House and Garden 
THE PONT NOTRE-DAME 
From Du Cerceau 
composition of the building was not seriously 
affected until its entire reconstruction was 
begun by Lesueur in 1837. On the whole, it 
may be said that modern additions disfigured 
the old building of Henry IV., and that, but 
for the priceless treasures which it contained, 
its destruction in 1871 was not an irreparable 
loss. The present building has been intelli¬ 
gently designed, and is an excellent substi¬ 
tute. 
THE LOUVRE AND THE TUILERIES 
We have seen that the old Chateau du 
Louvre was built by Philippe-Auguste as a 
fortress, which should at the same time con¬ 
trol the region without the wall and the city 
within. When the second wall was built by 
Etienne Marcel, which we call the enceinte 
of Charles V., the Louvre was thrown out 
of commission as a fortress, and became 
more and more devoted to other purposes. 
It was, for several centuries, the royal treas¬ 
ury, where not only the moneys but the 
jewels and other property of high value 
were kept. Charles V. (1364-1380), an in¬ 
telligent, though not powerful king, while 
he especially favored the Hotel Saint-Pol as 
a family residence, spent much of his time 
at the Louvre. In one of its towers —Tour 
de la Librairie —he housed his astonishing 
collection of fine manuscripts, which during 
the English occupancy (1420—1436) was 
looted by the Duke of Bedford and scat¬ 
tered to the winds. Charles V. made im¬ 
mense reconstructions at the Louvre which 
remained much as he left it until the end ot 
the reign of Francis I. 
Francis I. loved the Loire better than 
the Seine and paid little attention to his 
“ bonne ville de Paris” until neglect became 
dangerous, when he was lavish with his good 
intentions. In 1527 he ordered the destruc¬ 
tion of the great round keep of Philippe- 
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