Bubbles And Ballast
Subtitle: Being A Description Of Life In Paris During The Brilliant Days Of Empire
Publisher: Kelly and Piet
Published: 1871
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: CHAPTER I.; title: The R. M. Steamship Java  —  Departure from Boston  —  The Captain and Officers  —  Arrival at Halifax  —  At Sea  —  Meeting with a solitary little Boat  —  A Sketch of the Passengers —  Sea-sickness, and a yearning for Land  —  The Coast of Ireland  —  Anchored off Liverpool  —  The Custom-house Officers —  Death of a Passenger  —  Farewell to the Ship,  13; title: CHAPTER II.; title: Liverpool  —  The Crowded Hotels  —  An Evening Stroll  —  Midnight, and a cry of Murder  —  Picturesque Scenery by Rail to London  —  Arrival at the Capital  —  Impressions on the Wing  —  The Journey to Paris, 32; title: CHAPTER III.; title: The Champs Elysees  —  The People  —  The Exhilaration of the Climate  —  Arc de Triomphe dc l'Etoile —  The Palace of the Tuileries  —  Place de la Concorde  —  Dinner Parties of American Residents  —  The Flowers and Fruits  —  A Promenade in the Tuileries Garden  —  A Child's sympathy for Marie Antoinette's Fate  —  America overruled by a Cuisinidre  —  The Bois de Boulogne, and the Review of the French Troops by Napoleon and the Emperor of Austria  —  The Universal Exposition at Champ de Mars  —  Its Contents  —  The Gardens and Model Buildings  —  The Statues of King William of Prussia, Sappho, and the Loves of the Angels,   41; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: Pere la Chaise on All Saints' Day  —  Tribute to the Dead  — Tomb of Abelard and Heloise, of the Tragedian Rachel, and other Celebrities  —  Little Graves  —  The various Departments of the Exposition  —  France Triumphant  —  Napoleon and Francis Joseph  —  The Emperor's Pavilion  —  The Fine Arts  —  The Statue of Napoleon I pre-eminent  —  The Statuo of La Femme Adultere  —  Evening Reception at Homo  — Mile. Schneider in La Grande Duchesse —  Theatre of Porto St. Martin, and the play of Biche au Bois  —  The Ballet  —  The Gardens at the Exposition, and the American Soda Fount  — The Beauty of American Women  —  The Close of the Exposition, 59; title: CHAPTER V.; title: The Restaurants  —  A Lively Scene at the Diner do Paris  — America Blundering over the Language  —  Bridal Reception —  The Centenarian, Count de Waldeck  —  The Churches of Notre Dame and St. Sulpice  —  The Latin Quarter : its Fountains, and the Popular Stores, Bon Marche and Petit St. Thomas  —  The Gay Boulevards  —  Malmaison  —  Rueil  —  St. Germain, its Terrace and Forest, 81; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: Brussels  —  Hotel de Ville  —  Laces ut the House of Everaert and Sister  —  St. Gudule  —  Catholic Worship  —  The Journey to the Hague  —  An Importunate Custom-house Officer  —  Swindling practised on Travelers  —  Arrival at the Belle Vue Hotel  — The Town and its Inhabitants  —  A view of Haarlem and Leiden  —  The Dutch Cows  —  Amsterdam  —  The Women with their Scrubbing Brooms  —  A Tribute to the Sobriety of the People  —  An Example to our Country  —  A Picture Gallery  — The King's Palace  —  The Throne Chair  —  The Canals and Docks  —  The Serenaders, and the Charm of Music  —  A sketch of a Room at Brack's Doelen Hotel  —  En route to Rotterdam —  An Incident of Travel  —  Located at New Bath Hotel  —  Old Irish Gentleman at the Dinner-table  —  Busy Life on the Quay  —  The Cathedral Church of St. Lawrence  —  The Fish Market  —  Dutch Costumes  —  The Meuse River  —  Antwerp  — Table d'Hote at Hotel St. Antoine —  The Cathedral of Notre Dame, and the Chefs d'AEuvre of Rubens  —  The Church of St. Andrew, containing the finest Pulpit in the Netherlands —  The Church of St. Augustine, with the Painting of the Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine  —  The Church of St. Jacques, with , the Tomb of Rubens  —  St. Paul's Church  — Representation