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1media/Thumb 157.png2024-12-03T13:30:14-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"News & Events"26In brief: Elections in Brazil – Missionary arrived in France – Shipwreck in Japan – President on vacation – Fundraiser for disaster victims – Dispute over a theatre box – Toasts at the anti-slavery congress – Monetary conference in Washington – Charles Canivet is improving – Spanish popular support for Portuguese sovereignty – New talent at the Colonial School – Support from a Guadeloupean senator – Copyright news in Switzerland – A new English ship – Statue of Berlioz – Company that helps the superstitious – Beards on magistrates – Obituariesplain2024-12-10T12:18:54-05:0009-24-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 1410.png2024-11-26T15:06:22-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"Miscellany"20Briefs: An animal rights activist – Famous criminal trial proceedings – The poor in Paris – Tragic death of an infant – Wax museums – Alcoholism in Paris – The way drunkenness is dealt with in Argentina – Blind education – Dogs on the telephone – Suppression of tipping – Men's fashion reform – Getting gold from teethplain2024-12-03T17:33:44-05:0009-16-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 143.png2024-11-26T10:19:59-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"Fin de Siècle Things: Duels"14An overview of the custom of duelling in nineteenth-century Franceplain2024-12-03T17:29:02-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 1313.png2024-11-08T14:17:05-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"Fantasist Chronicle"14A literary reflection on the relative loneliness in Paris in the time following Expo '89plain2024-12-03T17:26:54-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 147.png2024-11-26T14:57:18-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"At the Haitian General Consulate"13Recap of a lavish party at the home of the Haitian Consul-General in Parisplain2024-12-03T09:52:42-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232