Digitised Manuscripts and Books

of the Montmorencis; that in the Breakfast Room eu in the street which was named after his uncle into shops and apartments; the Grey Drawing y the hétel of the Duc de Lauzun, who perished was sometime the residence of the famous Fermier- those of the rooms from which the panelling was The old mantel-pieces I secured from the houses was in a post-office, formerly a residence of the ieces are copied from old models. mn of the pictures, furniture, and ornaments, which reading as a catalogue. But so much I may say: young days I burnt my fingers pretty often and me I seriously entered the lists as a collector, I s been well established. ist assisted me in my undertaking. They, too, may by the Empress Eugénie with the construction of e King of the Belgians with important works on ectly, the latter directly—to me. Of M. Lainé I mentioning that he only designed the chief outlines out by my bailiff and gardener according to my uldings, model cottages, and lodges, were built by