Only in Paris by Duncan J.D. Smith

6 Contents 26 The Lady and the Unicorn 68 27 Journey to the Centre of the Earth 70 28 An Englishman and his Fountains 72 29 Mint Tea Beneath a Minaret 74 30 The Ruins of Roman Lutetia 77 31 Extraordinary Events in the Panthéon 80 32 Illustrated Histories of Medicine 82 33 The Beat Hotel and Other Accommodations 84 34 Zinc Bars and Philocafés 86 35 At Home with Natalie Barney 88 36 The Best Bistro in Paris? 91 37 A Revolutionary Form of Measurement 94 38 Some Not So Famous Addresses 96 39 A School for Beekeepers 98 40 A Rich, Restless, Magnificent Life 100 41 The Angel of Nagasaki 102 42 Some Towering Statistics 104 43 A Curious Crystal Skull 107 44 Tout à l’Égout! 110 NORTHWEST SUBURBS 8 th Arrondissement Élysée, 9 th Arrondissement Opéra, 16 th Arrondissement Passy, 17 th Arrondissement Batignolles-Monceau, 18 th Arrondissement Butte-Montmartre 45 Passionate about Plants 112 46 An Arch and its Secrets 114 47 Mysterious World of the Freemasons 116 48 The Bones of Louis XVI 118 49 The Lair of the Phantom 120 50 A Discreet Armenian Community 122 51 George Smoked her Cigars Here! 125 52 Wonders from the East 127 53 The Home of Art Nouveau 129 54 Monsieur Hulot and Modernism 132 55 Monet’s Impression of Sunrise 135 56 Two Thousand Years of Fakery 137 57 Along Flower-Filled Lanes 139