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The real Latin quarter (1901)

Smith, Frank Berkeley, 1869- · New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co. · leaf 36

An illustration from The real Latin quarter, 1901, leaf 36
yand crowded boule-vard ascends a longincline, up which thetired horses tug atthe traces of the fia-cres, and the bigdouble-decked steamtrams crawl, untilthey reach the Luxembourg Gardens,—and so on a level road as far as thePlace de lObservatoire. Within thislength lies the life of the BoulMiche.… … *9 by them—students, soldiers, families, poets,artists, sculptors, wives, and sweethearts ;bicycle girls, the modern grisette, the shopgirl, and the model; fakirs, beggars, andvagrants. Yet the word vagrant is a mis-nomer in this city, where economy hasreached a finesse that is marvelous.…

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