From "Les Peres du Nihilisme," in _L'Ill.u.s.tration_.

No. 147. 117. Emile Zola on Style. By Emile Zola.

From _Le Figaro_.

No. 148. 118. The Man of the XVIth Century. By Victorien Sardou.

From _Le Figaro_, February 4.

No. 149. 119. The Forest Growing in the Heart of Paris. By Camille Flammarion.

From _Le Voltaire_, June 25.

No. 150. 120. The Tomb of Nichelet. By An Old Parisian.

From _Le Figaro_, July 10.

No. 151. 121. A Master Wizard. By Un Vieux Parisien.

From _Le Figaro_, October 6.

No. 152. 122. By Rail Across the Sahara. By Charles de Maurceley.

From _Le Voltaire_, January 23 and 27.

No. 153. 123. In the House of Mahomet. By Ignotus.

From _Le Figaro_, October 20.

No. 154. 124. The Chinese in Pnom-Penh, Cambodia. By Albert de Chenclos.

From _La Revue Liberale_.

No. 155. 125. Algeria. By Ignotus.

From _Le Figaro_, June 15.

No. 156. 126. The Drum. By Guy de Maupa.s.sant.

From "Contes de la Beca.s.se."

No. 157. 127. Henry Charles Read. By Maxime du Camp.

From "Souvenirs Litteraires."

No. 158. 128. Recollections of Baudelaire. By Maxime du Camp.

From "Souvenirs Litteraires."

No. 159. 129. A Converted Libertine. By Ricardo Palma. (Lima, 1880.)

No. 160. 130. Women of Fashionable Paris Society. By Emile Zola.

From _Le Figaro_, June 27.

No. 161. 131. La Parisienne. By Adrien Marx.

From _Le Figaro_, May 13.

No. 162. 132. At Sea. By Guy de Maupa.s.sant.

From "Contes de la Beca.s.se."

No. 163. 133. "Aunt Ess." By Arnold Mortier.

From _Le Figaro's_ "Contes d'ete," August 23.

No. 164. 134. Pasteur.

From _Le Figaro_, November 23.

No. 165. 135. A Ghost. By Parisis.

From _Le Voltaire_, October 23.

No. 166. 136. Matrimonial Agencies at Paris. By Ignotus.

From _Le Figaro_, April 20.

No. 167. 137. Liszt. By Ignotus.

From _Le Figaro_, May 25.

No. 168. 138. The Stranglers of Paris, etc. By George Grison.

From _Le Figaro_, May 23.

No. 169. 139. The Lights of the Wedding. By R. M.

From _La Epoca_, January 10.

No. 170. 140. The Foundation of Skadra (Scutari). By W. Stephanowitsch.

From French translation.

No. 171. 141. The Last Hideous Days of the Flatters Mission.

From _Le Figaro_, September 23.

No. 172. 142. The Two Neighbours. By Julia de Asensi.

From _La Epoca_, April 18.

No. 173. 143. Candita. By "Almaviva."

From _La Epoca_, October 18.

No. 174. 144. A Drunken Lion. By Hector de Callias.

From _Le Figaro_, June 30.

No. 175. 145. The Song of Love Triumphant. By Ivan Tourgueneff.

From _Le Figaro._

No. 176. 146. A Rich Man's Death. By Emile Zola.

From _Le Figaro_, August 1.

No. 177. 147. Germanillo. By "Juan Manuel de Capua."

From _La Epoca_, December 27.

No. 178. 148. Simon's Papa. By Guy de Maupa.s.sant.

From "La Maison Tellier."

No. 179. 149. "Las Hechas Y Por Hacer." By Ricardo Palma. (Lima, 1879.)

No. 180. 150. The Bishop's Twenty Thousand G.o.dos. By Ricardo Palma.