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Title: Paris as seen and described by famous writers ..
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Singleton, Esther, (from old catalog) ed. and tr
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Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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py imitation of the Greek temples, thechurch of the Madeleine may offer to our minds a satisfyingcombination of lines and surfaces, but it generally leaves uscold, as do all imitations and all architecture that is not, if 238 PARIS I dare say so, aboriginal, born of the soil, the civilization,the manners and the needs of a people. Nevertheless, sometimes the Madeleine presents itself inperspective with a great show^ of external magnificence ; itis then one of the most sublime scenes of the stage uponwhich the multiple drama of Parisian life is played. Toward evening or. a fine dav, when in the west half theheavens are on fire, the temple in vigorous relief detachesits sombre silhouette against the brilliant background.From afar its base seems to be already plunged into shadow ;in the meanwhile the slanting sun pours floods of ardentpurple over the pediment and fills the vast portico with thegolden dust of its rays. The Rue Royale leads us from the Madeleine to thePlace de la Concorde.
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PkRE LACHAISE RICHARD WHITEING PERE LACHAISE, covering over one hundred acres,and the largest of the Paris cemeteries, is in thenortheastern quarter. It is named after a cele-brated confessor of Louis XIV., w^ho had a country-housein the neighbourhood. It vi^as laid out as a cemetery in1804. It was the scene of desperate fighting during theCommune. It is open from sunrise to sunset—seven isthe closing hour in summer. A bell rings at closing time.Many celebrated persons are buried here, and among thetombs or monuments of interest are those of Abelard andHeloise, Bellini, Gretry, Boieldieu, Thiers, Massena, Be-ranger, Lafontaine, Moliere (the last two transferred fromtheir original place of burial), Daubigny the painter, Duede Morny, Michelet the historian (the sculpture by Mercie),Couture the painter (a bust and an allegorical figure inbronze by Barrias). Along with these are two monumentsto soldiers and to National Guards killed in the war, theformer erected by the government and ad

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