The Ceilonee-deeJuillet, erected on the Place-do-la-Dastille, in com memoration of the revolution of 1830, is somewhat loftier than the column in the Place-VendOme; the bronze exterior of the abaft consists of 20 cylindrical bands or rings, not attached by cramps, but fitted into each other by grooves. Tho capital is cast in one mass of bronze. On the top is a lantern surrounded by a gallery with a bronze balus trade and the whole is surmounted by a bronze statue, 17 feet high, of Liberty, holding a torch in the right hand and a broken chain in the other. The height of the entire structure is 164 feet, and the weight of metal employed is 163,284 lbs. Near the Column of July is the well-built square of Des-Vosges, or Place-Royale, which occupies the site of the ancient Palais-des-Tournelles. Farther east, in the Faubourg St.-Antoine, is the Barriare-du.Trone, which is ornamented with two plain but lofty columns, conspicuous objects from many parts of Paris. It was on this spot that seated on his throne Louis XIV. received the homage of the city on his triumphal entry, August 26, 1660.
Tho principal churches of Paris have been already mentioned. Most of them are still more remarkable for the grand architectural effects and rich decorations of their interiors than for their external appear ance. Besides those already named, are the churches of Notre-Dame de-Lorette, at the end of the Rue-Lafitte, finished in 1823 ; the church of SL-Eustache, one of the largest and handsomest ecclesiastical structures in Paris, and celebrated for its musical services; St-Germain des-Pres ; St-Roch; the gothic church of St-Merri in the Rue-St. Martin ; Notre-Dame-des-Vietoires ; St.-Nicolas-des-Champs, in the Rue St.-Martin; St.-Franeois-d'Assise; and the church of St-Vincent-de Paul, one of the handsomest structures in Paris, built a little north of the prison of SL-Lazare on a height formerly occupied by a royal lodge.
Among the more modern structures of Paris, the termini of the different railways deserve notice for their neatness and elegance. The principal are those of the Strasbourg railway in the Rue-de-Strasbourg in the Faubourg-St.-Martin ; the Great Northern in the Place-Roubaix ; the Rouen and Havre terminus in the Rue-d'Amstertlam ; the termi nus of the Chartres railway in the Boulevard Mont-Parnasse ; the Orldans terminus in the Boulevard-de-FH6pital; and the Lyon terminus in the new Boulevard Mans.
The improvements effected in Path since the accession of the present emperor Napoleon III., not four years ago, are of a most im portant character ; and if the impulse thus given to architectural amelioration is continued for a few years longer, Paris will be in every respect, not only with regard to public buildings but also to street archi tecture, unrivalled among the great capitals of Europe. Anyone who
knew Paris even ten years ago must remember the mass of unsightly buildings which fronted the magnificent triumphal entrance to the Tuileries on the Piace-du-Carrousel and disfigured the approaches to the Louvre. All these are now swept away, and the Tuileries and the Louvre aro united into one vast building, forming the greatest palace in the world. This magnificent structure, just completed fcom designs of the architect Visconti, stands entirely alone, being surrounded on every side by open spaces and magnificent perspectives. To the west are the well-known and beautiful gardens of the Tuileries; on the south the quays ; on the north is the Rue-de-Rivoli, the grandest street in the world, which passes through a new square formed between the Tuileries and the Palaia-Royal ; and on the cast is another large square planted with shrubs and trees, and connecting the quays with the Rue-de-RivolL The area inclosed by the palace buildings forms a square unrivalled for extent and magnificence and large enough for the encampment of an army. The wing facing the river has been com pletely restored, and the opposite new wing, which forms large part of the Rue-de-Rivoli, is magnificently built. The whole interior of the Louvre has been restored and most gorgeously decorated, and all its treasures have been re-arranged.
From the Place-do-la-Concorde, which has been re-embellished, the Rue-de-Rivoli extends on perfect level and iu a straight lino to the Betel-de-Ville, length of more than a mile and a half, with a width of , 21 yards. The houses on each side aro all built of white atone, six or seven stories high, with ornamental balconies and sculptured work, but with such variations and differences of design as obviate the monotony of uniformity. To clear the ground for the erection of this noble street great number of old houses and narrow streets, not without many historical associations, have been swept away. The houses too about the Hotel-de-Ville have been pulled down, and thin celebrated seat of municipal government now stands in the midst of large square, one side of which is formed by an immense stone palace, used ae barrack for troops. A wide street, running along the (map parallel to the Rue-de-nivel', forme another line of con nection between the palace and the lietel-de-Ville and the barrack'.