The Children of Lutetia

Chapter I. Page

St. Simon and Fourier — A Workman's Utopia — Savings Banks and Mutual Benefit Societies — Over-Government— A Grand Council of Benefit Societies— The Loan of Honour — Prejudices against Female Members of Benefit Societies — Every Workman his own Lawyer — The Livret — Debt between Employer and Employed — The Prud'hommes — Tenpenny Justice, ........ 1

Chapter II

Marshal Soult's Bootmaker— The Shameless Poor— The Working Men's Commission — The Cost of Cheapness — The Working Shoemakers- English and French Working Shoemakers compared — The Working Saddlers— The Glove-makers and Female Labour— The Paris Working Tailors and Slop-workers — Tlie Dead Season— M. Ternaux, Magistrate and Slop-seller— M. Lemann's Memorial — The Invalids of the Craft, 23

Chapter III

The Cabinet-Makers— Art-Workmanship and the Subdivision of Labour — The Troleur— Corporation Mutual Benefit Societies, and Masters' Benefit Societies— The Working Carriage-Builders— Government a bad Banker of Savings — The Paper-stainers, and Engravers for Textile Fabrics— Prison Lateur— The Lithographers— The Bronze-workers, . . . . - - - .44 VI CONTENTS. paus

Chapter IV

The Law against Coalitions— The Working Engineers— A cry for Inde pendent Benefit Societies— French Shawl-Designers and Weavers— The Horn-Combmakers— The Workers in White Metals— The Tanners —The Workiug Printers— Sentiment at the back of a Report— The Printers' Strike— Average Daily Wages of the Paris Working Classes — Their Proportions in the Indigent List, . . • - 61

Chapter V

The Great Workshops— The Exhibition of the Fine Arts applied to In dustry—Art Students— Democratic Workshops— Alexandra's Organ Factory at Ivry— A Model Workman's Village— The Alexandra Mutual Benefit Society— Singing Classes are lawful— The Abbe Bonaud, 76

Chapter VI

Paris Upholstery and Cabinet- Work — Paris Salons— Furnishing a Regime — The Carvers in Wood— Swiss and Paris Carving — French Designs —A Wood-Carver's Workshop— The Fortnightly and Monthly Pay ment of Wages — Burning the Candle at both Ends, . . .90

Chapter VII

How French Workmen rise — Lerolle's Bronze Workshops — The System of Bronze Manufacture— The Monument for the Heart of Prince Napoleon's Mother— French Workmen in England — The Fompeiaii Style — The Greek and Egyptian Styles — The Princess Louis of Hesse's Mirror— The Rise of the Lerollea— The Pope's State Kail way Carriage — Lyons Shawl-weavers — Barnedienue's Workshops — Great and Small Workshops — The Workman Director— Casti igs for the Mausoleum of the late Prince Consort at Frogmore — Enamelling Shops— Collas' Reductions ; the System said to be the Invention of Louis xvi.— A Small Workshop — The Industrial Associations of Paris, ....... .113

Chapter VIII

A Little Workshop— Working Men's Corporations — Imprisonment of Two Thousand Carpenters— The Tanners— Paris Tanners at Bermondsey— An Unfortunate Event —Gamier Page's Forty-five Centimes — The Street-Lamp Manufactory— Lamps for the Moscow Theatres— How the Gasfittens are Checked— Brass-workers' Sick Fund— Pauper Funerals —The Carpenters— Their Varieties, ... .139 CONTENTS. VII

Chapter IX

A Busy Quarter— Perfect Packing— Turnspit Factory— Imitation Bronzes —Saint Monday— A Renaissance Petticoat— Vaccination for Revolu tions—The Anns of Peace and the Soldiers of Industry, . .165 CHAITER X. The Banks of Saint Martin's Canal— The Popincourt District— The Wall Papers of Paris— A Paper-Printing Mill— A Paper- Weight for Napoleon the Third's Life of Cæsar— The Poor Little Boys— The Priced List of Patterns— The Tour of France— Flench Working Men's Debts, and the Law of Debtor and Creditor, . . . . . .167

Chapter I

The Union Benevolent Society— Its Organization— The Hotel of Madame de Montijos — The Right of Road— The Annual Banquet — The Union's Last Annual Report— The Tour of France, . . . .179

Chapter II

The Freemasonry of Labour — The Gavots and the Devoirants — Agricol Perdiguier — Master Jacques and Master Soubise— The Towers of Or leans Cathedral— The Mysteries of Initiation — Knights of the Chivalry of Labour — The Children of Solomon — Warrior Craftsmen — The Draw ing-School deserted for the Wine-Shop — Workmen Poets —Autocratic Masters and Slave Apprentices — The Mother — Industrial Utopias — Only a Baker— Pates de Veille 202

Chapter III

The Career of Jeanselme : his Tour of France — The Functions of the Rouleur— The Reception of a New Comer— Speeding the Parting Guest— The Privilege of Cane and Colours— The Four Ancients— The Certificate of Honour— Lorrain-Love-of-Work — The Songsters of the Working Classes—" Long live Tolerance"— Fantastic Trades' Pro cessions, ......... CONTENTS.

Chapter I

Furnishing a Regime — CiUs-Ouvriires — Mother Marre — Father Moscou — Count Madre's Speculation — The Deamess of Lodgings — Jules Simon, 240

Chapter II

The Bulletin du Librairic — Cheap Literature — The " Brain of France" — Madelon— The " Little Journal" — Timothee Triinm — A Book-stall in the Passage Jouffroy — A French Description of a London Execution — M. Jaegle — Bound and Unbound Books, .... 257

Chapter III

The End of the Poor— Funeral Pomp Performers — The Common Grave — Mont Pamasse — Organization in a Cemetery — Richefeu's — Retrospect and Conclusion, ........

BOOK II. PARIS AT WORK AND AT PLAY.