Institution for, II., 198
Blind men, Orchestra of, I., 110
Bohemians:
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, 110
Boieldieu, his residence, I., 111
Boiling of coiners, I., 3
Bois de Boulogne, I., 221-223; II., 287
Boisgerard effects the escape of Sir Sidney Smith from the Temple, I., 72, 73
Bologne, Jean de, and the statue of Henry IV., I., 31
Bonaparte, Lucien, and the Place des Vosges, I., 310
Bondi, Rue de, and its theatres, I., 85, 86
Bonne Nouvelle Bazaar, I., 103
Bonne Nouvelle Boulevard, I., 103
Bonvalet’s restaurant, and his supply of food during the siege of Paris, I., 85
Bookstalls, II., 255
Books, Burning, I., 40, 252;
proscription of, 40, 126, 187-189
Booksellers and the king’s library, I., 190
Bookselling, I., 124, 125
Bordeaux, Duke of. (See Chambord, Count of)
Bornier, Vicomte de, librarian at the Arsenal, I., 290
Bosc, Pastor du, II., 42
Bossuet preaching at La Salpêtrière, II., 211
Bouchardon, Edmé, Fountain by, II., 238
Bouffar, Mlle. Zulma, I., 93
Bouillé, M. de, and the flight of Louis XVI., I., 211, 214
Bouillon, Chevalier de, and masked balls, I., 139
Bouillon, Duchess of, and Adrienne Lecouvreur, I., 3, 182, 183
Boulanger, General, and the Naval and Military Club, I., 140
Boule and the inlaid furniture of the Louvre, I., 198, 199
Boulevard:
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, 43
Boulogne expedition, II., 116-124
Boundaries of Paris, I., 103
Bourbon, Duchess of, and the Élysée Palace, I., 218
Bourbons, Burial-places of, I., 100; II., 97
Bourdon, Boulevard, I., 282, 290
Bourdon, Colonel, I., 290
Bourg, Du, Execution of, I., 287; II., 38
Bourgeois, Nicholas, I., 139
Bourgogne, Marguerite, Blanche, and Jeanne de, punishments inflicted upon them, II., 62
Boursault-Malesherbes and the Théâtre des Sans-Culottes, I., 298
Bourse, The:
architecture, I., 191;
origin of word, 191;
its first location and subsequent history, 192;
taken from the Communists, 359
Bourse, Petite, The, I., 192
Boute-Feu, Jean, and his fireworks, I., 146
Bouteville, Count de, his duels and his execution, I., 349
Bouvet, Father, his presentation of Chinese books to the Royal Library, I., 190
Brandus, M., Outrage at residence of, I., 115
Bread collectors, II., 260
Breton Club, afterwards Society of the Friends of the Constitution, I., 162
Breret de dame and the attendance of unmarried ladies at the opera, I., 89, 90
Bridge:
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, 34
Brie, La, Sorcerers of, I., 42
Brissot and his library, II., 108
Brosse, Guy de la, and the Jardin des Plantes, II., 147
Brosse, Jacques de, and the Luxemburg Palace, II., 111
Bruce, Heart of, II., 93
Brun, Lesueur le, I., 291
Bruno, St., and the funeral of Raimond Diocre, I., 13, 14
Buffon, preservation of his heart and brain, II., 92, 93;
his administration of the Jardin des Plantes, 148, 149
Bugeaud, General, and his interview with Abd-el-Kader, I., 75, 76
Bull-fighting, I., 335
Bureau of Judicial Assistance, I., 260
“Bureaux of Beneficence,” II., 333
Burgundy, Duke of, Assassination of, I., 2
Burial of Kings, I., 98-102, 314; II., 94, 99
Burning, Jews, I., 3;
sorcerers, 3, 42;
magicians, 15, 42;
books, 40, 252;
witches, 40;
Waldenses, 42;
Protestants, 286; II., 71, 72;
lunatics, 207
Butchers, II., 308, 316
Butte Saint-Roch, The, and Joan of Arc I., 2, 159

“Cabochiens,” their attack on the Conciergerie, II., 134
Cadoudal, George, Vendean chief, his career, I., 313, 314
Cadran Bleu Restaurant, I., 85
Café:
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., 110
Café concerts, I., 80
