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SIXTY YEARS IN TEXAS. 311
waiters and shown to our elegant apartments. We
were all under the control of Cook the art galleries
so full of interest and history, would take weeks to
look through, and the Pantheon, the place of many
gods, all very interesting, and the grand boulevards,
of an evening and Sundays is quite a sight; nothing
like it in England or America either.
July 29th: Went to Versailles, 17 miles from
Paris; the gardens and palaces are tIe attractions
there, and the history of this place includes much
of the history of France. Our guide showed us
through the great palace, the rooms that were occupied
by Napoleon Bonaparte, and his carriages of
state, with many others, that cost almost fabulous
sums of money.
The rooms of Marie Antoinette are still intact.
and the private stairway by which she fled; but later
she and her husband, Louis the 16th, were the first
victims of the guilotine. In these rooms are many
immense oil paintings, said to be the best selections
in the world; they represent many of the historic
scenes of France. There was an immense and massive
frame about 18 by 25 feet, representing the coronation
of Josephine, Napoleon's first wife, and not
far from it was the picture of Josephine after the
divorce; and there was a large picture of Jeanne
d'Arc bestride her horse leading the French army
to victory, and not far from it she is shown in a
painting lashed to a stake and ready for the flames.
In another place they have a large bronze statue
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Jackson, George. Sixty years in Texas, book, 1908; Dallas, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20205/m1/325/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.