A whirlwind of smoke and ashes seizes the air you breathe, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

The more beautiful the drama, the more sad the orchestra is to hear, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Joseph Hippolyte Jules Caqué, Honoré de Balzac

Leftovers, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Quichon, Henri Fournier

Not only can the Parisian engage in a strengthening exercise; but he acquires the safety of the foot, the glance and the intrepidity of the mountaineer, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Henri Fournier

The Chameleon declares that he is happy and proud to be, as always, of the same opinion as everyone, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Joseph Hippolyte Jules Caqué, Honoré de Balzac

All that remains is to close the blessed trunk!, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Quichon, Henri Fournier

It is good that he coaxes and flatters her in front of her husband, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Auguste Barbant, Henri Fournier

The Parsley Bouquet

J. J. Grandville, Bernard Romain Julien, Becquet

...Happy to get away with it so cheaply, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Henri Fournier

I was deprived of the happiness to pick it up... I saw a hundred times an agile rival offer it smiling to our common goddess, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Auguste Barbant, Henri Fournier

He was only waiting to make fun of the pursuer and the pursuit, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Victor Laisné, Henri Fournier

He rose like those small sea monsters that decorate the fountains, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Quichon, Henri Fournier

One does not bother an honest man with trifles like this, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Henri Fournier