THE FINEST PARK IN THE WORLD,

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THE FINEST PARK IN THE WORLD.

; BOUT ten miles from Paris is
located Versailles, the handsomest
and most extended park of the

world. This was originally laid out by the

pleasure-loving monarch, Louis XIV, who
built a most magnificent palace. This was

enlarged during the reign of Louis XV,

and again during the reign of Louis XVI.

 

To-day this palace is but a show place and
a museum where are preserved many fine
paintings and pieces of statuary.

About a mile distant from the palace is
the garden of the Petit Trianon, a small
villa built by Louis XVI for Marie Antoi-

nette. Here she spent her happiest hours.

| It was here that she and her courtiers and

 

PETIT TRIANO,