Visitors are admitted on Tues, and Frid. 2-4 p.m. The splendid
staircase is adorned with Gobelins tapestry. The round vestibule is panelled
with paintings in grisaille by Le Sueur. — Galerie d'Hercule. Marriage of
Hercules and Hebe, by Le Brun (ceiling); landscapes on the wall-panels
by Fr. Perrier and paintings in grisaille by Le Sueur. — Small room.
Aurora, by Le Brun; two reliefs by Donatello; old reliquary of carved
ivory, etc. — Study. Three charming Watteaus; grisailles by Le Sueur;
Credo, by Frémiet. — The ceiling of the bedroom is painted by Le Brun
and contains a bed in the Henri H. style. Voltaire was once a tenant of the
Hôtel Lambert (1750), then belonging to the Marquise du Châtclet-Laumon.

The Boulevard Henri IV (p. 178) runs past the house, and to
the right is the Pont Sully (p. 176) which crosses to the Boul. St.
Germain (p. 293) on the left bank, close to the Halle aux Vins and
near the Jardin des Plantes (p. 317).

16. Quartier Latin.

The quarter on the left bank of the Seine, to the S. of the Cité,
which comprises the 5th Arrondissement (Pantheon) and theE. por-
tion of the 6th (Luxembourg), is well known by the name of the
Quartier Latin. It and the Cite together form the oldest part of
the town. From time immemorial learned societies have had their
headquarters here, and the 'Quartier' long enjoyed the comprehensive
title of 'L'Université' (see p. 253).

As we approach it from the Cité by the Boni, du Palais we cross
the narrower arm of the Seine by the Pont St. Michel (Pl. R, 19; F),
which commands a fine view of Notre-Dame. On the same side,
below the Quai St. Michel, is a station of the Orleans line (p. 30).

On the right, in the Place St. Michel, we observe the Fontaine
St. Michel, a fountain 84 ft. high and 48 ft. in width, erected in
1860. The monument, which stands against a house, consists of
a triumphal arch in the Renaissance style, containing a group of
St. Michael and the dragon in bronze, by Buret, placed on an artifi-
cial rock, from which the water falls into three basins flanked with
griffins. At the sides are columns of red marble hearing allegorical
bronze figures (1860).

The Boulevard St. Michel (Pl. R, 19; G, 19; F) is the main
artery on the left bank, and continues the great trunk-line of boule-
vards that intersects Paris from the Gare de l'Est to the Carrefour
de l'Observatoire (p. 315). Its numerous cafe's are much frequented
by students.

The ancient Rue de la Huchette (13th cent.), beginning to the E. of the
fountain, and the Rue St. Séverin (Pl. R, 19; 7), to the left beyond the
fountain, penetrate one of the dirtiest and most intricate, but at the same
time most interesting and best preserved quarters of old Paris. Off the
furmer of these streets open the quaint Ruelles du Chat-qui-Pêche (so
named from an ancient shop-sign) and Zacharie. — In the Rue St. Séverin
lies the church of St. Séverin (Pl. R, 19; V), dating mainly from the
13-15th cent., and partly occupying the site of an oratory of the period of
Childebert I. It consists of a nave and double aisles flanked with chapels.