The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-03
BOOK NOTICES.

Paris. Known and Unknown" by VII
liam Walton, author of "Chefs-De'Oev
de Exposition Universale, 1889" etc,
Henry G. Sloppey. the agent for the above
work, representing George Barrie & Son.
Philadelphia Publishers and Martin &
Hoyt Company. Atlanta. is at the Pa
laski House, where the work can be seen.
The work is an extremely fine one; the
illustrations being of the highest stand
ard of art, and the text being all that the
severest critic could desire. A few re-
marks descriptive of the work. may not
he amiss: Probably no modern city in the
world has undergone such transforma tons
as Paris and few cities have experienced
as many disasters and apparently ire
parable losses and yet continue to be pre-
eminentiy the most magnificent and i'm
posing in the world
Paris, Known and Unknown" will give
fun history of these changes and their
causes. from the earliest date of Lutetia
to the beginning of the twentieth century,
and will present an especially vivid and
complete account of life in the greatest
splendor-loving and pleasure-seeking city
OF the present day. All aspects will be
considered; politically il will give accounts
OF the events which have made Paris IA
NOUS and Infamous, from the time of the
English possession to the revolution, from
the revolution to the present Dreyfus af-
Ialr For example, the siege of Paris,
which ranks among the most remarkable
occurrences in the annals of modern war
rare, is described with many hitherto gem
orally unknown details, together with
brief account of the causes known to very
rev persons, which led to the disastrous
Franco Prussian war
INTELLECTUALLY 1t will be a complete nan
Drama of the city of Paris. from the times
OF the Romans TO the end of the present
century Every building of note, whether
interesting from the standpoint of associ-
alton. or valuable as an example of archi-
lecture or as evidence of antiquity or
culture; and every feature of Importance in
the oVo miles of streets, quais, bridges etc,
viii be shown in the Illustrations.
Paris has long enjoyed the reputation of
peing the most cosmopolitan city in the
world, for it is not only the political me-
tropolis of France, but also the center of
the artistic, scientific, commercial and in
dustral life of the nation. Here the artist,
the student, the merchant and the votarv
of pleasure, alike find the most abundant
scope for their pursuits; all of these
classes Will find in the work much that will
interest, instruct, and amuse The stu
cent ana the merchant will find that not
one OF the many sciences and trades in
which Paris excels has been overlooked:
and the holiday-visitor will learn that the
gaiety of the commonplace Moulin Rouge,
Jardin de Paris, Moulin de Ia GAZETTE, or of
the Casino de Paris, is but mere hired
show frivolity gotten up for his benefit
and Is not at all the real thing The life
or the artistic, literary and scientific cen
ter will be described by one who has spent
years there; and illustrated, as are all Ill
visions of the work. by the best artists.
La Vie Souterraine, the life of dark
places, of the dens teeming with poverty
and with vice-the whole cauchemar ma
cabre of the ''Miserables," etc.-has not
! yet entirely disappeared, and the artist
author, who is as much at home in Paris
( ignore as in New York, has during the
past year thoroughly re-explored and ex-
plotted this part of the great unknown
/ of the huge city, and he has, at the Bib
! lotheque Rationale, made study of this
| life throughout the ages of the vagabond
! and the eythereen-with most interesting
| results. Indeed, all the materials for the
! work have been secured on the ground
| and it is confidently expected that this
| publication will at once merit the distinc-
| ton of becoming not merely the only, but
| the standard, work on Paris
! In snort, instead of a mere dry-as-dust
| compilation. il will be a vivid ciuemato-
graphic picture of the life of the Elysee,
salon, caserne, bourse, magazin, atelier,
bal, cabaret, theater, halle cercle etc.
etc. La Vie de Boheme, de Quarter Lat
in, des coulisses, de trottoir de haute gall
! anterie, not excepted.
Wartime Echoes" published by the
Werner Company, Akron o. Price, 81.
( This little volume contains the best OF
the newspaper poetry which appeared in
the public prints during the war with
Spain. Some of the poems are meritorious
and well worth reading.