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French life in town and country

INDEX

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Académie Française, 147;

reception of M. Lavedan, 149;

reception of M. Hervieu, 151;

its restoration after the Terror, 154;

its influence and mission, 155;

prizes, 158

Affaire Dreyfus, 88, 93, 101, 126, 220, 237

Alsace and Lorraine, 102

Angoulême, 214

Anti-Semitism, 26, 53, 151

Aristocracy, 47;

its disaffection, 50;

the old-fashioned aristocrat, 55, 56;

the modern rowdy aristocrat, 52, 56, 75, 259

Army, 87;

its attitude, 90;

its popularity, 91;

the perils of militarism, 94;

conscription, 94;

a military document, 95;

military service, 99;

attitude of officers in civil courts, 101;

M. Urbain Gohier’s indictment of the army, 103, 104;

military plays, 105;

French generals, 108;

military rewards, 109;

Au Tableau, 110

Artisan, 219, 244

Assistance Publique, 284;

contrast of the state of the poor in Paris under the ancien régime and under the Third Republic, 284, 285, 288-292, 300

Aubernon, Madame, 257

Aversier, 17

Baccalauréat, 116

Balzac, 148, 205

Barrès, Maurice, 103, 156

Bazin, René, La Terra qui Meurt, 106, 205, 227

Béarn, 3

Blaguer, 255

Blaze de Bury, Madame, 178

Bodinière, 252

Bon Pasteur, 225

Bourgeoisie, the, 60;

its provincial pretensions, 5;

its prejudices, 63-65;

its passion for titles, 66;

the “little bourgeoise,” 264-274

Bourget, Paul, 51

Breton, 2;

Breton superstitions, 19

Brisson, M., 256

Brunetière, M., 53, 152, 156, 159

Catholicism, the cult of St. Anthony of Padua, 18;

hostility to the Republic, 89;

its influence, 128

Charbonnel, Victor, 252

Châteaux, 9, 21, 22

Child service, 223

Clericalism, 27

Comédie Française, 161;

its traditions, 161;

its composition, 163;

the new theatre, 164

Concierge, 277, 278

Conférence, la, 250

Conservatoire, 170-172

Convent life, 139-146

Country life, 5, 6, 25

Coppée, François, 103, 157, 236

Daudet, Alphonse, 172, 233

Demolins, M., 70, 113, 115, 117, 120

Duclaux, M., 241, 300, 304

Duruy, Georges, 104

École des Beaux Arts, 164

École Polytechnique, 104

Education, 112

England and France contrasted, 34, 37-42, 59, 65, 76, 118, 121, 167, 197, 206, 232

Environments of Paris, 82

Estaunié, M., L’Empreinte, 123, 127

Fabre, Ferdinand, 124

Fairs, 82

Farmer, 12

Fashionable Paris, 53

Faubourg St. Germain, 35, 50, 54, 55

Fiction, 118

Flats, 39

Flower markets, 43

Gallifet, General de, 108

Geoffrin, Madame, 256

Gouvernantes, 137

Grisette, 248, 274

Gyp, 50, 137, 259

Halévy, Ludovic and Daniel, 241

Halles, the, 43

Hirsch, Baroness de, 303

Hobereaux, 8-12

Home life, 55;

its economies and courtesies, 179, 188;

French table, 193, 194;

home habits, 197

Hospitals, 285, 298, 300

Hugo, Victor, 263

Jacquou le Croquant, 124

Jeanne of Angoulême, 214, 520

Jesuits, 123;

their mission and training, 124-127

Jeunesse Royaliste, la, 46

Journal des Débats, 231, 234

Journal d’une Femme de Chambre, 213-215, 234

Larroumet, Gustave, 254

Lemaître, Jules, “Ligue de la Patrie Française,” 156, 157, 236

Le Vieux Marcheur, 148-150, 225

“Little bourgeoise,” the, 264-274

“Little people,” 226, 264, 273, 274, 281

Little Sisters of the Poor, 301, 302

Lycées, 113-122

Maison Darnetal, 292

Marais, the, 31

Marchand de Vin, 245

Maternité, the, 285-287

Métayer, 227

Minister: Waldeck-Rousseau, 230, 237, 240

Molière, 255, 262

Mont-de-Piété, 303

Montmartre, 32, 38, 85, 248

Morality, 38, 42;

influences of public-school training, 117;

the moral training of Stanislas College, 130-137;

tolerance of vice, 176;

feminine cynicism, 177;

the Frenchman’s vices, 198

Motor cars, 60, 61

Napoleon, 46, 87, 110, 117, 154, 163, 234, 263

Nationalists, 75, 78, 79, 103, 220, 231, 236, 237

Nurses, religious and lay, 287, 293, 294

Orleans, Duc D’, 54, 91, 260

Paris and Parisianism, 28-57;

the gaiety and charm of Paris, 29;

the influence of women, 32;

the old streets of the Faubourg St. Germain, 35;

inoffensiveness of the streets, 38;

rents, 39;

walks, 41;

markets, 43;

Parisianism, 47;

aristocratic Paris, 50;

the old-fashioned noblewomen, 54, 55;

Parisian washerwomen, 220-222

Pastimes, 80-86

Patriotism, 80, 103, 236

Peasant, the, 202, 215, 228

Pellouaille, La, 202-205

People’s colleges, 238-244

Philanthropy, 283, 298

Pinard, M., 285-288

Press, 229-235

Prix de Rome, 166, 167

Public ball, 246, 247

Rag-Picker, 278-280

Renan, 258, 263

Sainte-Beuve, 153, 155, 158

Sand, George, 205

“Servants of the poor,” 295-297

Stanislas College, 128-135

Taine, 179

Temps, Le, 231, 233, 234

Vogüé, M. De, Les Morts qui Parlent, 225

Woman’s rôle, 200, 201

Zola, M., 156, 205, 213

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