NEWS 388: Mr. Hume dispensing with the fantasy of having his boots polished by Julius Caesar

NEWS 192: The terrible Girardo-Girardini piercing with his pen the unfortunate Thiers

NEWS 97: The soothsayers of Empire prepare themselves to consult the entrails of sacred ducks before Caesar chooses other ministers

NEWS 97: The soothsayers of Empire prepare themselves to consult the entrails of sacred ducks before Caesar chooses other ministers

NEWS 268: －The boa is digesting: no danger of his moving

NEWS 151: The good Mr. Ratapoil promised them that after they'd signed his petition skylarks would fall for them ready roasted

NEWS 154: Savage Bineau having at last found a use for his club on the boulevards[,] and making Parisians acquainted with all the charms of American roads

NEWS 29: A quarter of an hour after his death he was still alive

NEWS 122: Means proposed by the Charivari to Mr. Léon Faucher for avoiding telegraphic errors from now on

Mr. Potasse's courageous opinion... Constitutionnel!

French Types 2: The tailor: He walks with an arched back, his shoulders like a coat-stand and his elbows turned outwards. His suits, cut in the latest fashion, often clash with his boots and hat, he nearly always has a very euphonical name such as Wahaterkermann or Pikprunmann

NEWS 38: A DESCENT BY PARACHUTE. The Devil take Mr. Godard for having had the idea of cutting the rope when the balloon was right above a lightning-conductor

NEWS 128: Mr. DUPIN IN HIS SMALL SHOES: Seeing that the law on electoral reform will be warmly discussed; Mr. Dupin thought that this was the moment to present himself... to Clamecy

NEWS 128: Mr. DUPIN IN HIS SMALL SHOES: Seeing that the law on electoral reform will be warmly discussed; Mr. Dupin thought that this was the moment to present himself... to Clamecy

NEWS 43: Inconvenient for a Parisian aeronaut to conduct his descent in a country which is not inhabited by Scotsmen at all

NEWS 36: An ascent in autumn: Mr. Thévelin devoting himself to an aquatic-aerial exercise on his trapeze

NEWS 58: Mimi Véron finally believes to have found the true means of pulverising his enemy

NEWS 299: POOR FRANCE!... THE TRUNK IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, BUT THE ROOTS HOLD FAST!

NEWS 386: Mr. Babinet deciding to go and extinguish the sum himself, in order not to give the lie to his prediction

NEWS 158: A stampede of Lilliputians who had tried to garrote Universal Suffrage during his sleep

LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 91: A gentleman who wants to give himself the satisfaction of having his [death]mask

LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 91: A gentleman who wants to give himself the satisfaction of having his [death]mask

NEWS 387: Mr. Coste, perceiving that by dint of taking his fish out of the water to judge their state of health, they have finished up by being severely ill..

Ancient History 23: Beautiful Narcissus. He was young and beautiful; with their soft breath / The Zephyrs caressed his contours of manifold attractions, / And in the mirror of the fountains / He loved, as we do, to contemplate his features (Quatrain initiated by Mr. Narcisse de Salvandy)

NEWS 89: Well now!... they no longer seem to be troubling with me at all!