...alk with,—Baron d'eckstein, the opponent of Lamennais; Merimee, the author of Clara Gazul, and now employed by the government to collect whatever relates to the ancient monuments of French art; Mignet , the historian; Élie de Beaumont, the great geologist; the two Tourgueneffs, etc. It was as intellectual a party as I have been with since we came to Paris, except at Jomard's; and I enjoyed i...