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- The Executioner of Paris
(Godey's, 1833)
- Parisian Sketch: The Boulevards
(Godey's, 1833)
- Artesian Wells and Water Supplies
(Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)
- Primarily about artesian wells in Paris.
- Paris Correspondence
(Godey's, 1863)
- Parisian Correspondence
(Godey's, 1867)
- Description of the Palais Royale, the Residence of Prince Napoleon
(Godey's, 1868)
- Parisian Correspondence
(Godey's, 1868)
- A Parisian Mushroom Cave
(Leisure Hour, 1868)
- "It is pretty generally known that mushrooms are grown in great quantity under Paris and its environs..." A Parisian mushroom-grower is known as a champignoniste.
- The Mont-de-Piete
(Harper's Monthly, 1873A)
- "A mount of piety is an institutional pawnbroker run as a charity in Europe from the later Middle Ages times till today." (Wikipedia)
- The French Institute and Academies
(Harper's Monthly, 1875A)
- Paris Letter
(Demorest, 1879)
- A visitor's impressions of Paris.
- Tied Up in the Air [in Paris], by Harry Jones (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1879)
- Hovering over Paris in a hot air balloon.
- The Chiffoniers [Rag-pickers] of Paris at Home (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1881)
- The hard life of Paris's rag-pickers and dustmen.
- An Englishman at Home in Paris, by W. Burnet (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1882)
- Amongst other tips, the author advises on the importance of getting along well with one's concierge -- who just might be a police or political spy!
- "The Forty Immortals"
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- The Académie française or the French Academy is the pre-eminent French council for matters pertaining to the French language. It consists of forty members, known informally as les immortels.
- Glimpses of Paris, by J.D. Osborne
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- The Study of Acting in Paris, by Juliet M. Everts
(Century Magazine, 1884B)
- English and American Girls in Paris, by the Hon. Philip Carteret Hill, Late Premier of Nova Scotia
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1886)
- One might wonder why a former premier of Canada should be writing about English girls in Paris; one reason is laws that enable a Frenchman who might marry an English girl in Canada to repudiate the marriage once he returns to France!
- A Night Refuge in Paris, by N. D'Anvers
(Demorest, 1886)
- A Parisian shelter for the homeless.
- Living in Paris, by J.D. Osborne
(Century Magazine, 1888A)
- Notes on Parisian Newspapers,by Brander Matthews
(Century Magazine, 1888A)
- Characteristic Parisian Cafes, by Theodore Child
(Harper's Monthly, 1889A)
- The Hotel Drouot, by Theodore Child
(Harper's Monthly, 1889A)
- The Institute of France, by Theodore Child
(Harper's Monthly, 1889A)
- [The Musee des Archives] A Corner of Old Paris, by Elizabeth Balch
(Century Magazine, 1890A)
- An archive of historic French documents.
- The Paris Panorama of the Early 19th Century, by Theodore Stanton
(Century Magazine, 1890A)
- One of the attractions of the Paris Exhibition was the Panorama of the 19th Century, by artists M. Alfred Stevens and M. Henri Gervex. The huge painting included likenesses of over 1000 famous Frenchmen (and women) from 1789 to the present year.
- A Week in Paris for Six Pounds, by Evelyn Upton
(Girl's Own Paper, 1890)
- A Ladies' Studio - Paris
(Girl's Own Paper, 1891)
- On training in a Parisian art studio.
- Salons of the Revolution and the Empire, by Amelia Gere Mason
(Century Magazine, 1891A)
- "The salons of the Revolution were no longer simply the fountains of literary and artistic criticism, the centers of wit, intelligence, knowledge, philosophy, and good manners, but the rallying points of parties. They took the tone of the time and assumed the character of political clubs."
- Salons of the Empire and the Restoration, by Amelia Gere Mason
(Century Magazine, 1891B)
- Paris: The Typical Modern City, by Albert Shaw
(Century Magazine, 1891B)
- The Paris Opera, by A. Vianesi
(Century Magazine, 1892A)
- The Parisian Police, by A. Shadwell
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1892A)
- What I Saw of the Paris Commune, by Archibald Forbes
(Century Magazine, 1892B)
- What an American Girl Saw of the Commune
(Century Magazine, 1893A)
- The Mysterious House in the Latin Quarter
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)
- The history of a reputedly haunted house in the Latin Quarter of Paris.
- The End of Tortoni's, by Stoddard Dewey
(Atlantic Monthly, 1894)
- Reminiscences about a Parisian café.
- Paris Dressmakers, by M. Griffith
(The Strand, 1894B)
- An inside look at the French fashion industry.
- Parisian Nooks and Notables, by Mrs. Emily Crawford
(Windsor Magazine, 1896B)
- The Prisons of Paris, by Arthur Griffiths
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1896)
- Paris Cabs and Cabbies, by Paul Fremeaux
(Windsor Magazine, 1897B)
- A Fat Man's Club, by G. Megan and D. Bril
(The Strand, 1898A)
- The "Cent Kilos," a French club specifically for men weighing 100 kilos or more.
- The Mushroom Caves of Paris, by M. Dinorban Griffiths and D. Bril
(The Strand, 1898B)
- LaFronde: The First Daily Paper Produced by Women for Women, by Frederick Dolman
(The Strand, 1900A)
- A Parisian paper launched in 1897.
- A Cemetery for Animals, by Edouard Charles
(Strand, 1901B)
- La Nécropole Zoologique, a lavish pet cemetery in Paris with amazing monuments.
- The Growth of a Paris Costume, by Kathleen Schlesinger
(Lady's Realm, 1901)
- How Paris fashions are developed.
- A Museum of Religions, by Ada Cone
(Sunday Strand, 1902)
- The Musee Guimet in Paris.
- See also
- • Travel in France
- • France: Life & Culture
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