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The real Latin quarter (1901)

Smith, Frank Berkeley, 1869- · New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co. · leaf 29

An illustration from The real Latin quarter, 1901, leaf 29
nt in color, andbitter with chicory, as one finds it in manyof the small French hotels. Two crescents,flaky and hot from the bakery next door,and three generous pats of unsalted butter,complete this morning repast, and all forthe modest sum of twelve sous, with threesous to the garcon who serves… … nearly every family in the Quarter. Bigyellow and gray Angoras, small, alert tor-toise-shell ones, tiger-like and of plainerbreed and more intelligence, bask in thedoorways or sleep on the marble-toppedtables of the cafes. Qu est-ce que tu veux, ma pauvreMimi ? condoles Celeste, as she ap-proaches…

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