LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 25: A MEAGRE DINNER: －The fish was good, but it's far too dear on the bill... thirty nine francs for a meagre dinner!... －This restaurant owner's a heretic... he breaks one of the most Christian precepts: thou shalt not eat expensively on Fridays!..

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!..

SKETCH OF THE DAY 28: You know the fat deputy from opposite, who's a representative at 25 francs a day, well, this morning I read off the newspaper that they'd given him a commission! －A commission pays generally seventy five centimes without even a written decision... on that day he should've made 25 francs 15 sous, what luck!

LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 12: A day of the 1st performance

LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 12: A day of the 1st performance

LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 62: THE DAQY WHEN YOU HAVE TO DISPLAY GALLANTRY: －How much is that big bouquet?... －Ten francs －Good God!... and this little here? －Fifteen francs －Damnation!..

SKETCHES OF SUMMER 40: －Sir, would you be kind enough to tell me when you'ld like to pay me back the five hundred francs you've been owing me for a long time... －My dear man, you're unreasonable to make such a request of me, you clearly see that I have nothing on me at this very moment..

PROFILES 5: THE PORTER ON HIS ROUNDS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY: Nothing but 115 francs for my wishes, and I've already done eight floors!!! Dunces of Tenants! Another time I'll give them wishes... wouldn't they like to get it!

LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 80: A PHILANTHROPIC LOTTERY: －The gentleman －for my twenty francs I've won a dreadful woman's bag... how ridiculous! －The lady －and I['ve won] a pair of razors one of which is badly dented... what a bore!..

LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 61: A MISTRESS AT THE OPERA: －You see that little brunette dancer who's [skirt is] ballooning now... well, dear chap! I've had her for a week... she's mad about me!..

Strangers in Paris 12: A fixed-price dinner: There’s a restaurateur who does things on a large scale... for our thirty two sous he’s given us a stomachache worth twenty francs per head!..

The Flowers of Edo (A Collection of Actors' Portraits) : No. 2, a Collection of Pictures with the Letter Ki, Kiji mo Nakazuba

LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 71: A STEEPLE-CHASE WINNER: －So you confirm that I came in first... －My dear chap you were magnificent... everybody envies your lot!..

LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 11: A DINNER AT VÉRY’S: So! I've just dined as a bachelor!... yes! but my wife entrusted me with a louis and I've got left... sixty centimes!

MISADVENTURES AND DISAPPOINTMENT OF MR.GOGO 4: But my dear Gogo, you're joking, how can you leave in your business the three thousand francs my daughter brings you, and the two hundred thousand francs for which you are indebted to her?... do you consider that? to expose the fortune of my child to the risks of commerce!... and if you don't succeed,... if you die, my daughter will then be ruined?... not so, not so, if you please! you're going to marry according to dowry regulations, to put into a good mortgage,... Devil take it! I should foresee a separation, today you're a friend, tomorrow you're not, you see it all the time

MISADVENTURES AND DISAPPOINTMENT OF MR.GOGO 4: But my dear Gogo, you're joking, how can you leave in your business the three thousand francs my daughter brings you, and the two hundred thousand francs for which you are indebted to her?... do you consider that? to expose the fortune of my child to the risks of commerce!... and if you don't succeed,... if you die, my daughter will then be ruined?... not so, not so, if you please! you're going to marry according to dowry regulations, to put into a good mortgage,... Devil take it! I should foresee a separation, today you're a friend, tomorrow you're not, you see it all the time

The City Embraces a Delightful Morning

(The City Embraces a Delightful Morning)

The City Embraces a Delightful Morning

BOHEMIANS OF PARIS 10: THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE EMPIRE: Deuce, deuce! I've taken advantage of Véry, Véfour, the Café Anglais, I've disappeared without paying, on the pretext of an important post I'm waiting for... here am I descended to 32 sous dinners and they give me my bill... I shall have to change my standing... I'm going to play the banker who's forgotten his purse

The Blue-stockings 21: Goodbye my dear Flora... Don’t forget..

LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 58: IN CARNIVAL MOOD: －Let's go and laugh and [dance] jigs!... personally, I'll be disguised as a friend!... －Excellent!... you won't be recognised!..

SKETCHES OF EXPRESSIONS 14: My dear fellow, may I have the pleasure of your lending me 15 frcs.[francs].－Willingly, but I've only got ten. －Deuce!...deuce!... give them to me anyway, you can owe me five

LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 30: A CUSTOM OF INDIA: My dear friend, I come to make my most sincere compliments to you... our prince is definitely dead, and it is to you, the oldest officer of the palace, that befalls the distinguished honour of accompanying his wives to the pyre, where you will burn with them!..

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 25: Below the upper vignette: A solicitor on the look-out for Bineau the Savage, minister of public works. Below the lower vignette: The friendship of a great man is a kindness of the gods! － Particularly on a rainy day and when the gutters are full