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Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon
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of the new Italian company--Productions of _Cimarosa_, _Paesiello_,
&c.--Madame _Bolla_.

LETTER XLVII.
Present state of public worship--Summary of the proceedings of the
constitutional clergy--National councils of the Gallican church held
at Paris--Conduct of the Pope, _Pius VII_--The Cardinal Legate,
_Caprara_, arrives in Paris--The Concordat is signed--Subsequent
transactions.

LETTER XLVIII.
_Pantheon_--Description of this edifice--_Marat_ and _Mirabeau_
pantheonized and dispantheonized--The remains of _Voltaire_ and
_Rousseau_ removed hither--The Pantheon in danger of falling--This
apprehension no longer exists--_Bonaparte_ leaves Paris for Lyons.

LETTER XLIX.
Scientific societies of Paris--_Societe Philotechnique_--_Societe
Libre des Sciences, Lettres, et Arts_--_Athenee des Arts_--_Societe
Philomatique_--_Societe Academique des Sciences_--_Societe
Galvanique_--_Societe des Belles-Lettres_--_Academie de Legislation_
--_Observateurs de l'Homme_--_Athenee de Paris_.

LETTER L.
Coffee-houses--Character of the company who frequent them--Contrast
between the coffee-houses of the present and former times--Coffee
first introduced at Paris, in 1669, by the Turkish ambassador--_Cafe
mechanique_--Subterraneous coffee-houses of the _Palais du
Tribunat_.

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