Pacific Ocean, 260, 336, 389.

  PACKS-HIS-DRUM, Sioux chief, 453.

  Pädagogisches Skizzenbuch, by Paul Klee, xv.

  Padua (Italy), 85, 123.

  PAGANEL (Jacques), a geographer, character in novels by Jules Verne, 172.

  PAILLARD (Georges), time-trialling champion, 351.

  PAINLEVE (Paul), French mathematician and statesman, 1863–1933, 352.

  Palace of Dress, pavilion at the Universal Exhibition, 404.

  Palace of Light, pavilion at the Universal Exhibition, 404.

  Palace of Optics, display at the Universal Exhibition, 404.

  Palawan Island (Philippines), 54.

  Palembang (Sumatra), 108.

  Palermo (Italy), 85.

  Palestine, 55.

  Palinsac, 141.

  PALISSY (Bernard), ceramicist, 1510–1590, 198.

  PALMERSTON (Colonel Arnhem), nicknamed “Old Lightning”, 381.

  PALMERSTON (Henry Temple, 3rd viscount), 1784–1865, 35.

  PAN, Greek god, 417, 421.

  Panmunjon (Korea), 315.

  PANOFSKY (Erwin), art historian and philosopher of aesthetics, 173.

  Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis), 97.

  Papa les p’tits bateaux, nursery rhyme, 196.

  Paperclip (operation), 297.

  PAPIN (Denis), French inventor, 1647–1741, 199.

  PARACELSIUS (Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), Swiss doctor and alchemist, 1493–1541, 475, 478.

  Parâna, 263.

  Paray-le-Monial (Saône-et-Loire), 317.

  Parçay-les-Pins (Maine-et-Loire), 266, 268.

  PAREDES (Don Nicolas), 356.

  Parentis (Landes), 140.

  Paris, 18, 19, 33, 34, 40, 48, 50, 83, 96, 97, 108, 112, 113, 117, 128, 134, 145, 161, 170, 186, 187, 193, 198, 199, 203, 204, 208, 214, 229, 231, 237, 245, 246, 249, 252, 258, 261, 269, 270, 273, 274, 280, 290, 303, 312, 321, 328, 356, 358, 401, 403, 404, 406, 419, 421, 438, 441, 445, 449, 452, 479, 480, 482, 483, 499.

  Arrondissements:

  Eighth, 450.

  Ninth, 237.

  Sixteenth, 465.

  Seventeenth, 4, 129, 239, 289.

  Eighteenth, 456.

  Nineteenth, 244.

  Avenues:

  des Champs-Elysées, 29, 61, 170, 185, 234.

  de Courcelles, 129, 211.

  Franklin-Roosevelt, 29.

  de la Grande Armée, 96, 171.

  du Maine, 256.

  de Messine, 186, 188, 246.

  des Ternes, 41, 121.

  de Wagram, 185.

  Bridges:

  Pont Cardinet, 240.

  Buildings:

  Odéon, 242, 269.

  Opéra, 156, 234–236, 318, 401.

  Hôtel Crillon, 367.

  Boulevards:

  Grands Boulevards, 239.

  Boulevard Haussmann, 246.

  Boulevard Ney, 113.

  Boulevard Pereire, 246.

  Boulevard Saint-Germain, 120, 184.

  Churches:

  Madeleine, 254.

  Sacré Cœur de Montmartre, 236, 488.

  Sainte-Chapelle, 84, 85.

  See also Notre-Dame de Paris.

  Districts:

  Balard, 130.

  Batignolles, 130, 168.

  Butte-aux-Cailles, 130.

  Clichy, 130, 168.

  La Défense, 180.

  Ménilmontant, 130.

  Montmartre, 168, 488.

  Pré Saint-Gervais, 130.

  Pigalle, 168, 488.

  Saint-Antoine, 69.

  Gardens:

  Bois de Boulogne, 115

  Marigny, 29.

  Monceau, 4, 29, 115, 120, 129, 246, 470.

  Hospitals:

  Bichat, 113.

  Hôtel-Dieu, 476.

  Lariboisière, 354.

  Junctions:

  Denfert-Rochereau, 239.

  Château-Landon, 239.

  Carrefour de l’Odéon, 185.

  Palaces:

  Palais-Bourbon (parliament), 465.

  Palais de Chaillot, 30.

  Palais de l’Elysée, 129, 465.

  Palais de Justice (Law Courts), 465.

  Palais du Luxembourg (Senate), 465.

  Places:

  Place d’Aligre, 393.

  Place Clichy, 303, 403.

  Place de l’Etoile, 129.

