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NOOKS AND CORNERS
OF OLD PARIS




[Illustration: THE RUE DU CHAUME IN 1866 (TO-DAY, THE RUE DES ARCHIVES)
SOUBISE MANSION--CLISSON TOWER
_Drawing by A. Maignan_]




NOOKS & CORNERS
OF OLD PARIS


_by_
GEORGES CAIN

CURATOR OF THE CARNAVALET MUSEUM AND OF THE HISTORIC COLLECTIONS
OF THE CITY OF PARIS


_With a Preface by_
VICTORIEN SARDOU


WITH OVER A HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS


LONDON
E. GRANT RICHARDS
1907




_The Translation has been made by_
FREDERICK LAWTON, M.A.




DEDICATED
TO
A. G. LENOTRE
IN TOKEN OF MOST SINCERE
AFFECTION

  G. C.
  _December_ 1905.




LIST OF ENGRAVINGS


   1. The Rue du Chaume in 1866 (to-day, the Rue des
          Archives)                                       _Frontispiece_
   2. The Place de la Bastille and the Elephant                     xvii
   3. Demolition of the Rue Sainte-Hyacinthe-Saint-Michel,
          opposite to the Rue Soufflot                             xxiii
   4. The Town Hall in 1838                                        xxvii
   5. The Pont-Neuf about 1850                                      xxxi
   6. The Louvre about 1785                                         xxxv
   7.