[4] The German toys pay, since 1871, the ridiculous duty of sixty francs per hundred kilo.
[5] The doll à treize sous is a characteristic Parisian type; she belongs to the family of poupards and is usually made of papier-mâché or wood. After the making of the head the creative power of the artist comes to a sudden stand-still; the rest of the body is only a sketch and loses itself in an oblong chaos.
[6] "This is for friends."
[7] "What nice things, what nice things, how good this milk with sugar is! Don't cry, my darling, it is ready now!"
[8] "The milk first, the milk first—never mind, take one."
[9] The lower classes in Italy still use bleeding for all kinds of diseases, and this treatment is also extended to animals. I knew a monkey in Naples who was bled twice.
[10] Letters from a Mourning City, by Axel Munthe. John Murray: London, 1887.
[11] "Here I stand on a rocky shore!"
[12] The old means of communication between Capri and Naples. Unfortunately replaced by an ugly little steamer.
[13] Perhaps you are not aware of the common practice in menageries of keeping a rabbit in the monkey's cage for the sake of warmth.