she has been accustomed to frequent, and her mental
qualifications, is enabled, by her conversation, ever
to cause the hours to pass most pleasantly with the
residents of the Villa, to whose comforts, and wants,
she pays the most unremitting attention, and unites
the advantage of speaking English. Doctor Hoffman
is willing to receive any patients except such as may
be afflicted with either contagious complaints, or
with mental alienation, and to attend them upon the
homoepathic principles, in which he has attained considerable
celebrity, having for many years practised upon that
system with the greatest success. The apartments
are fitted up in a style of elegance which at once
convinces the spectator of the good taste of the director,
and although they are numerous, each has its peculiar
attraction, either in the view from the windows, or
from the internal arrangement: but the quality
which is most recommendable in this establishment,
is the peculiar care which has been devoted to every
minutia which can in any degree tend to comfort, and
particularly for that season when it is most required,
having by the means of two immense caloriferes, so
contrived that the whole house is warmed by a pure
air, which is introduced from the garden, and conveyed
not only into every apartment, but also to the staircases,
corridors, and even into the closets, the degree of
heat being regulated exactly to the grade desired;
thus a person may pass a whole winter in this little
Elysium, without ever feeling any of its baneful effects,
which is a great desideratum for persons of delicate
health, or having the slightest tendency to consumption,
to whom the most powerful enemies are
cold
and
damp, two intruders who are never permitted
to enter under any pretext the Villa Beaujon.
For the pedestrian the greatest treat is afforded,
as the neighbourhood consists of a most numerous variety
of delightful walks, and for those who desire to enjoy
the beauties of nature, without fatigue, the most
favourable opportunity is offered, a terrace having
been formed at the summit of the premises which commands
a panoramic view for fifteen leagues round, comprehending
within its circle an immense variety of villages,
chateaux, hills, wood, water, and every description
of picturesque scenery. There is also a garden
prettily arranged, and kept in the nicest order, with
kiosques and a jet d’eau, in fact there
is no attraction omitted which could possibly contribute
towards rendering the Villa a most desirable residence
for every season; the charge is moderate, and the
treatment in every respect the most liberal, the Doctor
being in such a position that emolument is not an important
object. Amongst other advantages which the establishment
possesses, is that of always having one English servant.
The situation which has been selected by the Doctor
for his residence, is not only the most agreeable
but considered decidedly one of the most healthy round
Paris, as the few houses which are immediately around