From Travels in the South of France, by StendhalRUE DES MINIMES, NUMBER 17
"That was the address on Montaigne's house. I found it had been torn down four years ago and a police barracks now stands in its place. Well now, gentlemen of Bordeaux, could you not spend even twenty-five francs to have the stonecutter engrave the following words on one of the square stone blocks in the barracks' wall that replaced the houses from Number 10 to Number 23: 'ON THIS SPOT STOOD MONTAIGNE'S HOUSE. IT WAS NUMBER 17 AND WAS TORN DOWN IN 1833.'"
From Bordeaux, Monday, March 12
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