is open daily, 10-4. except on Sundays and holidays and during the
vacation (15th Aug. to 1st Sept.). After the Bibliothèque Nationale
it is the richest library in Paris (454,000 vols.; 9654 MSS.), especially
in theatrical literature (35,000 plays are catalogued).

The Boulevard Henri IV crosses the two arms of the Seine and
the E. end of the Ile St. Louis (p. 262) by means of the Pont Sully
(Pl. R. 22; V), near which is a fine monument of Barye (1796-1875),
the animal sculptor, with reproductions of his chief works (see p. 163)
and a medallion by Marqueste.

On the right hank, below the bridge, at the beginning of the Quai
des Célestins (Pl. R, 25, 22; V), is the old Hôtel de La Valette, now
the College Massillon, a handsome building erected by J. Har-
douin-Mansart (1671), with a monumental façade recently restored.
It was the residence of Fieubet, chancellor of Anne of Austria
(1602-66). Farther on, on the right, in the Rue St. Paul No. 4, is
the Hôtel de La Vieuville, once the residence of the Duc de La Vieu-
ville. who was minister of finance in 1649.

At No. 32 Quai des Celestins was (as the inscription records) the
tennis-court of the Croix-Noire, where the Illustre-Théâtre of Molière was
established in 1645. — Port of the Quai des Célestins, etc., see p. 318.

On the right bank, upstream, between the Quai Henri Quatre
and the Boulevard Morland (Pl. R, 25 ; F), is the former Ile Louviers,
united with the quay in 1840. Here are situated the Magasins and
Archives de la Ville.

Farther to the E., beyond the Gare d"Eau de l'Arsenal (p. 175),
is the Boulevard Diderot (Pl. R. 25. 28, 31). which ends at the
Place de la Nation (p. 246). The Gare de Lyon (PL R, G, 25. 28),
at the beginning of the boulevard, has a tower 210 ft. in height.
Buffet on the 1st floor, gorgeously painted and decorated.

Quartier du Marais.

Stations on the Métropolitain (see Appx., p. 36): Hôtel-de-Ville Station,
in the Place Lobau (p. 172), opposite the Rue des Archives, fur the Archives;
St. Paul Statien, beside St. Paul's Church (p. 173), for the Musée Carnavalet.

The Quartier du Marais is the district to the N.E. of the Hôtel
de Ville, bounded by the Rue de Rivoli, Rue St. Antoine (p. 173),
Rue du temple, and Boul. Beaumarchais (p. 85). Down to the 18th
cent, a fashionable quarter with several still handsome mansions,
it is now quite given over to trade and manufactures. — In the Rue
des Francs-Bourgeois, in the W. of this quarter, are the —

Archives Nationales (Pl. R, 23; III), established in the old
Hôtel de Soubise. This building occupies the site of the mansion
of the Connetable Olivier de Clisson, the companion-in-arms of
Duguesclin, erected in 1371, of which there still exists in the Rue
des Archives, to the left of the façade, a handsome gateway flanked
with two turrets (restored in 1846). Down to 1696 the mansion
belonged to the powerful Guise family, after which it came into