Inside Out Library · Explore

The real Latin quarter (1901)

Smith, Frank Berkeley, 1869- · New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co. · leaf 207

An illustration from The real Latin quarter, 1901, leaf 207
fe, a bourgeois couple,who have arrived on a late train no doubtto spend a month with relatives in Paris,are having a warming tipple before pro-ceeding farther in the drizzling rain. Theyhave, of course, invited the cocher to drinkwith them. They have brought all their191 pets and nearly all their… … Ah, yes, it has been a long journey!sighs the wife. Her husband corroboratesher, as they explain to the patronne of thecafe and to the cocher that they left theirvillage at midday. Anything over two hourson the chemin-de-fer is considered a journeyby these good French people !192 As you continue on…

Artists

Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from The real Latin quarter

More like this