John Bull, Junior; or, French as She is Traduced

by Max O'Rell

[ 22. ] Planche, "a plank."

[ 33. ] Allons me voila sauvé, "Now I am saved."

[ 41. ] Migraine, "Sick headache," an indisposition to which French ladies are subject, when they are reading a novel and do not wish to be disturbed by callers.

[ 48. ] Elle se retira.... "She retired to her room and prepared for bed. But who could sleep? Sleep!"

[ 48. ] Celui qui écrit, literally "He who writes."

[ 49. ] Poitrine, "chest" (part of the body). Caleçons (unmentionables).

[ 49. ] Il feutra, il gaucha, formed from the nouns feutre ("felt," material) and gauche ("left,"contrary of "right").

[ 51.]	"Look at Pierrot hanging
	Because he did not restore the book;
	If the book he had restored
	Pierrot wouldn't have been hanged."

Fac-simile of John Bull, Junior's, Exercise.

1. Europe is a part of the world.
2. Asia is a part of the world.
3. Africa is a part of the world.
4. America is a part of the world.
5. My father is in France.
6. My cousin is in Germany.
7. Your brother is in Dresden.
8. Where is thy sister? She is in Paris.