  Place Saint-André-des-Arts, 250.

  Place Saint-Gilles, 424.

  Place Saint-Sulpice, 424.

  Portes:

  Porte de Bercy, 208.

  Porte Maillot, 292.

  Porte d’Orléans, 216, 295.

  Porte de Picpus, 208.

  Porte de Vincennes, 208.

  Quais:

  Quai des Orfèvres, 401.

  Quai d’Orsay, 266.

  Quartiers:

  Latin Quarter, 136, 185.

  Rues:

  des Acacias, 356.

  Alfred-de-Vigny, 246.

  de l’Assomption, 465.

  Bochart-de-Saron, 277.

  Cardinale, 198.

  du Champ-de-Mars, 330.

  de Chazelles, 4, 25, 124, 452, 470.

  des Ciseaux, 250.

  de Courcelles, 29.

  Cujas, 134.

  Darcet, 403.

  du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 246.

  de la Folie-Regnault, 403.

  Gay-Lussac, 278.

  Jacques-Binjen, 289.

  Jacob, 327.

  Jadin, 4, 25, 124.

  Jouffroy, 354.

  Legendre, 454.

  Léon-Jost, 4, 240.

  Lepic, 59, 196, 199.

  de Liège, 450.

  de Lille, 135.

  Logelbach, 26.

  de Madrid, 185.

  des Mathurins, 254.

  Médéric, 4.

  de la Paix, 488.

  de Prony, 57.

  des Pyramides, 128.

  de Richelieu, 214.

  de Rivoli, 105.

  Roussel, see rue Léon-Jost.

  Simon-Crubellier, 4, 173, 193, 203, 204, 210, 211, 242, 245, 250, 261, 286, 354, 365, 405, 441, 470, 484, 499.

  Squares:

  Square Anna de Noailles, 270.

  Stadiums:

  Berny, 351.

  Buffalo, 351.

  Parc des Princes, 351.

  Vélodrome d’Hiver, 351.

  Stations:

  Orsay, 211.

  Saint-Lazare, 129, 380.

  Paris by Night, illustrated review, 199.

  Pariscop, weekly entertainment guide, 362.

  Parisien libéré, Le, French daily, 30.

  Paris-Match, French weekly, 156.

  Paris Romance, 162.

  Parma (Italy), 85.

  PARMENTIER (Antoine-Augustin), agronomist, 1737–1813, 199.

  Paros (Cyclades), 127.

  Parsifal (operation), 187.

  Pasadena (California), 358.

  PASLEY (Sir Malcolm), 581.

  PASQUIER, Senior, Lenart’s pacemaker, 352.

  Passarowitz (Požarevac) (Yugoslavia), 87, 89.

  PASSEPARTOUT, character in Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in Eighty Days, 52.

  Pathé Baby, ciné camera, 442.

  PATTI (Adeline), singer, 1843–1919, 216.

  Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), 198.

  PAULIN-ALFORT, pseudonym of Paul Labourde, playwright, 1886–1962, 242.

  Payute, Indian tribe, 453.

  PAZ-TOMACEK (Dr Ivor), 238.

  Peanuts, strip cartoon by Charles M. Schulz, 286

  Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), 260.

  PEDDIE, Sir John Franklin’s surgeon, 192.

  PEEL (Sir Robert), British statesman, 1788–1850, 35.

  Peking, 113.

  PELAGE (Pelayo), King of Asturias, d.737, 9, 10, 228.

  PELAYO, Don, see PELAGE.

  PELLERIN (G. F.), sentimental painter, 1821–1880, 104.

  PELOS (Gabor), 466.

  Pemba (Tanzania), 424, 425, 428
.

  Pennsylvania, 412.

  ss Pennsylvania, liner, 31.

  Pensacola (Florida), 75.

  Pension Macadam, Tangiers nightclub, 449.

  Pentagon, 260.

  PERCEVAL, 344.

  PERCIVAL (John, count Egmont), writer and statesman, 1683–1748, 35.

  PEREC (Georges), French poet, playwright, novelist, cruciverbist, etc. 1936–1982, iii, iv, xi, 579.

  Père-Lachaise cemetery, 327.

  Pergamos (Asia Minor), 477.

  PERIGNON (Dom Pierre), Benedictine monk, 1638–1715, 231, 455.

  Périgord (France), 85.

  PERON (Evita), 457.

  Péronne (Somme), 156.

  PERPIGNANI, artist, 472.

  Perros-Guirec (Côtes-du-Nord), 273.

  Persepolis, 428.

  Persia, see Iran, 150, 175, 371.

