Who has not wandered through Paris, his nose in the air, with no other goal than the pleasure of seeing, of smelling, of listening? The writers did not deprive themselves of it. They haunted the gardens of the Palais Royal, surveyed the boulevards, ventured to the Apaches and fortifications. They told of the city and its inhabitants, the old and new buildings, the palace and the workshop. At a time when this tradition is fading, this book offers a dive that has for us the charms of nostalgia.