THE SQUARE LOUVOIS. 



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making of squares on this very inexpensive scale is much 

 more desirable than turning them into costly gardens. 



The Square Montholon. — The Square Montholon is situated 

 on the Carrefour de la Rue Montholon in the Rue Lafayette, 

 and was constructed in 1863. It is composed of a central 

 grassplot, sunk below the level of the garden, and is orna- 

 mented at the further end with a rock, from a fissure in 

 •which a stream of water is constantly falling into a little 

 basin. The size of the square is about 5000 square yards, 

 and it cost the sum of 7500Z. The introduction of the 

 miniature lake is here, and in all squares of like extent, a 

 mistake. 



Fig. 39. 



Square and Fountain Louvois. 



The Square Louvois is formed on the site of the old 

 Theatre de FOpera, which stood there until 1820. After 

 the assassination of the Due de Berri, which took place in 

 the February of that year, the theatre was pulled down, 

 and a Chapelle Expiatoire was built on the spot. The 

 building, however, was hardly completed when the Revolu- 



