Identifier: argosythe48wood (find matches)
Title: The Argosy
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887 Wood, Charles W. (Charles William), b. 1850?
Subjects:
Publisher: London (etc.) R. Bentley (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
o H a s w CxJH
Text Appearing After Image:
410 Modern Babylon, You trace the Champs Elysees, which two hundred and fifty yearsago was first planned out for Marie de Medicis. Then, in the daysof the de Pompadour, the trees were cut down in obedience to hercapricious whim, to be restored only after her death. You also tracethe Avenue Montaigne, once the Allee des Veuves, where the richwidows would meet for their drives, and console themselves and eachother in their bereavement until time permitted them once more toreturn to the dissipations of the gay world. The Arc de Triomphe stands out conspicuously, and the magnifi-cent and comparatively new Avenue beyond it stretches down to theBois de Boulogne. Here we see the whole extent of the famouswood, skirted by Longchamp, where the French Derby is run. Ifthe trees could only whisper secrets like the birds of the air, whattales they could tell! What romances, what intrigues, what tenderassignations, what broken vows; what duels fought for an idea; or,perhaps, for the sake of winning

Note About Images