Paris à la Galignani: an Anglo-Italian guide to the French capital for the English-speaking tourist
Polish Parisians: a people in exile
From citizen-king to prince-president: France as a "bourgeois-cracy"
Society and salon: a "who's tout" of le tout Paris
Pox Britannica: the great epidemic of anglomania
Musical currents along the Seine: from concert halls to dance halls
Opera: a vocal art and social spectacle
Bohemia and the demimonde: two operas in the making
Penning a profit: literature becomes lucrative
Stage by stage: the evolution of theatrical taste from the battle of "Hernani" to the reign of Rachel
Delacroix, Daumier, and daguerre: A "3-D" view of art
"A votre santé!": coping with poultices, purges, and the Parisian medical profession
Visions of a better world: searching for utopia from Menilmontant to the Rue Vanneau
The big shadow of the little corporal: Napoléon becomes a legend
Epilogue: obituary and funeral of Frédéric Chopin
Appendix. The Paris residence of Frédéric Chopin.