  Persian Gulf, 171, 434.

  Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by Mark Twain, 467.

  Perthes-lèz-Hurlus (Champagne), 272.

  PERTUSANO (Nick), 410, 411, 412.

  Peru, 346.

  PERUGINO (Pietro di Cristoforo Vanucci, known as), Italian painter, 1445–1523, 400.

  PETERSON (Carl), interpreter, 192.

  PETIT (Roland), dancer and choreographer, 440.

  Petit Ane, Le, piano piece by Paul Dukas, 165.

  Petite Illustration, La, illustrated periodical, 241.

  Petit Pouce, cat belonging to the Marquiseaux, 134, 301.

  PETIT ROBERT, French dictionary of proper names, 26.

  Petrovsky Palace (Moscow), 152.

  PFERDLEICHTER, Ordnance General, member of the Todt Organization, 186, 187.

  PFISTER (Herr), owner of the Pfisterhof Sanatorium at Ascona, 173.

  PFLUG, chief of staff of the Russian army in the Far East, 447.

  PHILEMON and BAUCIS, legendary characters, 437.

  PHILIP III, King of Spain, 1598–1621, 204.

  PHILIP IV, King of Spain, 1621–1665, 204.

  PHILIPPE (Gérard), French actor, 1922–1959, 164, 277.

  Philippines, 369.

  PHILIPS (Sunny), pseudonym of Felipe Solario, Portuguese actor, 262.

  Phrygia, 328.

  PHUTATORIUS (Fredryk), Danish astronomer, 1547–1602, 289.

  PICARD, 364.

  Picardy, 352.

  PICASSO (Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, known as Pablo), Spanish painter, 1881–1973, 258, 429.

  PIERNE (Gabriel), French composer, 1863–1937, 427.

  PIM, PAM, POUM, cartoon characters, 381.

  PINCHART, maker of folding stools, 116.

  Pinocchio, by Collodi, 257.

  Pin-Up, nude magazine, 199.

  PINZON brothers (Martin Alonso, Francisco Martin, & Vincente Yanez), Spanish seafarers, late fifteenth century, 384.

  PIP, Mme Moreau’s tomcat, 101, 301.

  PIRANDELLO (Luigi), Italian writer, 1867–1936, 17, 188, 231.

  Pirano (Yugoslavia), 246.

  PISANELLO (Antonio di Puccio di Cerreto), Italian painter, 1395–1455, 113.

  PISSARRO (Camille), French painter, 1830–1903, xvi, 190.

  Pithiviers (Loiret), 254.

  PITISCUS (Samuel), Dutch philologist, 1637–1717, 88, 89, 91.

  PIZZICAGNOLI, 419–420, 499.

  Plant City (Florida), 278.

  PLASSAERT (couple), cotton-goods traders, 164, 195, 196, 216, 217, 227, 234, 247–252, 496.

  PLASSAERT (Rémi), 195, 196, 396, 496.

  PLATTNER (Mrs), a Brisbane typist, 382.

  PLAUTUS (Titus Maccius Plautus), Latin writer, 254–184 BC, 263.

  PLENGE, Danish pastor, 56.

  PLINY (Cains Plinius Secundus, the Elder), Roman naturalist, 23–79 AD, 248, 289.

  PLON, Parisian publisher, 295.

  Ploughman and his Children, The, fable in Parisian slang by Pierre Devaux, 133.

  Ploughman Killer, The, detective novel, 206.

  Pobieda, Russian battleship, 447.

  Point de Vue, French magazine, 156.

  POIS, hairdresser, 57.

  Poitou, 465.

  POKER DICE, Gilbert Berger’s cat, 301, 414, 496.

  Poland, 173, 267, 270, 275.

  POLISHOVSKY, a chemist, 185.

  POLLOCK (Paul Jackson), American painter, 1912–1956, xvi, 190.

  POLONIUS, hamster, 394 & n.

  Polynesia, 466.

  Pompeii (Italy), 38, 106.

  Pompon and Fifi, calendar, 286.

  PONIATOWSKI (Michel), known as Ponia, French politician, 292.

  PONSIN, master blower, builder of The Palace of Light, 404.

  Pontarlier (Switzerland), 34.

  Pont-Audemer (Eure), 259.

  Pontcarral, Colonel d’Empire, film by J. Delannoy, 185.

  Pontiac, make of motorcar, 307.

  POPE (Alexander), English poet, 1688–1744, 443.

  Populaire, Le, newspaper founded by Etienne Cabet, 464.

  Port Arthur (Lû-Shun, China), 308, 447.

