How to Enjoy Paris in 1842

How to Enjoy Paris in 1842, by F.
Hervé

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HOW TO ENJOY PARIS IN 1842,
INTENDED TO SERVE AS A COMPANION AND MONITOR
Indicating all that is useful and interesting IN THE FRENCH
METROPOLIS,
Containing HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, COMMERCIAL,
ARTISTICAL, THEATRICAL AND STATISTICAL
INFORMATION.
AS ALSO A DESCRIPTION Of the manners and customs of the
Parisians of the present day; WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE
STRANGER. In Respect to Economy, and Advice to his general
proceedings with the French.
By F. Hervé
Author of A Residence in Turkey and Greece, etc, etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY LITHOGRAPHIC ENGRAVINGS.
PARIS, PUBLISHED BY AMYOT, 6, RUE DE LA PAIX; AND BY
G. BRIGGS, 421, STRAND, LONDON, SUCCESSOR TO LEIGH &
CO. 1842.

PREFACE.
In offering the following pages to the public, the author has been
principally influenced by a desire of uniting useful information with
that which he hopes may prove amusing to the reader, endeavouring as

much as possible to keep in view the spirit of the title "How to enjoy
Paris;" and having been accustomed to hear such constant and bitter
murmurings from the English, in consequence of their having been so
frequently imposed upon by the Paris shopkeepers, considerable pains
and attention have been devoted to guard the reader against his being
subjected to a similar evil; much development has therefore been
afforded towards recommending those establishments where the author
feels confident that the stranger will meet with fair dealing and due
civility. It may, perhaps, be thought by many that he has been rather too
prolix on the subject, but in order to know "How to enjoy Paris" to its
full extent, the first object, is to be informed of the best means of
dispensing one's modicum of lucre to the greatest advantage, which
will enable the visitor to stay the longer and see the more, just in
proportion as he avoids useless expenditure in suffering himself to be
victimised by over charges.
As the present work includes the different subjects of History,
Antiquities, Politics, Manners, Customs, Army, Navy, Literature,
Painting, Music, Theatres, Performers, etc., etc., the author flatters
himself that readers of every taste will find a chapter which treats upon
some subject that may interest them, hoping that in the endeavour to
play the rôle of the Miller and his Ass, his efforts to please may be
more happy than those of that unfortunate individual.
CHAPTER I.
Hints to the English visiting Paris as to their demeanour towards the
Parisians, and advice as to the best mode of proceeding in various
transactions with them. An appeal to candour and justice against
national prejudice.
Happiness is the goal for which mankind is ever seeking, but of the
many roads which the imagination traces as the surest and nearest to
that desideratum, few, perhaps none, ever chance upon the right; too
many pursue a shadow instead of a substance, influenced by a phantom
of their own creation, engendered in most instances by pride, vanity, or
ambition. Although I do not presume to hope that I can pilot my readers

to the wished-for haven, yet I flatter myself I can afford them such
counsel as will greatly contribute towards their happiness during their
sojourn at Paris or in other parts of France.
Patriotism is certainly a most exalted virtue, but however praiseworthy
it may be in Englishmen to cherish within their own breasts the
recollection that their fleets and armies have ever prevailed, that their
wealth and commerce surpass those of every other nation, etc. etc. it is
not absolutely necessary that they should in their outward demeanour
towards foreigners, bear the semblance of constantly arrogating to
themselves a superiority, of which however conscious and assured they
may be, they never can teach others to feel, and least of any a
Frenchman, who possesses an equal degree of national predilection as
the Englishman, and the moment that sentiment is attacked, or that our
Gallic