Excerpt from The World's Wit and Humor, Vol. 11: French, International Caricature; Musset to Rostand; Two Centuries of Cartoons I need not state that my works had crossed the Channel and that the English were quarreling for Copies. They quarrel over everything except what they understand. One day I received a letter from a young hen-blackbird in London. I have read your poem, she said, and it has inspired me with such admiration for you that I herewith Offer you my hand and heart. God has made us for each other; for I, like you, am a white blackbird. Imagine my surprise and delight. A white hen-black bird? I said to myself. Is it possible? Then I need no longer live alone upon earth. I immediately answered the fair unknown in such a way as to show her how acceptable to me her proposal was. I persuaded her either to come to Paris or to permit me to fly to her. She answered that she would rather come to me, because her parents were worry ing her nearly to death. She would put her affairs in order, and then be with me almost at once. And so, a few days after her letter, she came herself. She was the loveliest little blackbird in the world, whiter even than I. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.