Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward (1904)
Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London : J. M. Dent & co.; New York, The Macmillan co. · leaf 488
a centre of pleasure and amusement, wherecharming suburban houses and pretty gardens alternatedwith cheap restaurants, hotels, theatres, cafes, marionetteshows, circuses, tight-rope dancers, waxworks, and cafes-chantants. In 1835, ^° lurid were the dramas played there,that the boulevard was… … CHAPTER XX THE COMEDIE FRAN^AISE THE OP^RA SOME FAMOUS CAFES—CONCLUSION As early as 1341 the Rue des Jongleurs was Inhabited byminstrels, mimes and players. They were men of tenderheart, for in 1331 two jongleurs, Giacomo of Pistoia andHugues of Lorraine, were touched by beholding a paralysedwoman…
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