of Calvary  —  An Old Woman at Prayer  — A Funeral Procession  —  The Museum and its Pictures  —  The Artist who Painted with his Toes  —  The Chimes of Bells  — The Wiertz Museum at Brussels,   95; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: Return to Paris  —  Observance of our President's Thanksgiving Proclamation  —  Impressions formed of French Character  — Place Vendome  —  The Opera Comique, and the Play of Robinson Crusoe  —  The Market, and a Vindictive French Female  —  Hotel des Invalides and its Veterans  —  The Church Service, and the Military Band  —  The Palais Royal  —  The Recherche Taste of Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde  —  The Studio of Gustave Dore  —  The Genius and Personal Appearance of the Artist, - 135; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: Reading by Mrs. Leigh Ward  —  The Passage Delorme and the Doll-baby Show  —  The Charm of Home Letters  —  Sacred Memories  —  The Christmas Tree, and "Young America"  — Midnight Mass at the Madelaine  —  Sudden Death of an American Journalist  —  Promenade of the Emperor and Empress on the Champs Elysees, Christmas Day  —  The Boulevard des Italiens with Holiday Decorations  —  A Frenchman Intoxicated by Beauty  —  A Museum of Wax Figures  —  Peters' Restaurant, and the French Apology for Oysters, - 151; title: CHAPTER: IX.; title: Entertainment at the Grand Hotel  —  Hotel Lambert, and Fair for the Benefit of poor Poles  —  The Seine  —  The American Episcopal Church  —  The New Year  —  An American Rose-bud, 154; title: CHAPTER X.; title: Soirees Dansantes  —  The Skating Park at the Bois de Boulogne —  The Prince Imperial on the Ice  —  The Night Carnival  — The Emperor and Empress on Skates  —  Presentation to their Imperial Majesties  —  The first Court Ball of the Season  — The Empress' Toilette  —  The Princess Mathilde  —  The Princess Metternich  —  The Americans present  —  Skating at Longchamps and at VSsinet  —  The Madelaine Flower Market, - 169; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: Soirees by the American Minister and other Residents  —  The Morgue  —  Soiree Musicale  —  The Greek Church  —  The Park Monceaux  —  The Church of St. Augustine  —  The Avenue de l'Imperatrice on a Sunday Afternoon  —  Madame Busque, or Charlie's Restaurant ; and its specialty, Buckwheat Cakes, 185; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: Washington's Birthday Celebrated  —  Mardi-gras  —  A Fancy Costume Ball  —  Concert by an American Pianist  —  A Night of Revelry on the Boulevard des Italiens  —  "Last Rose of Summer" and "Home, Sweet Home," by Mme. Luchese  — Interior of the Madelaine by Twilight  —  Thefitre Lyrique, and the Operetta of La Fanchonette  —  The Prima Donna, Mme. Carvalho —  The Opera Comique, and Mile. Marie Roze in Le Premier Jour de Bonheur  —  The Sewers, or Paris Underground  —  Foreign Society  —  The Palais Royal Theatre, and the Play of La Yie Parisienne,   194; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: The Chapel of the Tuileries  —  The Emperor, Empress, and Prince Imperial at their Devotions  —  The Anniversary of the Prince Imperial's Birth, a holiday event  —  Mi Carfimo Carnival  —  A Mask Ball at the Opera House  —  Strauss' Music  —  French Liberties  —  Soiree of a Prussian Lady and the magnificence of Toilettes  —  Masquerade Fancy Ball  — Beautiful Women, and Gorgeous Costumes  —  Grand Viaduct —  The Park d'Auteuil  —  Croix Catelan  —  Vaclierie at Pre Catelan,  211; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: Palace at Versailles  —  Patti in Italian Opera  —  Concert at the Hotel de Ville  —  Baron and Baroness Haussman  —  The Artists and their Operatic Selections  —  The Environs of Paris in Spring Verdure  —  St. Eustache on Good Friday  —  American Episcopal Church on Easter Sunday  —  Easter Gifts  — The Cirque Napoleon  —  The Trained Dogs and the Amphibious Man  —  Wedding in High Life  —  The English Charity Ball at the Grand Hotel  —  Lord Lyons  —  The English Admiral, and a gouty Marquis on the "light fantastic toe," 228; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: Preaching by Lord Radstoek  —  The French Charity Ball, a Brilliant Scene  —  Children at play on the Champs Elysees  — Lady Cowper's Salons  —  A day at the Bois de Boulogne, the Brides ajried, and the Ducks on a Raid  —  The Conservatoire de Musique  —  Mayday  —  Musard's Concert  —  Reminiscences of Versailles  —  The Trianons  —  The Fountains  —  A Funeral Cortege, 243; title: CHAPTER XVI.; title: Grand Opera House, and Performance of La Juive  —  The Imperial's Stables  —  The Prince Imperial's First Communion  — A Lady Killed by a Runaway Horse  —  The Bois de Boulogne by Moonlight  —  The Races at Longeliamps  —  Fine Arts at the Palais do l'Industrie  —  The Tower of St. Jacques —  The Bois de Vincennes, - 255; title: CHAPTER XVII.; title: Fontainebleau  —  The Palace —  -The Forests  —  The Old Woman on Top of the Tower, and the French Flag  —  The Conciergerie, and the Pictures of Marie Antoinette —  Her Crucifix  —  The Pantheon, and the Echo of the Crypt  —  The Library Saint Genevieve  —  Saint Chapelle  —  The Boulevard St. Michel, the Grisette, the Skeleton-man and the Italian Savoyard  — Dinner at the Bois de Vincennes  —  Concert at the Cirque l'imperatrice  —  Dupre's Oratorio, the Last Judgment  —  Hotel de Cluny  —  The Louvre  —  The Venus de Milo  —  The Luxembourg Garden  —  The Fairy-bower, - 266; title: CHAPTER XVIII.; title: The Chantilly Races  —  Tomb of Napoleon  —  The Hippodrome  —  The Emperor at the Bois de Boulogne  —  The Cirque de l'imperatrice —  An American Performer, and a Squeaking Violin  —  Paintings at the Louvre  —  St. Cloud on a Fte-day  —  The Chateau  —  Fire-works at Night —  Party by Baron de la 288; title: CHAPTER XIX.; title: Luxembourg Palace  —  The Churches of the Madelaine, St. Germain l'Auxerrois and St. Roch  —  The Garden Mabille  — The Danseuses  —  The Museum at the Louvre  —  The Church of St. Clotilde  —  The Artillery Museum  —  The Maynard Rifles —  The Garden of Plants  —  The Buttes de Chaumont, 304; title: CHAPTER XX.; title: Saint Denis  —  Sevres Factory  —  The Old Painter at Work  —  A Cafe Chantant  —  The Chapelle Expiatoire  —  The Rag-pickers —  Closeric de Lilas, the Students' Elysium  —  Chapel St. Ferdinand  —  Jardin d'Acclimatation  —  Farewell to Paris,  310; title: CHAPTER XXI.; title: Scene on the English Channel  —  London  —  Charing Cross Hotel  —  Houses of Parliament —  Westminster Abbey —  Mme. Tussaud's Wax-works  —  Kings and Queens, and some of America's Statesmen  —  The Chamber of Horrors, and the Happy Ignorance of an Irish Woman  —  The Crystal Palace, and a Grand Operatic Concert  —  Titiens, and other Singers of Her Majesty's Opera  —  The English Women  —  A Restaurant without Waiters  —  Pyrotechnic Display in the Gardens —  Preaching by Spurgeon  —  Music at Westminster,  332; title: CHAPTER XXII.; title: St. Paul's Church  —  The Everlasting Sixpence  —  The Tower of London, and Gloomy Impressions  —  The British Museum  — Hyde Park  —  The Sunlit Scene  —  Hampton Court  —  A Picturesque Spot  —  The Famous Grape Vine  —  Dinner at the Star and Garter Hotel at Richmond  —  The Tempting White Bait, 360; title: CHAPTER XXIII.; title: Greenwich  —  The Poor of London  —  The Thames Tunnel  —  The Cremorne Gardens  —  The Dancing  —  The Hermit's Cave, and the Magical Mirror  —  South Kensington Museum  —  The Zoo- logical Gardens  —  The Monkeys  —  The Elephant in Service  — Regent Street and Piccadilly —  The Bustle and Gay Life  — Blanchard's Restaurant  —  Haymarket Theatre and Sothern the Actor  —  Farewell to London  —  Liverpool  —  Preparing to Sail  —  The R. M. Steamship Scotia homeward bound  —  Charlotte Cushman, a passenger  —  The Perils of Icebergs, and other Woes  —  "Home Again,"  300