Here, the civet offers a hit of snuff to an old beaver, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

As soon as I set foot on the island..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac

What's that noise? and what does this scoundrel want?, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Andrew Best Leloir, Honoré de Balzac

At this frightful story, Zemire throws himself at Azor's feet, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac

She responded to my protests and oaths with a tone of mockery so cold that I swore to die, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac

The oldest rabbit jumped respectfully on his grandfather's lap..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Louis-Henri Brevière, Honoré de Balzac

I was ignominiously arrested, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Pierre François Godard, Honoré de Balzac

The further we go, the less we penetrate the horrible mystery of which the unfortunate toad was a victim, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Andrew Best Leloir, Honoré de Balzac

The Sloth yawned: 'I had...waited', from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac

I urged them to eat some boiled eggs, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac

He tells us: don't cry, Act!, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Andrew Best Leloir, Honoré de Balzac

The author of this attack is a delicate little wolf, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Andrew Best Leloir, Honoré de Balzac

The Beautiful World of the Tuileries, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Andrew Best Leloir, Honoré de Balzac