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The Project Gutenberg eBook, An Englishman in Paris, by Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Author: Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam Release Date: May 12, 2010 [eBook #32343] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN ENGLISHMAN IN PARIS*** E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 32343-h.htm or 32343-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32343/32343-h/32343-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32343/32343-h.zip) 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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