  Port-au-Prince (Haiti), 357.

  PORTER (Guillaume), pen-name of C.-A. Beyssandre, 431.

  PORTHOS, character in novels by A. Dumas, 467.

  PORTIA, heroine of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, 171.

  Port Moresby (Papua), 389.

  Portoroz (Yugoslavia), 246.

  Port Said (Egypt), 55, 194.

  Portugal, 332.

  PORTUS, Latin editor of Suidas’s Lexicon, 449.

  Porus, opera by J. S. Kusser, 21.

  Potsdam (Germany), 376.

  POWELL (Michael), English film-maker, 444.

  Pozsony (Hungary), 21.

  Prague (Czechoslovakia), 85, 477.

  PREETORIUS (Emil), German painter and designer, 235.

  PREJEAN (Albert), French actor, 43.

  Prejudices, literary review founded by Rémi Rorschach, 47.

  Première Ascension du Mont-Cervin, La, engraving, 104.

  PRESLEY (Elvis), American pop singer, 180.

  Presse médicale, La, 474.

  Press and Journal, Aberdeen daily, 385.

  Preuves, literary review, 331.

  PRICE (Roger), 579.

  Prick of Mystery, The, detective serial by G. Berger, C. Coutant and P. Hémon, 158–161.

  Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, 328.

  Prince and the Pauper, The, by Mark Twain, 467.

  Prince Edward Islands (Indian Ocean), 179.

  PRINCESS PALATINE (Anne de Gonzague, known as), 1616–1684, 475, 478.

  PRINCESS PALATINE

  (Charlotte-Elizabedi of Bavaria), 1652–1722, 288.

  PRIOU, artist, 330.

  Propriano (Corsica), 368.

  Proud Angels, oratorio by Svend Grundtvig, 181.

  Proud Ones, The, film by Yves Allégret, 277.

  PROUILLOT (Léonie), 133.

  PROUST (Madeleine), 238.

  PROUST (Marcel), French novelist, 1871–1922, 281, 579.

  Provence, 257.

  PRUDENCE, a young woman of 24, 415.

  Prudence’s Husband, a young man of 18, 415.

  Prussia, 297, 377.

  PTOLEMY, Greek astronomer, 90–168 AD, 249.

  Puerto Princesa (Philippines), 54.

  Puerto Rico, 423.

  Punch, English humorous weekly, 192.

  PUNCH, puppet character, 241, 257.

  Punishment, The, by W. Falsten, 133.

  PURKINJE, anarchist agitator, 356.

  Purloined Letter, The, a print, 418.

  PUSHKIN (Aleksandr Sergeievich), Russian poet, 1799–1837, 325.

  PUSS-IN-BOOTS, character in Perrault, 74.

  Puzzoli (Italy), 471.

  Pyramids (Egypt), 113, 122, 248, 426.

  Pyramus and Thisbe, opera by J. S. Kusser, 21.

  Pyrenees, 146.

  PYTHAGORE (Pythagoras), Greek mathematician, sixth century BC, 409.

  QUARLI, family of Venetian printers, 84, 87, 88, 92.

  QUASTON (Madame), character in The Murder of the Goldfish, 222, 223, 224.
br />   Quebec (Canada), 284.

  QUENEAU (Raymond), 1903–1976, v, 579.

  RABELAIS (François), French author, 1494–1553, 248, 579.

  Race-Goer’s Almanach, The, 214.

  RACINE (Jean), French playwright, 1639–1699, 199, 255, 302, 364, 400, 484.

  RACINE (Louis), French writer, 1692–1763, 400.

  Racine (Wisconsin), 383.

  Racine et Shakespeare, by Stendhal, 484n.

  Radar, French magazine, 156.

  RADNOR (Edward Llowarch Bouverie, 5th Earl of), 12.

  RAF, 249, 444.

  RAFFIN, medical doctor, 474.

  RAGON (Irena), daughter of Albert de Routisie, 289.

  Ragusa (Dubrovnik) (Yugoslavia), 246.

  RAINBOW (Arthur), pseudonym of Armand Fieschi, pop singer, 137.

  RAIN-IN-THE-FACE, Indian chief, 453.

  Rake’s Progress, The, opera by Stravinsky, after Hogarth, 64.

  Rake’s Progress, The, watercolour by U. N. Owen, 62, 64.

  RAMEAU (Antoine), 5.

  RAMON, gangster, 357.

  Ramona, hit by Tino Rossi, 162.

  Ramphastos vitellinus, 196.

  RAMSAY (Lord), 280.

  Rangoon (Burma), 111.