Abstract The five scenes in these postcards, acted by children, communicate a severe handling of the cicada. In the last scene, she is lying disconsolate as the "ant" directs her to go dance in winter. Spinning wheel and guitar characterize these two. Each card's front contains a few verses of the fable in red. I am amazed to have found a full set of these cards through the generosity of Bertrand and his family. Bergeret apparently moved out to present one fable in a series of photographs after...

Abstract "A la Marquise de Sévigné." The image of FS has the fox slinking away while the stork reaches into the tall vase. WC, WL, and WS all have nicely colored small pictures, and all have the verse text of La Fontaine underneath. I am not sure that I have seen a card as narrow in one direction and as long in the other. One can probably date this card because it allows half of the verso for "correspondence." Earlier cards left the whole verso for the address of the recipient. These cards...