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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