Cafés 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, 122
Calvin in Paris, I., 286;
as a student, 337; II., 36
Canal of Saint-Martin, II., 34
Cannon, fired by the sun, I., 47;
specimens in the Artillery Museum, II., 87, 88
“Cannon of the Bastille” Café, I., 46
Capet Dynasty, Advent of, I., 7
Capuchins, The, and Rue d’Enfer, or Hell Street, I., 4
Capucines, Boulevard, I., 130, 132
Carafa, his residence, I., 111
Cardinal, Café, I., 115
Carmelites, Shoeless, II., 247
Carmes, The Couvent des, II., 71
Carnavalet, Hôtel, I., 310; II., 160
Carrel, Armand, killed in a duel with De Girardin, I., 62, 352
Carriages, II., 30, 31
Castiglione, Rue, I., 158
Castle of Chambord, II., 303-305
Catacombs:
formerly quarries, II., 99;
removal of remains from cemeteries, 99, 100;
admission of visitors, 100;
number of human relics deposited, 101
Catherine II. and Diderot, II., 246
Catherine 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., 39
Catherine de la Rochelle, I., 160
Cavaignac, General, II., 248, 249
Cavaignac, Godefroi, his monument, I., 342
Cazotte, Jacques, his trial and execution, I., 259
Cecilia, St., Festival of, I., 315
Cemeteries, I., 333-335, 342; II., 250
Censorship of books, I., 126; II., 180;
and Francis I., I., 187;
opinion of Mercier, 188, 189
Censorship of the drama, II., 181-184;
under Louis XI, 181;
under Louis XIII. and Louis XIV., 182;
and Athalie, Esther, and the Marriage of Figaro, 182;
under the Republic and the Restoration, 183;
its abolition, 183;
re-established, 183, 184
Central Depôt of Artillery, II., 238
Central markets, I., 314-318; II., 166, 167
Central Paris, I., 281-326
“Cercle des Deux Mondes,” I., 126
Chamber of Deputies, II., 231, 232
Chamber of Peers, II., 112, 130
Chambord, Count of, Funeral of, I., 100;
discussion on his legitimacy, 222, 223;
and the Count of Paris, II., 305
Chamousset and l’Institution Sainte-Périne, II., 331
Champ 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, 235
Champfleury, I., 110
Champs Élysées, I., 11;
and the triumphal arch, 59, 218, 224, 225;
as a pleasure resort, 224;
amusements, 226, 229;
exhibitions, 229
Chapelle, 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, 267
Chapelain, author of “La Pucelle,” burial-place, I., 294
Charbonniers, II., 218
Charenton 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, 225
Charlemagne, Statue of, I., 278
Charles V., speech against Charles the Mischievous, King of Navarre, I., 2;
and the Louvre, 194
Charles 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., 157
Charles VII. and Joan of Arc’s support, I., 2;
and Agnes Sorel, 64
Charles 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., 40
Charles X.:
suppression of newspapers, I., 2;
burial, 102;
preservation of his heart, II., 91
Charolais, Comte de, alarmed at fireworks, I., 145
Chartres, Duke of. (See Égalité, Philippe)
Chasseurs, The, I., 59, 64, 75
Château:
de Madrid, I., 222;
de la Muette, 223;
Rouge, II., 72, 73
Château d’Eau, Theatre, I., 85;
Place du, 84
Châtelet Theatre, Du, I., 291, 292
Châtelet-Laumont, Marquis du, and the Hôtel Lambert, I., 291
Chateaubriand on the Duke of Berri’s English family, I., 91;
on the Jacobins, 163
Chaumette, M., and Notre Dame, I., 14;
and the Opéra under the Republic, 88;
his execution, 150
Chaussée d’Antin, The, at the end of the eighteenth century, I., 2
Chenier, André, imprisoned at St. Lazare, II., 142
Chermoye, Philippe, Assassination of, II., 89
Chérubini and the Conservatory of Music, I., 335
Chess-players at the Café de la Régence, I., 109
Cheval Blanc, Hôtel du, II., 108
