Only in Paris by Duncan J.D. Smith

5 Contents Contents Introduction 9 CITY CENTRE (Right Bank) 1 st Arrondissement Louvre, 2 nd Arrondissement Bourse, 3 rd Arrondissement Temple, 4 th Arrondissement Hôtel-de-Ville 1 These Shops are Different! 11 2 Living Art and Artists 13 3 The Duluc Detectives 15 4 Paris by Covered Passage 17 5 Da Vinci’s Other Masterpiece 20 6 A Haven for Book Lovers 22 7 Egypt on the Seine 24 8 The Original Statue of Liberty 26 9 Little Wenzhou and Chinatown 28 10 The Oldest House in Paris 31 11 A Market for Everyone 33 12 The Most Extraordinary Museum in Paris 35 13 From the Parisii to Proust 37 14 In Paris Pletzl 39 15 Through Quiet Cloisters 41 16 On the Way of Saint James 44 17 Descent into a Gothic Underworld 46 18 A Truly Magical Museum 48 19 What Remains of the Bastille? 50 20 Where the Hashish Club Met 53 21 The Seven Walls of Paris 55 22 The Real Hunchback of Notre-Dame 59 23 Saint Vincent and the Crown of Thorns 61 CITY CENTRE (Left Bank) 5 th Arrondissement Panthéon, 6 th Arrondissement Luxembourg, 7 th Arrondissement Palais-Bourbon 24 An Historic Jazz Cellar 64 25 House Signs and Street Names 66