PARISIANS OUT OF DOORS
F. BERKELEY SMITH
Hardcover
(Funk & Wagnalls Co., March 15, 1905)
Parisians Out Of Doors- Are you like me and love all things French? This charming book will take you back to a Paris, and a France, before it experienced the devastation of two World Wars. Your imagination will explore the customs, see the carriages and fashions of the day, the racetrack, the restaurants and outdoor cafes and, of course, come to know the people. This volume was published in 1905. - From the introduction ...The day after the great race of the Grand Prix at Longchamps, all of smart Paris is supposed to be packing their trunks for a round of fashionable gaiety. Despite this superannuated and somewhat despotic decree of fashion, the Avenue de Acacias in the Bois de Boulogne is still crowded in the afternoon with those who have lingered to enjoy these spring days, when paris is looking her loveliest. And how lovely she can look! Clean, and spick and span, the Champs-Elysees, glittering in equipages, the Bois de Boulogne a fairyland - every nook and corner of this paradise of a city is full of pleasure-loving people, to whom life seems ever young. ... Chapter Titles: Introduction I. Some Parisian Sundays II. Out of Paris III. High Tide at Trouville IV. With Some Parisians in Normandy V. Bohemians at Large VI. At St. Cloud VII. Monsieur Cassia's Chateau VIII. Flowers, Sunshine, and Baccarat IX. Monte Carlo