Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-06-20
Correspondence.
Paris Letter.

prom our Regular Correspondent)
FOUNTAINS AND FoLLIEs OF TIE FRENCH
MoNARCus-TaE APARTMENTS OF MADAME
MAINrxxoN AND JOSEPHINE, OF NAPOLEON
AND ov LOUIS THE FOURrxxSTH-rHE
SWISS VILLAGE orMARIE ANrIoNErrE, ETC,
ETC.
We were to start at In the morning to see
the palaces aud parks Of the French kings at
Versailles. Our guide, IN old Polish polyglot
Of twenty years rc.idence in Paris. seedv.
ihresdbare, and nervous. was promptly on
hand, and we stopped to take q cup Of coffee 1t
a little cafe opposite the BoHrse. Our cafe
was one Of the many that depends on the brok-
ers Who frequent the Bonrse. for patronage.
there was no exchange that day, and II Was 50
long before we were served. that we missed
the train, and had TO wait thirty minutes for
the next. Soon, however, we were on the
roof Of the unhandsome little black. french
cars. running nj the rate Of mile in two min
utes, and in les. than half hour were in sight
Of the palaces Of Louis the fourteenth. l will
not attempt to describe the edifces. paris.
ststusry and fountains, to which the Treasure.
and blood. and genius. OF Europe have 80 Law
i.hly contributed. Wood cuts and photographs
would lie unsatisfactory enough. how much
more pen sketch. We spent the day in a
maze Of avenues, grottos. fountains, lakes, pal
aces, and s,Aiuary-staiuary NEUROLOGICAL.
classical. medieval and modern. There were
statues In heroic size Of Ney. MursI Dess.ix,
nd Sa,, sho kn ls<ls ho of
the first Napoleon on . hundred fields, and
there also were Condo. and Louis the four
tenth. the so called great Monarch. who i'm
poverished France to build and b-xutify vers-
allies; near by were statues Of Demos; be-
mes, Of Sophacles. Of Apollo. Minerva, the We
nus Of Milo, In fact II seemed the entire Greek
Pantheon reproduced In these beautiful
grounds. What surprises an American mos,
Is not nucr the excellence Of these works
in bronze. and marble. as their profnson. We
have in few galleries specimens as good as
these since they are In most instances copies,
made by measure, from the original, but here
you come upon works in bronze and marble At
every turn. and 1t is little exsggcra,ion TO say
that works Of art exist here In the proiusion Of
toys In the United States. We walked aud
looked until our eyes and legs were tired; no
horses or carriages are permitted on the
grounds, pedestrians only arc allowed 10 tray.
er.e these magnificent, distances. II wa. now
noon. and we sat down In = little cafe for re-.
Treatments, and len, amer our veteran little
Pole had pockeied the Jumps OF sugar tina, re-
NAMED GU the pla,e; this is . custom with
Parisians who are scientifically and viciously
economical. After luncheon We went through
the picture galleries full Of the paintings OF The
so csled masters, Who prostituied their genius
in pictorial spotheoses OF royal brigsnd..
and courts..n.. la the different palarr. We
saw the chairs 10 which the Hing. and the Em-
perors Of France had sat, the desks at which
they bad written. the bed. on which they slept.
the chambers that hal witnessed the loves and
humiliations OF Madame Main,enon and Jose
phIne. In densely shaded park W as the plain
country residence OF Marie Antiouctte, suI-
rounded by the picturesque cottages Of the
swiss village she h.d built, and near by, amid
lakes. gro,to., trees and fountains. Of par adisc-
Acal beauty, vas the pavilion where she de-
lighted TO meet the ladies' AMI gentlemen OF her
court, all srrAyed Is Swiss peasants, play the
fife Of simple pastoral people, trying TO ignore
the blsek cloud surchArged with the vindiciive-
ness OF years Of apprehension. that was already
appearing in the horizon Of Paris.
No matter how thoroughly informed the for :
eign reader may be in French history and
literature. . visit TO France will be scarcely
less valuable as = revelation than An inter-
probation. There Is much 10 admire. bu, more
TO pity. in all civilization, whose inspiration
has been military glory. and whose pose !. not
g 80 an
defease. Is ihst Of the brigAnd who chooses his
lie and deserves bis doom.
II Is no. remark able that the French, or rsih-
sr the Parisians, are . nation OF Artis;., ihA;
they have attained An indescribsble exquisite
ness In every variety OF ornsme nt alton, that
they excel all other peoples on canvas and in
mArble-in everything suggested BY the COM
prebensive '-ts KAlon" Of the Greeks.
They have had before them for sener a,ions
the treasures OF the aesthetic world, their in-
FAINT eyes have opened upon. and their youthful
taste has been nurtared by the most splendid
specimens 10 every department Of the doe arts
and, II the theories Of new school OF science
may be true they have had the advantage Of
hereditary impetus. or prenatal bias.
II Is quite common to hear our fellow coun.
trymen deplore our modest Attxinmenis in art.
and regret ;hst we have no promise Of reso b.
ing the excellence OF the French. They do not
know at What price the..disiinction has been Al.
tanned by this people. and they forget that we
are commissioned by our sntecedents. and BY
the age, with sublmer, sterner duties than the
enjoy ment Of even the most refined OF sensu-