An Englishman in Paris: Notes and Recollections

An Englishman in Paris: Notes and Recollections

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 faade 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-Prs They start a "Society for the Conversion of the Mahometans" The public subscribe liberally What becomes of the subscriptions? My visits to "La Childebert" breed a taste for the other amusements of the Quartier-Latin Bobino and its entertainments The audience The manager His stereotyped speech The reply in chorus Woe to the bourgeois-intruder Stove-pipe hats a rarity in the Quartier-Latin The dress of the collegians Their mode of living Suppers when money was flush, rolls and milk when it was not A fortune-teller in the Rue de Tournon Her prediction as to the future of Josphine de Beauharnais The allowance to students in those days The Odon deserted Students' habits The Chaumire Rural excursions Pre Bonvin's 1 ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 32343
Author: Vandam, Albert D. (Albert Dresden)
Release Date: May 12, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English