CHAPTER VII.

Return to Paris — Observance of our President’s Thanksgiving Proclamation — Impressions formed of French Character — Place VendGme — The Op6ra Comique, and the Play of Rob- inson Crusoe — The Market, and a Vindictive French Fe- male — Hotel dcs Invalides and its Veterans — The Church Service, and the Military Band — The Palais Royal — The Recherche Taste of Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clo- tilde — The Studio of Gustave Dore — The Genius and Per- sonal Appearance of the Artist, ------ 135