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Title: An Englishman in Paris
Notes and Recollections
Author: Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam
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Language: English
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AN ENGLISHMAN IN PARIS
(Notes and Recollections)
Two Volumes in One
[Illustration]
New York
D. Appleton and Company
1892
Authorized Edition.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
PAGE The Quartier-Latin in the late thirties -- The difference
between then and now -- A caricature on the walls of Paris -- I
am anxious to be introduced to the quarter whence it emanated --
I am taken to "La Childebert," and make the acquaintance of the
original of the caricature -- The story of Bouginier and his nose
-- Dantan as a caricaturist -- He abandons that branch of art
after he has made Madame Malibran burst into tears at the sight
of her statuette -- How Bouginier came to be immortalized on the
facade of the Passage du Caire -- One of the first co-operative
societies in France -- An artists' hive -- The origin of "La
Childebert" -- Its tenants in my time -- The proprietress --
Madame Chanfort, the providence of poor painters -- Her portraits
sold after her death -- High jinks at "La Childebert" -- The
Childebertians and their peacefully inclined neighbours --
Gratuitous baths and compulsory douches at "La Childebert" -- The
proprietress is called upon to repair the roof -- The
Childebertians bivouac on the Place St. Germain-des-Pres -- They
start a "Society for the
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