As a general thing avoid the Boulevards; there's very little to be done on the Boulevards.

Speaking conscientiously--sans blague--I don't believe any one knows Paris better than I.You and Mrs.Touchett must come and breakfast with me some day, and I'll show you my things; je ne vous dis que ca! There has been a great deal of talk about London of late; it's the fashion to cry up London.

But there's nothing in it--you can't do anything in London.

No Louis Quinze--nothing of the First Empire; nothing but their eternal Queen Anne.

It's good for one's bed-room, Queen Anne--for one's washing-room; but it isn't proper for a salon.