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Paris: with Pen and Pencil; Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business.
Paris: with Pen and Pencil; Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business.
Paris: with Pen and Pencil; Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business.
Paris: with Pen and Pencil; Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business.

Paris: with Pen and Pencil; Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business.

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xi, [12]-315 pp. Engraved illustrations (including views of Notre Dame and The Louvre), ads for Sohmer pianofortes and Crosby's Vitalized Phos-phites follow text. A firsthand study of Parisian culture based on two separate visits, one during the presidency of Louis Napoleon, and one during the reign of Napoleon III as emperor. While it treats many of the obvious attractions (e.g., The Louvre; Notre Dame), it also includes sketches of literary figures (M. Guizot; Alexander Dumas; Eugene Sue; M. Thiers; George Sand), prisons, hospitals, charities, etc.