Chevalier represents the Man of Destiny at Porte Saint-Martin Theatre, I., 92
Chevalier, Michel, I., 119;
his imprisonment, 120
Chevreuil, M., and the flowers in the Jardin des Plantes, II., 151;
and the Gobelins, 228
Children, Hospital for, II., 196;
institution for blind, 198;
imported to Paris from Italy, 328
Children’s Asylum, II., 101, 102
Chinese books in the Royal Library, I., 190
Choiseul, Hôtel, I., 126
Christmas, Saturnalia in churches at, I., 226-228
Christmas cards, I., 113
Church 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, 91
Churches and chapels, English, II., 11, 43
Cigar-ends, Collectors of, II., 259, 260
Circus, opened by the Astleys, I., 73;
of the Faubourg du Temple, 74;
in the Boulevard des Filles de Calvaire, 76;
of the Prince Imperial, 85
Circus-women, II., 19, 20
Cirque d’Hiver opened under the title of Cirque Napoleon, I., 73
Civic tribunal. The, I., 261
Clairon, Mlle., imprisoned in the Bastille, I., 56;
her residence in the Marais, 67; II., 175;
passion of M. de S—— for her, I., 129, 130
Claque, The:
origination, II, 261;
at the Restoration, and its organisation, 262;
its utility, 264
Clausel, Marshal, I., 94
Clergy, their right to fight duels, I., 346;
their corruption in the thirteenth century, II., 61
Clichy, Prison of, I., 342, 343
Clock in the Arsenal Library, I., 290
Club:
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., 139
Clubs, Management and facilities of, I., 141, 142
Cluny, Hôtel, origin and history, II., 74-82;
collection of curiosities and objects of art, 76-82
Cobblers, II., 266
Cocher, The, various types of, II., 1, 2
Cockneys, Parisian, II., 27
Coffee, its introduction into Europe, I., 82;
the rage in Parisian society, 83
Coiners, Boiling of, I., 3
Colbert appointed to complete the Louvre, I., 198;
his tomb in the church of Saint-Eustache, I., 315
Coligny, 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, 27
Coligny and Guise, Quarrels between the houses of, I., 349
College of France, II., 44, 45, 47;
Du Plessis, 47;
of Clermont, 47;
of Dace, 71;
of Soissons, 71;
of the Lombards, 71
Colonne, M., I., 76
Column 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, 158
Comédie Française, I., 103, 108, 109;
and the Richelieu Theatre, 167;
its history, 172-186; II., 110
Comédie Italienne, I., 175
Commercial Exchange, I., 318
Communards set fire to the Palais Royal, I., 168;
of 1871, II., 355-361
Commune, The, and the fortifications of Paris, I., 8
Concerts started by Pasdeloup, I., 76
Conciergerie, 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, 136
Concorde, Place de la, extent and boundaries, I., 143;
history, 143-154;
Louis XV. and his statue, 143, 146;
accident
from 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, 154
Condé, Prince de, Death of, I., 22;
his abjuration, 290;
fidelity to Protestantism, II., 39
Confessional, The, and the State, I., 33
Congé de la Bataille, I., 346, 347
Conservatoire de Musique, I., 90, 135, 335
Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, I., 293, 300-302
Constant, Benjamin, Duel fought by, I., 351;
and the songs of Béranger, 303
Constitution, Signing of the, by Louis XVI., I., 87
Contat, Mlle., and Prince Henry of Prussia, I., 35, 36;
in the Marriage of Figaro, 45;
her love-affair with De Lubsac and the loss of her jewels, 104, 105
Continental, Hôtel, I., 158
Convent 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, 196
Convention, Learning under the, I., 90;
its procedure, II., 234
Convulsionnaires, The, I., 47
Cooks 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;