nte_ at the opera. The
visitor who has perused the opening chapters of this book will have no
difficulty in following the subjects depicted on the walls. A more
ambitious scheme of decoration was abruptly closed by the Coup d'Etat
of Napoleon III.: Chenavard, who had been commissioned, in 1848, to
decorate the interior by a series of forty cartoons, illustrating the
"History of Man from his first sorrows to the French Revolution,"
found his gigantic project made abortive by the Prince President's
treachery.

To the L. of the Pantheon, the library of St. Genevieve stands on the
site of the College Montaigu and behind, in the Rue Clotilde, will be
seen the steep-pitched roof of the old dormitory and refectory of the
monastery of St. Genevieve: to our L. stands the picturesque church of
St. Etienne du Mont (p. 85), whose interior is architecturally of much
interest. The triforium, supported by round pillars and arches, in its
turn supports a _tournee_, with another row of arches and pillars; some
fine sixteenth-century coloured glass still remains. Biard's florid
choir screen (p. 344) or _jube_ will at once attract the visitor, and
the ever-present worshippers around the rich shrine R. of the choir will
tell him that there such relics of the holy patroness of Paris as
survived the Revolution are preserved. Two inscriptions near by recall
the historical associations of the site. Leaving by the door this side
of the choir, we issue into the Rue Clovis: opposite we sight the
so-called Tower of Clovis, now enclosed in the buildings of the Lycee
Henri IV., and once the tower of the fine old abbey church of St.
Genevieve. A closer examination from the courtyard proves it to be
partly Romanesque, partly Gothic. We descend the Rue Clovis and at No. 7
find one of the best-preserved remains of the Philip Augustus wall.
Proceeding to the end of the Rue Clovis, we turn R., ascend the Rue
Cardinal Lemoine, and cross to the Rue Rollin, which we descend to its
intersection with the Rue Monge: in the Rue de Navarre opposite will be
found the ruins of the old Roman Arena (p. 13). To return, we descend
the Rue Monge, which terminates at the Place Maubert, where we find
ourselves on familiar ground; or we may re-ascend the Rue Rollin,
retracing our steps to the Rue Cardinal Lemoine, cross L. to the Place
Contrescarpe and on our L. find the interesting Rue Mouffetard with
curious old houses: 99, the site of the Palace of the Patriarchs of
Al