Paris by sunlight and gaslight. A work descriptive of the mysteries and miseries, the virtues, the vices, the splendors, and the crimes of the city of Paris. By James D. McCabe. Illustrated with over 150 fine engravings, by Gustave Doré and other celevrated artists of France.

730 PARIS BY SUNLIGHT AND GASLIGHT.
They couldn't a-bear low people, and neither could I. I will
give you a waltz that I love.'
"Saying this, she sat down and rattled off a lively waltz,
after which she rose from the melodeon and, standing at her
full height, made a stately courtesy to us, throwing her skirt
all over the carpet; and, taking our leave, that was the last I
saw of Cora Pearl. Her wild escapades and mad frolics, her
extravagance, love of diamonds and horses, and the treachery
and hard-heartedness for which she is famous in Paris, need
not be detailed here by me, and, in fact, I would not have
mentioned her at all but for the fact that she is an English
girl born and bred, a Cockney of the purest kind, and a
demon at heart, despite all her seeming gayety and recklessness. The man in the red velvet coat and flesh-colored
stockings opened the door for us, and we passed out." *
*Correspondence of the New York World.