from the Column of July to the Church of the Magdalen. With its trees on each side, its gay shops and cafés, before the doors of which sit groups of well-dressed people, laughing, talking, smoking, and drinking coffee, its crowds of fashionable loungers composed of natives of all countries, intermingled with the bearded artizans in their blouses and round caps-the Boulevards present the most extraordinary and exciting spectacle that can well be imagined. During the visit of our beloved Queen to the Emperor of France, the streets of Paris were crowded with visitors. From side to side of the Boulevards were suspended gay-coloured flags; and military processions, with bands of music playing, were constantly passing to and fro. It was indeed a grand sight, and one which will not easily be forgotten by those who witnessed it. There were reviews in a wide, open space, called the Field of Mars; visits to the Palace of Versailles, a splendid building, eight miles from Paris, erected many years ago, and filled with fine pictures by the late king Louis Philippe ; a grand ball at the Hotel de Ville, the official residence of the Mayor of Paris; state visits to the Picture Gallery of the Louvre, the imperial palace of the Tuilerieswhich was erected by Catherine de Medicis—and many other gaieties. Our beloved Queen, with her husband and children, also visited the Universal Exhibition, accompanied by the Emperor and Empress and many great personages of the French and English Courts. The beautiful building, filled with the works of industry, art, science, and taste, and crowded with gay and happy thousands, doubtless excited their admiration; but the fact that all the old jealousies were forgotten, and |