Off of this room is a little Gothic chapel, where Mary Tudor was married to Charles Brandon before her return to England. We could have spent hours here most delightfully, but it was closing time, so we left. We drove by the Sorbonne (Paris University) over to the Luxemburg Gardens. These are always well filled with people, students, nurses and their charges, besides all sorts and conditions of men and

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We went from here down the "Bowlmich," as the students call the Boulevard St. Michael. This is the usual promenade of the students of the Sorbonne, the College of France, the Law School and the School of Medicine; as these are all quite near. It is the heart of the Latin quarter of to-day.

Saturday, October 8. This morning we went to the Louvre to see the sculpture galleries. We are only looking at the gems in this collection, as our time would not admit of all. At the head of the stairs stands the "Victory of Samothrace." This is a winged figure on the prow of a ship. The head has been lost. It was probably made to commemorate a Greek naval victory. The most beautiful of the Greek sculpture in the Louvre is the "Venus de Milo" in Parian marble. It is the type of full blown flower of womanly beauty. It was found on the Island of Milo, one of the Greek islands. Though injured, it has been restored. We passed through many rooms filled with Greek and Roman sculpture, finally going into the large Salle des Gardes. It is now called Caristides. This was where

the hundred Swiss guards stood before of Catherine de Medici, and is one of of the Louvre palace. At one end is a lery, which is supported by beautiful C which the hall takes the present name. great hall that Marguerite of Valois w Henry Navarre just a week before the Bartholomew, 1572. Many other his have transpired here.

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Sunday, October 9. Gaston came for us early and we motored out to Versailles, having a lovely ride out through the Bois. Crossing the Seine, we soon reached there. The palace is the largest and most imposing of the royal residences in France, though not the most beautiful. It was built by Louis XIV and all the great artists of his reign were employed to decorate it. In a large courtyard we saw an equestrian statue of Louis XIV. In the center and around the sides are statues of other celebrated Frenchmen. The central part of the palace is built of brick and stone. It was originally a hunting lodge built by Louis XIV's father. On this part is a balcony where Marie Antoinette with the little dolphin (the crown prince of France) faced the mob from Paris on the outbreak of the French Revolution.

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