41)4 PARIS. 
The villa of Bagatelle Hands on the borders of the Bois 
de Boulogne, and near the banks of the Seine. It was 
built by Bellanger, whofe defigns unite at once grandeur 
and grace. Three court-yards lead to the pavilion, from 
the innermoft of which a flight of fteps conducts to the 
grand entrance, fplendidly embellilhed with columns. 
The faloon is ornamented with exquifite bas-reliefs, and 
Ot’ner.fpecimens of art in the Italian fcyle. On the left 
of this apartment is the bathing-room, fitted up in the 
nioft tafteful manner, and decorated with feveral large 
paintings from the pencil of Robert. The fecond apart¬ 
ment is a boudoir, embellifhed with fix pidtures by Collet. 
The nianfion alfo contains a handfome billiard-room. 
The furniture of the fleeping-apartment is completely 
en militaire , confiding of trophies, and every attribute 
connedied with war. The infcription on the portal gives 
the true charadter of the place; Pawn, fed apta. The 
different windows prefent the moft enchanting view's in 
every dirediion, compriiing the windings of the Seine, 
the abbey of Longchamp, the bridge of Neuilly, and the 
Valerian Mount. The garden always delights by the 
variety and beauty of the objedts which it prefents. Tem¬ 
ples, grottos, bulls, are fcattered with tafteful profufion ; 
and nothing is wanting to complete the beauty of the 
fcene. 
Bagatelle, which was the property of the count d’Artois, 
fuffered during the reign of revolutionary fury; but it has 
fince been reftored to all its original perfedtion, and is 
again become the property of its ancient pofleffor. 
Two deferted and now half-demolifhed royal manfions, 
are fituated in the Bois de Boulogne ; the Chateau of 
La Muette, a favourite refidence of Louis XV. and Madrid, 
built by Francis I. foon after his return from captivity 
in Spain. 
PaJfH .—This delightful village is fituated upon an 
eminence on the banks of the Seine, between Paris and 
the Bois de Boulogne. It is efleemed for its mineral 
waters, the falubrity of its air, and the moft charming 
views in every dirediion. In this village are many hand¬ 
fome houfes, one of which was the refidence of the cele¬ 
brated Dr. Franklin after his return from America. At 
the extremity of Paffy is a fpacious efplanade covered 
with turf, whence the view of feveral fine ftrudlures pre¬ 
fents a moft agreeable contrail with the wavy verdure of 
the Bois de Boulogne, which in this dirediion alfumes a 
very pidturefque appearance. 
Anteuil, a little to the fouth of Pally, dates its origin 
from very remote antiquity, and was formerly celebrated 
for the excellence of its wines. If it has, however, lately 
loft much of its reputation on this fcore, it will never be 
deprived of the fame which it derives from having been 
the retreat of numerous perfons eminent for their talents 
and their virtues ; among whom may be reckoned the 
Fatirill Boileau, the learned Helvetius, the inimitable La 
Fontaine, the witty Moliere, and the tragedian Racine. 
In the church-yard is a pleafing monument to the chan¬ 
cellor d’Agueffeau. 
Malmaison. —Diredlly weft from the Bois de Bou¬ 
logne, and about nine miles from Paris, on the road to 
St. Germain-en-Laye, ftands the chateau of Malmaifon, 
celebrated as having been long the refidence of the em¬ 
peror Napoleon, and afterwards of the emprefs Jofephine. 
It had a gallery filled with fome of the fineft paintings 
and fculpture in France, and a moft beautiful Englilh 
garden. But Malmaifon in 1815 was delivered up to the 
lavage fury of the Prulfians, who, aflilled by Britifh bayo¬ 
nets, deftroyed pidhires, ftatues, plants, &c. and made this 
terrellrial paradife a fcene of ruin and deftrudlion. 
The abbe Delille has immortalized the rivulet of Mal- 
maifon. It is not, however, the ftream which flows through 
the gardens that employed his pen, but a little rivulet 
winding through a longavenue of fpreadingchefnut-trees. 
