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...lecturer began by describing the royal residences in Paris at the opening of the reign of Louis XIV, dwelling more particularly on the Louvre, then in a state of transition, and wholly insufficient for the needs of the king and his ever-growing court. He pointed out that the palace of Versailles, as it exists at the present day, is the outcome of successive transformations and additions, the first royal residence on the site having been the hunting-lodge erected by Louis XIII. This was added to by his son, who used it for a similar purpose...
Professor de Sumichrast's last lecture on "Paris during the Reign of Terror" was given in the Fogg Lecture Room last evening. The subject was "The Peregrinations of the Guillotine." Professor Sumichrast began by explaining the various ways in which the old monarchical government inflicted the death penalty. The invention of the guillotine, which in some analogous form had already been used in Germany and in Scotland, happened to coincide with the outbreak of the Revolution, and was not a consequence of that movement. But it was certainly singular that the invention should have taken place at that particular time...
Professor Sumichrast will give the fourth and last of his series of lectures on "Paris during the Reign of Terror," this evening at 8 o'clock, in the Fogg Lecture Room. The subject will be "The Peregrinations of the Guillotine." The lecturer will speak of the origin of the guillotine, the various sites upon which it was erected, the method of execution, and the sites of the various burial grounds which were set apart for the victims...
...LECTURE. Paris during the Reign of Terror. IV. The Peregrinations of the Guillotine. (Illustrated by the Stereopticon.) Professor de Sumichrast. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
...LECTURE. Paris during the Reign of Terror. IV. The Peregrinations of the Guillotine. (Illustrated by the Stereopticon.) Professor de Sumichrast. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...