CLOYES, a market-town in the district of La Beauce, about seven miles from Chateaudun and ninety-one miles south-west of Paris.  It is frequently referred to in La Terre.

CROIX DE MAUFRAS (LE), a level crossing on the Western Railway of France, between Malaunay and Barentin, about nine miles west of Rouen.  The crossing, which was looked after by Misard and his daughter Flore, was the scene of a terrible railway accident, and it was in the same vicinity that President Grandmorin was murdered by Roubaud.  La Bete Humaine.

EAUX (PASSAGE DES), a steep lane which runs from Rue Raynouard at Passy down to the Seine.  In an old house which abutted on the passage lived Mere Fetu, and in the same building was the room where Helene Grandjean went to meet Doctor Deberle.  Une Pate d’Amour.

GOUTTE D’OR (RUE DE LA), a street in the Montmartre district of Paris.  It enters from Rue des Poissonniers and runs parallel to and behind Boulevard de la Chapelle, which is a continuation of Boulevard de Clichy.  The Coupeaus and the Lorilleux lived in Rue de la Goutte d’Or.  L’Assommoir.

HALLES CENTRALES (LES), the great provision markets of Paris, are situated on the right bank of the river, and are directly north of the Pont Neuf, from which they are not far distant.  Le Ventre de Paris.

HAUSSMANN (BOULEVARD) runs from east to west a short distance behind the Opera House.  Its eastern end connects with the Boulevard des Italiens.  Nana.

HAVRE (LE), an important seaport, which forms the terminus of the Western Railway of France, the line upon which Jacques Lantier was employed as an engine-driver.  The Roubauds lived at Le Havre, and many of the principal scenes in La Bete Humaine were enacted there.  La Bete Humaine.

LAZARE (RUE SAINT-), is in the neighbourhood of the railway station of the same name.  In it was situated the Orviedo mansion, in which Aristide Saccard started the Universal Bank.  L’Argent.

LILLE, an important manufacturing town in the north of France, near the Belgian frontier.  Etienne Lantier was at one time employed in the railway workshop there.  Germinal.

MALAUNAY, a station on the Western Railway of France, six miles from Rouen, and about midway between that town and Barentin.  It is referred to in La Bete Humaine.

MARBEUF (RUE), a street which connects the Avenue des Champs Elysees and the Avenue de l’Alma.  Eugene Rougon lived there.  Son Excellence Eugene Rougon.

MARCHIENNES, a town in the mining district of the north of France, about thirty miles south-east of Lille.  It is frequently referred to in Germinal.

METZ, a town of 55,000 inhabitants, is situated on the Moselle, about 263 miles east of Paris and about eighty miles south-east of Sedan.  It was surrendered to the Prussians on 27th October, 1870, and is now the capital of German Lorraine.  La Debacle.

MEZIERES, a small town of 7000 inhabitants, situated on a peninsula formed by the Meuse about ten miles north-west of Sedan.  Its situation has prevented its extension, and the closely adjoining town of Charleville has become its commercial and industrial quarter.  Mezieres was three times invested during the Franco-Prussian War, and surrendered on 2nd January, 1871, after a bombardment of three days.  La Debacle.