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LES QRANDS BOULEVARDS

The first thing a visitor to Paris will notice is
that French people seem to spend most of their
time in the streets. And if he happens to come
from London (as in my case), he will be struck by
the difference between the English and the French
way of looking upon town life. The former regard
town life as a natural consequence of running
business on a grand scale ; while the latter think it
a proper form for the pursuit of pleasures of civili¬
sed life. Of course, the English people speak of
the ** man about town "; but he does not love town
in such a way as the Parisian boulevardier sticks to
the Grands Boulevards. In fact, the Boulevards
are not monopolised by the boulevardiers ; they are
no less patronised by all Paris. '* On s'amuse '*
(Everybody enjoys himself) in Paris really means