On February 23, 1848, the epoch when, for several days previous, all France, and especially Paris, was profoundly stirred by the question of the _reform_ banquets, there was to be seen on St. Denis Street, a short distance from the boulevard, a rather large shop surmounted by the sign In fact, a picture, pretty well drawn and painted, represented the well known historic incident of Brennus, the chief of the Gallic army, throwing with savage and haughty mien his sword into one of the scales of the balance that held the ransom of Rome, vanquished by our Gallic ancestors, about two thousand and odd years ago.…
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