Marly. —About a mile farther w'eft is the village of 
Marly. At the foot of a fuperb cafcade, and below the 
moil delightful gardens, formerly Hood a fumptuous cha¬ 
teau, the refidence of Louis XIV. It was demolilhed 
during the reign of revolutionary fury. On its fite now 
ftands a cotton-mill. The park and gardens, however. 
Hill retain much of their original beauty, and will not 
difappoint the traveller’s expedlation. 
The principal curiofity of the place is the machine of 
Marly, to fupply Marly and Verfailles with water from the 
Seine. It was conftrudled by Renneguin Sualem. It 
raifes the water to the aftonilhing height of 600 feet, and 
difcharges nearly 30,000 hogfheads in twenty-four hours. 
See the article Marly, vol. xiv. p. 384. 
The chateau of Luciennes, near the machine of Marly, 
was built by Le Doux, in three months, for the refidence 
of Madame du Barry. The delightful profpedl which the 
place affords, the talents of the architedl, the fculptures, 
the paintings, and decorations, all united to make Lu¬ 
ciennes a model of magnificence, elegance, and beauty. 
Since the Revolution, however, almolt every moveable 
has been fold, the bas-reliefs have been mutilated, the 
fine cornices broken, and the hand of anarchy has left its 
dellrudtive traces on every work of art. The entrance 
prefents a periftyle of four pillars with niches, in which 
are marble ftatues and a bas-relief reprefenting a group 
of Bacchanalian Children. From the fumptuous faloon 
the eye is gratified by the view of an extenfive trail of 
country. On the left is St. Germain, on the right Paris, 
and in front Vefinch and St. Denis, with the river Seine 
in all its delightful meanderings. 
Setting out again from Boulogne, we foon reach the 
village and palace of 
St. Cloud. —This place derives its name from very 
remote antiquity. Clodoald, or St Cloud, grandfon of 
Clovis, having efcaped when his brothers were murdered, 
retired to this place to avoid the perfecution of his un¬ 
cles, and founded a monaftery at the village of Nogent, 
now called from him St. Cloud. 
The palace of St. Cloud is juftly celebrated for its 
beautiful profpedl, its gardens, its park, its cafcades, and 
the mafter-pieces of painting and fculpture which it con¬ 
tains. It ftands on a fteep declivity overhanging the 
Seine, and commands an extenfive profpedl of mingled 
wildnefs and beauty. The fituation is pidlurefgue and 
romantic, and worthy of becoming the favourite refidence 
of the monarchs of France. 
The entrance to the palace is by an extenfive court, 
compofed of a great range of buildings, and a facade 144. 
feet in length, and 72 in height. Two pavilions at the 
extremity form the commencement of two wings lefs 
elevated. The alcent to the Hate apartments is by the 
grand ftaircafe to the left, the pillars and balullrades of 
which are compoled of the choiceft marble. 
The ex-emperor preferred this place of refidence to 
every other, and decorated it with all that inventive lux¬ 
ury was capable of producing; for it, was in the halls of 
this palace that the diredlory was annihilated, and himfelf 
chofen conful, and here he properly commenced his won¬ 
derful career : and here alio he may be laid to have ended 
it, if indeed it be ended ; for here the fecond capitulation 
of Paris was figned, (of which we fhall in another part 
of this article lpeak more particularly,) which blsited his 
fchemes of aggrandifement, and devoted him to impri- 
fonment on the rock of St. Helena. 
It would be difficult to convey any idea of the unpa¬ 
ralleled fplenclour of the interior of this palace : gold, vel¬ 
vet, the moft coftly Hull's richly draped, adorn the walls, 
together with looking-glalfes of prodigious dimenfions, 
works in bronze, and mafter-pieces in every branch of 
the imitative arts ancient and modern. Guerin’s celebra¬ 
ted Phaedra hangs in the apartment where Bonaparte 
held his council; the arm-chair here, completely covered 
with carving and gilding, in which he ufed to fit, is alfo 
a great curiofity. All the embelliftunents on both the 
arms are cut and fcratched to pieces; for that reftlefs 
fpirit; which was continually impelling him to the work 
of deftrudlion, allowed him even here not a moment of 
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