New-York tribune., 1869-01-01

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Christmas bag-thc worthy Paterfamihas cannot 90
better than to add it in person as surpusage TO the
holiday treasures of his young folk
KINGS Ny PARIS
MY PARIS; FRENCH CHARACTER sKETcHEs. by Id
| WARD KING. l2no pp $50. Boston hoihS
II these firs-frnits Of youthful writer SAVIOR OF
the fresh overlowings of the wne-press, IN certain
want of nellowness and fineneSs of body, they
amply atone for the deficiency by their racy eiier
yescing yvacty and the piquant briskness OF thc'r
hamor. Mr.. King evidently a novice IN the ways
of foreign travel and took no care to harden himself
against the throng of impressions which besiege the
tourist who for the first time sets foot on European
soil. lie brought fresh, unworn spirit TO the en-
| joyment of the panoramic views with which lie WAS
soon surrounded and with greater inclination 70
wit than to wisdom dashes off the record OF his daily
experience, with equal lvelness of feeling ana eN-
ubeTance of expression He is moro intent on eaten
ing the comic and festive aspects OF Partisan life,
than on exact statistical details, lnfusng due pro-
portion of sweet and into your glass of lemon
ade. without giving you tedious disquisition OH
I the sugar and lemon crop.
| Mr. Kings description Of his arrival in BouloGne.
after the usual mseries of crossing the Channel "a
treacherons strait which has all the uginess OF the
! Styx with all the wickedness of Scyla and Cha-
rybds" at once places him on the best of terms with
! lis readers.
My first day in France was not one calculated c to
awaken pleasing impressions IL snowed--a nsl', n,S nv
ethereal fall OF white akesfor 1t was too cold 10 pro
duce heavy fall It cold, indeed. The policemen
Nomef, siyered and mritcTed Sainic VERGE; hey
carried the bundles the hack drivers @ shhh n.o
10 keen nm a Circulation; aud was set down at the
beautiful railway sfation time for The o'clock Paris
train i'm . state Of intense iricdity, and quanafy
Qnsndary. because although 1 knew the French OF
books aid pot know The french OF railway Stations
al at NJ fhp
lank, long man, Like COeTIdges Hhfleht iuainer,
I 10 ns out IaSias told me be was very french my SOFT
hat and the color Of my bar told him that was sXon
move, and pointed desperately at my baggage. lie
moved not--ths IDIOT but asked me some Questions III
rapid accents, so calculated the word " Paris ana
pointed once more to my baggage. Ho took IT, weighed
Il. placed il in the traln ami then asked me- afer had
feed him. FOR This Twist-lke tniand confess
understood but my apparent ignorance OF Fench was
truly astonishing was determined to have the better
don't care what bachelors say about Eve's being n
curso TO Adam. II was woman who came 10 NY re-
lief IN this Very pretty under hcr Paris bon
and her brown hail. was the French ice ont l an
accents she addressed him. but their meaning Was
Scia me c1isnsy @ % cmbaTot,,nent Cod bless
her! The official laughed, and l conld have
hntod me. She interpreted in moderate English NY
demands and the result was that didn't go on TO Caaio
wrong train know she nilliner because she had
hosts OF bandbOXes but respected her, because sie
friend indeed" Her bonnet strings huttered away 20
did Iny heart: she closed the door OF compartment III
the Car. and never saw her more.
OF the manifold sights and scenes in Paris, of
which the volumeis crowded with sparkling sketches.
we take single description which will come home
To the business and bosom OF the tourist who has
faithfully gone the round of his daily duties in
picture galleries museums. palaces. gardens and
churches.
Five o'clock know corner of Paris where abSo
lute tranquility aud infinite pleasure OF palate may bo
and am bound 20 dine to-day with Garny. 50 down
Rue Drouot aud past the huge hotel where wonder
fni bargains IN oid mirrors and Jewels are always 70 bo
obtained through th. long arched the steps
into the charming arcade past booksta aud here,
the end OF the passage an oDecurc stairway Up this
Early to-day and none here the solemn old gentle
men in black who are always so particular az 10 their
wine, and stop between mouhfuls read the papers
So have the cool middle room all to myself. and Gus
taye being 'low in appearing think.
It is quiet requisite in Partisan restaurants not always
Passage Jouro nor for the fashionable Diner De Paris
where one sits sweating IN crowds with nothing to
tie round table With Madanes breezy can antterpc mt
aud with Augustine changing the plates is
me 10 Garny for the really good, and for Tranquil
/ haunt
II IS Macon. the wine. and while have been gazing
dswn 70 the pasSers below, Gustave has brought
soup and stands waiting for the name OF the plat which
shall first order over the soup fall into rcveric.
which about TO prove as long as Southeys Doc
tor ana Tear 10 indee III no turn my aitehuoh 10
"it she eaLdren ., a.a'a We. s. anu NV n am Nv s
We nave Huns .io ~. si 49,, ~ A sio @ M %
Tor cookery out we naso b,oS ni ~ o III uo
praise ne uesrVes M III M s q t i m 'n m ie
re mases pa.aaoio ~ sol 70 "a tI , "a eq.iD
ciVlzcd counttrs JIG 1es,sou, ,ao w., W. nao SOUP o
cheese OeeIsteak rom hofses WIZ run SMgr ,an,sy
he viii cook your eggs IN three hundred different fash
IONS 1onr comeslipes coae =" You 80 @ ne pirocIed
tha your sppentn u ooIov yHu "pon nG
whole process o u.hn.t, hs Wv aIahees "u
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