vouloir de hère signifies ' to accept

26. Étampes, chef-lieu d'' arrondissement , in the département of

Seine -et -Oise, 56 kilometers (about 35 miles) south-west of Paris. It has a population of about 8000 people. It is a much more important place than Arpajon. It has a collège, court, public library, hospital, etc. Its manufactories are in woollens, leather, soap, iron, machinery, etc. Its flour-mills are large. Etampes possesses very

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interesting spécimens ofjarehibecture in ibs churches oi Notre-Dame and Saint- 31 arttn, which date from the 12th y^ century. There are also some remains of earlier periods.

In the books on geography to which access has been had no mention is made of the Académie d'Étampes, although it may hâve existed. Ab ail events, such académies are common enough in France, in imitation of the Institut, of Avhich the mosb important part is the celebrated Académie française, founded by Richelieu in the reign of Louis XIII.