Title : Memorandums of a residence in France in the winter of 1815-16 : including remarks on French manners and society, with a description of the catacombs and notices of some other objects of curiosity...
Publisher : Longman (London)
Date of publication : 1816
Subject : France -- Moeurs et coutumes -- 19e siècle
Type : monographie imprimée
Language : English
Format : 414 p. ; in-8
Format : application/pdf
Copyright : domaine public
Identifier : ark:/12148/bpt6k352846
Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France, 8-Li3-95
Relation : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36380311v/description
Provenance : bnf.fr
| INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. | |
| CHAP. I. | |
| Narrative. - Dover. - Voyage across the Channel. - Calais. | |
| CHAP. II. | |
| Journey in the Diligence. - Appearance of the Country. - Montreuil. - Amiens. - Arrival at Paris. - The Warm Baths. | |
| CHAP. III. | |
| Cabriolets. - Boulevards. - Place de Louis Quinze. - Pots de Chambre. - Whimsical Conduct of the Drivers. | |
| CHAP. IV. | |
| Encampment in the Bois de Boulogne. - German Legion. - Wounded Officer. - Mess-Table. - Military Conversation. - Battle of Waterloo. | |
| CHAP. V. | |
| Description of the Battle of Waterloo, by a young Officer. - Return over the Field of Battle by Moonlight. - Occurrences after the Battle. | |
| CHAP. VI. | |
| Chapelle Royale. - Mass. - Salle des Marechaux. - The King. - The Archbishop of Rheims. - Interior of the Palace. | |
| CHAP. VII. | |
| Jardin des Plantes. - Temple. - Collection of Fossils, Minerals, and other Objects of Natural History | |
| CHAP. VIII. | |
| Robertson's Philosophical Theatre. - Speaking Machine. - Gardens of the Tuilleries. - Models of Fortresses at the Hôtel des Invalides. | |
| CHAP. IX. | |
| Gambling-Houses. - Spirit of Gambling extremely prevalent. - Description of the Licensed Gaming-Houses. - Coarseness of Social Intercourse in Public | |
| CHAP. X. | |
| Church of St. Roch. - Miracle des Ardents. - Statue of Christ. - Palace of St. Cloud. - Malmaison, the Residence of Josephine. | |
| CHAP. XI. | |
| Versailles. - The Palace. - The Gardens. - Defence of French Gardening. - Petit Trianon. - Grand Trianon. - Character of Buonaparte | |
| CHAP. XII. | |
| An English Clergyman of an uncommon Species. - Musées des Monuments Français. - Curious Mistake of a Painter. - Pantheon, or Church of St. Genevieve. | |
| CHAP. XIII. | |
| Foundling Hospital of Paris. - Mode of admitting Children. - Number at Nurse in the Country. - Policy of such an Establishment on the Score of Morals. - The Lottery. | |
| CHAP. XIV. | |
| The great National Library. - Curiosities which it contains. - Free Access to all Objects of Curiosity in the French Capital. - Reason of the universal adoption of the French Language. | |
| CHAP. XV. | |
| Character of the Duchess of Angoulême. - Cause of her melancholy and retired Manner. - Returned Emigrants. - Effects of some English Newspapers in keeping up the Irritation of French Feelings | |
| CHAP. XVI. | |
| Franconi's Theatre. - The Corn Market. - Triumphal Arch of the Place de Carousel. - Buonaparte's Column to the Grand Army. - Bon Mot of the Emperor of Russia. | |
| CHAP. XVII. | |
| The Louvre. - Removal of the Works of Art. - Cultivation of the Fine Arts in France. - Expression of Louis XVIII. to Lord Wellington. | |
| CHAP. XVIII. | |
| Ecrivains Publics. - Bridges over the Seine. - Curious Custom at the Stalls in the Streets. - The Cries. - The Pavement. - The Fountains. | |
| CHAP. XIX. | |
| The Barriers. - The Quays. - The Mode of Washing. - Cookery. - The Flower-Market. - Coffee-Houses. - Palais Royal. | |
| CHAP. XX. | |
| Celebration of High Mass at the Church of St. Roch. - The Feelings which it inspires. - Tenets of the Catholic Religion. - Auricular Confession. | |
| CHAP. XXI. | |
| Prussian Army. - Dress of the Officers. - Russian Army, their very different Behaviour. - Duel between a Russian and a French Officer. - Conduct of the English and French reciprocally. | |
| CHAP. XXII. | |
| Conscription Laws. - Abuses and Cruelties in the Administration of them. - A Comparison between the French Conscription and English Impressment. | |
| CHAP. XXIII. | |
| French Opinion of the English Government. - Their Belief that it has been the Cause of all the Misery of Europe. - Military Courage. | |
| CHAP. XXIV. | |
| Present State of France. - Sources of National Wealth. - The French Revolution. - Progress of sound Thinking. - Statue to the late Alderman Beckford. | |
| CHAP. XXV. | |
| Marshal Ney accused of Treachery in the Battle of Waterloo. - Circumstances attending his Execution. - His Appearance. | |
| CHAP. XXVI. | |
| Galignani's Library. - Statues of Voltaire. - The Luxembourg Gallery of Pictures by Rubens. - Preposterous Mixture of Fact and Allegory in his Productions. | |
| CHAP. XXVII. | |
| Physicians. - Comparison of French and English Physicians. - State of Medicine Two Centuries ago; - Its Improvement. - Medical Education at Paris | |
| CHAP. XXVIII. | |
| Boxing. - Delicacy of French and English. - Sentimentality of the former. - Their Feelings towards Foreigners. | |
| CHAP. XXIX. | |
| Tragic Theatre. - Ducis' Translation of Shakspeare. - Macbeth. - Talma, and Mademoiselle Georges | |
| CHAP. XXX. | |
| The Academy of Music, or Grand Opera. - Delicacy of the French Stage. - Comparison with that of England. - Farce of Ricco. | |
| CHAP. XXXI. | |
| Occurrence at the Theatre. - Popularity of the King. - Probable Conduct of the disbanded Officers. - Comparison of the English and French. - Different Sentiments on the National Flag. | |
| CHAP. XXXII. | |
| State of French Society. - Change of Manners produced by the Revolution. - Demoralization of the French Countenance. - An attempt to explain the Cause. | |
| CHAP. XXXIII. | |
| National Guards. - Gens D'armes. - Sapeurs and Pompiers. - National Song. - Verses to the Emperor Alexander. | |
| CHAP. XXXIV. | |
| Climate of Paris compared with that of other Countries. - Mode of furnishing Houses. - State of Public Feeling with regard to Decency. - Anecdote of Buonaparte. | |
| CHAP. XXXV. | |
| Jeux D'Esprit on the Subject of Buonaparte's Election. - Placards affixed to the Walls of the Tuilleries. - Le Français revenu de Londres. | |
| CHAP. XXXVI. | |
| The Catacombs. - Their Appearance, Origin, and Mode of Formation. - Inscriptions on the Walls, &c. - Album. | |
| CHAP. XXXVII. | |
| National Character of the French. - Their Levity considered. - Education of the Women. - Effect of Marriage. | |
| CHAP. XXXVIII. | |
| Appearance of Paris in the Evening. - A Moonlight Ramble. - Sensations produced by this Scene | |
| CHAP. XXXIX. | |
| Journey Home. - Appearances on the Road. - Calais. - Voyage to Dover. - Return to London. - Concluding Remarks. | |
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