In 1895 Octave Uzanne and Albert Robida published, in France, _Contes pour les Bibliophiles_ ("Stories for Bibliophiles"). The eleven stories in _Contes_, all revolving around books (or at least printing) are interesting, bizarre, weird... one could go on in true Fanthorpian fashion. But even better than the stories are the illustrations by Albert Robida. Robida was born in 1848 and died in 1926. During his lifetime he reportedly drew 60,000 pictures and wrote and/or illustrated over 200 books. His first published work came out in 1866, and he appeared in "La Vie Parisienne," as well as journals less well-known to the world outside France. One of his works, _La Guerre au XXe Siècle_ (1887) …
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