THE FRENCH SCHOOL. First Room (entered from the Rubens Collection). Cousin (1500-1589).-137. The Last Judgment. Dubois (1543-1614).-190. Chariclea undergoes the Trial by Fire. Freminet (1567-1619).-211. Mercury commands Eneas to abandon Dido. Second and Third Rooms (Le Sueur Gallery). Le Sueur (1616-1655).-525 to 548. The history of St Bruno. 549 to 566. Others of the same master (See Catalogue. Fourth Room (the Joseph Vernet Gallery). Vernet (1614-1789).-592 to 630. Ports of France. Rigaud (1659-1743). 475. Fulllength portrait of Louis XIV. 476. Full-length portrait of Philip V. of Spain. 478. Portraits of Rigaud's mother (one canvas). Sixth Room (Salon Denon). Ch. Lebrun (1619-1690).-70, 71, 73, 74. Four large paintings relating to Alexander the Great; Passage of the Granicus; Battle of Arbela; Alexander meeting Porus; his entry into Babylon. Seventh Room (leading to landingplace C., page 81). Boucher (1704-1770). - -25. Venus ordering Vulcan to forge arms for Eneas. Gerard (1770-1837).-234. Entry of Henry IV. into Paris in 1594. Greuze (1725-1805).-260. The Vil. lage Bride. 261. The Father's Curse, 262. The Punished Son. 263. The Broken Pitcher. J. B. Vanloo (1684-1745).-324. Institution of the Order of the Holy Ghost by Henry III. Carle Vanloo (1702-1765).-329. A Halt during the Chase. 330. Portrait of Queen Maria Leczinska. Robert (1794-1835).-493. Reapers in the Pontine Marshes. 494. Return of Pilgrims from the Madonna dell' Arco. SALLE DES SEPT CHEMINEES. David (1748-1825).-148. Leonidas at the Thermopylæ. 149. The Sabine Women. 159. Portrait of Pope Pius VIL Gericault (1791-1824).-243. The Raft of the Medusa. 244. Cavalry officer of the Guard. Granet (1775-1849).-256. Church of St Francis at Assisi. Gros (1771-1835).-274. Gen. Bonaparte visiting the Plague-stricken at Jaffa. 275. The Battle-field of Eylau. Guérin (1774-1933).-279. Phædra and Hippolytus. SALLE HENRY II. This room contains several uncata logued paintings. SALLE DES SEANCES. Containing the Collection Lacaze. It has a separate Catalogue. MUSEE DES DESSINS. The Drawings exposed here are marked with the names of the artists, and are mostly studies. THE MUSEUM of the LUXEMBOURG is in the eastern wing of the palace, entry by a glass door inside the railing of the garden. It is reserved for masterpieces of contemporaneous art. The whole number of paintings is 165, and there are about 30 pieces of sculpture. Among the most valued of the paintings are, The Children of Edward IV., by Delaroche; The Suliote Woman, and Ebenhard Count of Wurtemberg, by Ary Scheffer; Judith and Holofernes, and Raphael at the Vatican, by Horace Vernet; The Decay of the Roman Empire, by Couture; CALLING OF THE LAST VICTIMS OF THE REIGN OF TERROR, by Muller; Nivernais Husbandry and Haymaking in Auvergne, by Rosa Bonheur. On the ground floor there is a gallery of masterpieces of modern sculpture. HOTEL CLUNY AND PALAIS DES THERMES. To properly enjoy this rare collection, a catalogue, to be had the door, is essential. The museum of the Hotel Cluny, in the Rue des Mathurins, near the corner of the Boulevard St Michel, contains a valuable collection of relics of the middle ages, and of the period of the Renaissance, consisting of glass, porcelain, tapestry, wood carvings, arms, state carriages of the reign of Louis XIV., &c. &c. The building in which this singular collection is exhibited dates from 1480. Its Gothic turrets and elaborately ornamented windows, are very striking. The Palais des Thermes is the name given to the remains of what was once the palace of the Roman governor of Gaul. It is now partially restored. The most perfect part is the large hall with a vaulted ceiling, which was the cold bath, or frigidarium. It is 65 ft. long by 45 ft. wide and 54 high. The niches in which the bathing tubs were placed are still visible, near to the chamber which contained the apparatus for heating water. The hall contains many pieces of Roman sculpture found in Paris. In the garden is a curious metallic cross, taken in the late Crimean war from the Church of St Vladimir at Sebastopol. Previous to the recent discovery of the Gallo-Roman Amphitheatre, the Palais des Thermes was the only visible structure of the Roman period which Paris possessed. The remains of an ancient GALLO - ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE