Watchmakers : Leroy et Cie., Boul. de la Madeleine 7 ; Rodanet,
Rue Vivienne 36; Bréguet, Rue de la Paix 12; Detouche, Boul.
Poissonnière 18 (chronometers at all these); Au Nègre, Boul. St.
Denis 19 (also jewellery); Gamier. BouL Haussmann 17. —
Lepaute (clocks), Rue Halévy 5; Planchon, Rue de la Chaussée-
d'Antin 5; Fabrique Exacte . BouL des Italiens 18; Kirby, Beard.
et Co., Rue Auber 5; Rousseau (clocks), Rue de Turenne 132;
Thomas, Rue de la Boëtie 10.

Those who desire to transmit purchases direct to their destin-
ation should procure the services of a goods-agent (p. 30).

Flower Markets. Quai aux Fleurs (Pl. P., 23; V), on Wed. and Sat.
(a bird-market on Sun.); Place de la République (Pl. R, 27; III), on Mon.
and Thurs.; Place de la Madeleine (Pl. R, 18: II), on Tues, and Frid. ;
Place St. Sulpice (Pl. R, 16-19; IV), on Mon. and Thürs.; etc. There are
beautiful flower-shops in the boulevards and elsewhere: e.g. Labrousse, Boul.
des Capucines 12 ; Lachaume, Rue Royale 10; Bories, Augustin, Boul. St. Ger-
main 179, 108; Au Lilas Blanc, Boul. Haussmann 188. — Horticultural
Show, at the Jardin des Tuileries (p. 66), in spring.

Commissionnaires, or messengers, are to be found at the corners of
some of the chief streets (no tariff; 1-2 fr. according to distance). Many
of them are also Shoeblacks (20 c).

12. Booksellers. Reading Rooms. Libraries. Newspapers.

Booksellers. Galignani's Library. Rue de Rivoli 224, with library
(see p. 51) ; W. H. Smith (late Neal), Rue de Rivoli 248, with library
and reading-room (see below); Brentano, Avenue de l'Opéra 37;
these three are English and American booksellers.

Société d'Editions Littéraires et Artistiques (Libraire Paul
Ollendorff), Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin 50.
Flammarion, Boul. des Italiens 40, BouL St. Martin 3,
Galeries de l'Odéon, etc. ; Arnaud, Avenue de l'Opéra 26 ; Sevin,
BouL des Italiens 8; Dentu. Avenue de l'Opéra 36bis and Boul.
de Sébastopol 73 ; Haar et Steinert, Rue Jacob 21 ; Le Soudier, Boul.
St. Germain 174; Vieweg, Rue de Richelieu 67: Klincksieck, Rue de
Lille 11 ; Fischbacher, Rue de Seine 33; Ch. Eitel, Rue de Richelieu 18;
Boyveau et Chevillet, Rue de la Banque 22. — Rare books: Mor-
gand, Passage des Panoramas 55; Rouquette, Passage Choiseul 69:
Conquet, Rue Drouot 5. The famous house of Hachette et Cie. is at
79 Boul. St. Germain. — The Second-Hand Book Stalls on the quays
on both banks, E. of the Pont Royal, are interesting. The shops in
the Galeries de l'Odéon and the numerous bookshops near the Sor-
bonne may also be mentioned.

Reading Rooms and Circulating Libraries. Smith, Rue de
Rivoli 248 (adm. 25 c, per week 1 fr.), well supplied with English
newspapers and English and American magazines. — The reading
rooms of the New York Herald. Avenue de l'Opéra 49, the New York-
Brooklyn Eagle, Rue Cambon 53, and the Chicago Daily News, Boul.
des Capucines 10 (all open gratis), are well supplied with American,
English, and French newspapers. — Galignani, Rue de Rivoli 224