"and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp."

Old Horse at the Door of a Tavern

That's the second time this week you've come home at midnight . . .

-Cristi!... what misfortune that I don't know Chinese... I would tell her with pleasure something pleasing for her and unkindly for her husband.

"Look! See that box...it contains the American representatives returning to Peking." \ "They say that car contains curious animals." \ "Yes! They are curious..., it's too bad because they don't see a lot of the country as they pass through

"You know well the big deputy in the presence of..."

The Marquis of Lescure, Chief General of the Vendéens

Lions

Frontispiece

The Sleep of Innocence, p. 149

"Let's go! My young friend, a good handshake . . ."

"But my dear Gogo, you joke . . ."

The Exposition. --Peace