have recently been discovered in the Rue Monge, while excavating the foundations of the proposed new office of the Compagnie des Omnibus. The area is entered by a large gateway on the north, on the left of which is the gladiator's room, from which the arena was separated by folding doors. Traces of the fastenings still remain. The inner arena is surrounded by a wall of about 10 ft. high. Numerous coins have been discovered: amongst them some of the time of Adrian, and others of Gordian III., Mumerian, Tetricus the younger, Constantine the Great, and Constantine II. In addition to these coins several medals, earthenware vessels, a valuable collar, and two skeletons have been found. Its diameter is about 140 yards, and it probably accommodated 15,000 spectators. THE MUSÉE D'ARTILLERIE, in the place St Thomas D'Aquin, contains a fine collection of arms of all ages and countries. It is classed in chronological order, from the fourteenth century to the present time. In the armour gallery are effigies of knights in armour of various periods attended by warriors on foot. Among the historical relics is the suit of armour worn by Henry, Duke of Guise, who was killed at Blois in 1588. The flag of the old Imperial Guard is preserved here, in a gilt frame. THE MUSEUM OF THE CONSERVATOIRE DES ARTS ET METIERS, 292, Rue St Martin, contains a valuable collection of machines, drawings, models, and scientific and mechanical apparatus including hydraulic machines, apparatus for lighting and warming, agricultural machines, &c., &c. THE PALACE OR SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, the name of which sufficiently indicates the object of its foundation, is in the Rue Buonaparte. The entrance to the first court is by a superb gate, decorated with two colossal busts of Puget and Poussin. In the first court is a marble Corinthian column surmounted by a bronze statue of Abundance. Behind this column is the beautiful front of a chateau, built in 1500 at Gaillon, by Cardinal d'Amboise. On the left are sculptures from the facades of the Hotel Tremouille, formerly situated in the Rue Bourdonnais. On the right is the ancient conventual chapel, the front of which is formed of the portal of the Château d'Anet, built in 1548, by Henry II., for Diana of Poitiers. This chapel consists of a single nave with an arched roof. At the end is a copy of Michael Angelo's Last Judgment, and, in the little Chapel of Marguerite de Valois, are casts of the Moses of Michel Angelo, and the tombs of Julien and Laurent de Medicis, by the same artist, and also casts of the bronze doors of the baptistry of Florence of which Michael Angelo said that they were "worthy to stand at the entrance of Paradise." The interior of the Pal The ace is not remarkable. Salle Louis XIV. and the Salle du Conseil contain a collection of portraits of the most eminent members of the Academy. In the Galerie de Prix, which is Corinthian pilasters, is a collecdivided into three parts by have obtained the great prize of tion composed of pictures which Rome. On the Quai Malaquais, near by, was erected in 1860-61, held the annual building where of pictures painted by the pupils of the school at Rome, and the pictures which have taken the prizes at the School of Fine Arts at Paris. a new are exhibitions THE MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, in the Ecole de Médicine, is chiefly interesting to the professional visitor. It contains a remarkable collection of ana tomical preparations. The collection of anatomical and surgica instruments is very extensive and interesting. In one of the cases are the instruments used for the autopsy of Napoleon. The COLLEGE DE LA SORBONNE is situated in the place of that name, where Robert Sorbon founded, in 1253, a school for the gratuitous education of all who might choose to avail themselves of it. The buildings have gradually increased, and now extend over about 13,000 square yards. It is considered the principal College in the University of Paris. The course of instruction includes the faculties of theology, law, medicine, &c. The Library contains 80,000 volumes, and is open every day, except holidays, from 10 to 3, and from 7 to 10 in the evening. A room has been set apart for the collection of books bequeathed to the University by |