Love letter from Junko Kasei, the heroine of Suicide at Lake Akan (Akan-ni-hatsu)

Self-portrait (replica) of Junko Kasei, the heroine of Suicide at Lake Akan (Akan-ni-hatsu)

4. The Thing at the Entrance to the Other World was Smooth and Flat, and from It ... [from "From Nine Dreams"]

Shiretokohantounoyamayama.chishimakazanmyakuhakokokaraakannitsuzuku

2. A Myriad of Sparkling Lights Were Strewn Like a Coronet at the Edge of the Band of Darkness [from "From Nine Dreams"]

NEWS 75: THE SETTLEMENT OR YOUR LIFE: The delicate manner assumed by the English in reclaiming a debt from a friendly people: －Twenty four hours to pay the interest at twelve per cent!

Daichou gan no kekkousei teni ni kansuru meneki soshiki kagakuteki kenkyuu : tokuni kekkan naihi saibou zoushoku inshi to kekkan shinsei kara mita kan teni no yochi ni tsuite

The Blue-stockings 25: The president shouting at the top of her voice: Ladies!ﾉ

Ancient History 10: Socrates at Aspasia's home

Ancient History 27: Telemachus ravaged by love. Despite Mentor, who grumbles at him without ceasing / He pillaged every morning / The most brilliant flowers for his tender mistress, / Flowers with which this lively hussy / Ornamented her satin neck (Cigarette by Mr. Alfred de Musset)

Strangers in Paris 17: Shops of greater and greater enormity －Can you show me, please, where the counter for cotton bonnets is?... －At the end of the 9th aisle on the right, then the 4th on the left, and once you’ve arrived at the 15th counter, ask for cotton bonnets; there they’ll show you clearly the way you should take to get there... －Oh! damnation... I’m very angry at having left my cab at the door of your shop!..

NEWS 163: THE NAPOLEONIC CONSTITUTIONNEL: The Constitutionnel places itself heroically at the head of the Frankish corps recruited from the rue de Valois and the rue de Poitiers to uphold the cause of Prince Louis

Viennet at the tribunal

Viennet at the tribunal

LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 24: THE CASHING IN OF A NOTE: －There you are young man... against your bill of exchange for five hundred francs, I give you two hundred brand-new francs, plus a barely used camel... it comes from one of our last forays and will shortly disembark at Toulon... －I'll still take the cash... I'll make a present of the camel to Josephine... she can use it to take donkey rides in Montmorency valley!..

PRACTICES OF THE MERCHANTS OF PARIS 6: She does make a fuss, that stuck up woman from the fifth floor, Wearing a hat! and two cups of milk for a sou! Damnation! Ma Capitaine, it's because we've got visitors this morning

Ancient History 14: Ulysses and Penelope. Chastely stretched on their bashful marriage-bed; / This noble married couple find themselves at last. / And when Ulysees snores, from his charming mouth / Penelope steals a loving kiss (Trifling work by Mr. Vatout)

Ancient History 14: Ulysses and Penelope. Chastely stretched on their bashful marriage-bed; / This noble married couple find themselves at last. / And when Ulysees snores, from his charming mouth / Penelope steals a loving kiss (Trifling work by Mr. Vatout)

BOHEMIANS OF PARIS 24: THE KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN SPUR: This so-called former Colonel of the Papal Guard, later aide-de-camp to the Prince of Monaco, awaiting as a prize for his services a distinguished post in the Government!... he would, however, willingly accept a tabacconist's shop or a position as an inspector of [street] sweeping; besides [this] he is a gallant man like all knights of his order, for a trifle demanding satisfaction from five-year-old children, perfectly making excuses from the moment you look at him in the face

Caricaturana 48: A candidate: Whom do you need?... A man of probity, conscientious, a serious man, a manufacturer, a man who doesn't need the government in order to become rich, a man familiar with the law, who knows it well, from experience, from long experience... A long experience of the law... You couldn't make a better choice, take my... take my honourable friend

The Representatives Represented / The Legislative Assembly 17: Félix Saint-Priest: Proof with letters. － de St. Priest is no less celebrated for his postal reforms than for his playful character. Since [the sending of] letters has been four sous, de St. Priest has not much to do; but, to keep himself busy, he has tried for some time to alter his blue spectacles; at least, that's what I conclude from the way he wears them!

Caricaturana 92: Sir, I despise the charlatanism of the poster, I despise the Puffs of the advertisement, I abhor everything which smells of the charalatan, the tumbler, the rope-dancer, and I limit myself to producing with all naivete and foolishness my merchandise. Read my catalogue! Scent of love, esteem and friendship, in phials from the Middle-Ages... Extract of the smile of infancy －Perfume of Adolphe's first steps－ Water of the peoples' alliance, for the handkerchief, with Beranger's song. Perfume of General Foy, a scent to strengthen the brain's fibre and to remind the French of their liberties and rights guaranteed by the constitutional charter. Surrounded by an oration given upon the tomb of the immortal deputy by one of his honourable colleagues. You see, it's impossible to be more simple

The Blue-stockings 22: The blue-stocking declaiming her play －Act 6 Scene 1... the theatre shows a tiger asleep in the desert... Rosalba barely drags herself forward, and does so with even greater difficulty because of her five children and her aged father: －Rosalba falls at the foot of a date-palm covered with coconuts, and cries in despair: Oh heaven, when will our torments finish. －The entire audience (in a low voice): ‘and ours, too, when will they finish, oh heaven!’

JOURNEY TO CHINA 19: CHINESE WORRIORS. All Chinese men have the right, from six to eight times a year, to carry a rifle, a cartridge-pouch, and even to wear a fur cap; then they apply themselves, more or less voluntarily to night patrols which have as their goal the maintenance of public peace. Only it happens quite often that the chief named KA-PO-RAL takes infinite trouble to prevent his warriors singing at the tops of their voices “mother GO-DI-CHON” or other Chinese ballads, and it is by waking with a start that the good citizens learn that their rest is being watched over

ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY 2: THEY MAKE THIS POOR PUBLIC SWALLOW THIS!! The Rubber Clyso-Trompe occupies, within the large family of emollients, the place which the gentle flute holds among wind instruments. The Clyso-Trompe refreshes ideas, destroys bugs, calms nervous irritation, opens up intelligence, purifies the Conscience of remorse, inspires Dithyrambs upon the museum of Versailles, but does not at all relieve colic. The lights of the ox in early infacy have received the commendation of all crowned heads. This admirable Pectoral cures Dim-sightedness, Corns, Whitlows, freckles, the mania for maknig dramas. etc. etc. etc. This velvet paste is most particularly suitable for everyone. It relieves hoarseness as if by hand. Duprez is indebted to it from 553 feet above sealevel, where he has never been. It even gives children in the best of health Whooping-cough