Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Paris from the Earliest Period to thePresent Day; Volume 1, by William WaltonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1Author: William WaltonRelease Date: December 11, 2009 [EBook #30651]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PARIS ***Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netPARISFROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT DAYVOLUME ITHE SEINE AT BOUGIVALTHE SEINE AT BOUGIVALPHOTOGRAVURE, AFTER THE PAINTING BY JULIUS L. STEWART IL FLOTTE SANS ÊTRE SUBMERGÉ image of a crownP A R I SFROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT DAYimage ship and William Walton, Volume IVOLUME IPHILADELPHIAGEORGE BARRIE & SON, PUBLISHERSCOPYRIGHT, 1899, BY GEORGE BARRIE & SONCONTENTSVOLUME IINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER IGALLO-ROMAN AND PRE-MEDIÆVAL PERIODSCHAPTER IITHE COURT AND THE UPPER CLASSESCHAPTER IIITHE BOURGEOIS AND THE LOWER CLASSESINTRODUCTIONTHE MARTYR; MEROVINGIAN PERIOD, tapestryTHE MARTYR; MEROVINGIAN PERIOD. By F. Bac, from a tapestry.INTRODUCTIONIIF It hIe capital of the French nation, situated on the river Seine, were simply the most beautiful, the wittiest, wickedest ...