BEAUTIFUL PARIS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13645, 31 January 1910, Page 7

BEAUTIFUL PARIS.

NOTES ON PLACES MENTIONED

The cathedral of Notre Dame (426 feet long by 164 wide) stands on t'he He de Palais in the Seine. It was restored between i 846 and 1879 by Viollot-le-duc, and is undoubtedly the finest religious building, in Paris". As it now exists, its church has five- naves running through the whole length of the building, and square chapeLs. Two niagnificont square towers crown the principal facade, which is one of tue most beautiful that has come down to us from the Middle Ages. The transept has also two facades, which, while less imposing, are more richly decorated with chiselled work, dating from about the middle of the thirteenth century. . The. ComeVlio Francaise has, since the time of Moliere, "been the leading playhouse of France; it represents the works of the classical dramatists, as well as modern pieces, tragic or comic. On the right side of the river Seine lies the Elysee Palace (in the Champs Elysees), a building in a modern style, the residence of the President of the Republic. Some distance from tid.% is the Palace of the Trocadero, built for the Exhibition of 1878, the central rotunda of whioh contains the largest music-hall in Paris (for 15,000 auditors) and a colossal organ. Of the thoroughfares mentioned in the cable, the Champs Elysees is probably the most beautiful promenade in the world. The Champs do Mars li© on the opposite banks of the river. The Boulevard St. Michael, on the left bank of the river, forms a line of Boulevards which rionnecte over the Jlo dv Palais, and extends for a distance of about two and a-half miles. The Boulevard Hamrsmann is situated in the most elegant quarter of the city. The house* of Paris nowhere abut directly on the river banks, which in their whole extent from the bridge of Austerlitz to protected by broad embankments or 'quays.' At the foot of these lie several ports for the discharge of goods; on the right eide, Bercy for wines, Lp. Ranie for timber,, the Port de I'Arsenal* at the mouth of the St. Martin Canal tho Port da l'Hotel de Ville for fruits, and the Port St. Nicholas or dv Louvre (steamboats for London); on the left bank, Port de la Gane for timber, St. Bernard for wines, and those named after La Tonrello, the Saints Peres, the, Invalides. and Crenelle.