[Illustration: THE FALSE CAGNOTTE.] THÉOPHILE GAUTIER. MY HOUSEHOLD OF PETS. Translated BY SUSAN COOLIDGE. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. [Illustration] BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS. 1882. _Copyright, 1882_, BY ROBERTS BROTHERS. UNIVERSITY PRESS: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. OLD TIMES 5 II. THE WHITE DYNASTY 25 III. THE BLACK DYNASTY 45 IV. OUR DOGS 66 V. CHAMELEONS, LIZARDS, AND MAGPIES 100 VI. HORSES 119 ILLUSTRATIONS. THE FALSE CAGNOTTE _Frontispiece_ AS FOR THE EYES OF THE CAT, THEY WERE RIVETED ON THE BIRD WITH A FASCINATED INTENSITY 17 THE WHITE DYNASTY 23 PIERROT 29 THE BLACK DYNASTY 43 LEAVE IS GIVEN HER TO PLACE HER FOREPAWS ON THE EDGE OF THE TABLE 57 OUR DOGS 67 MONSIEUR WAS STUDYING HIS LESSON 81 WHEN PAYING LITTLE ATTENTIONS TO HIS LADY-LOVES HE STOOD ALWAYS ON HIS HIND LEGS 85 THE CHAMELEON 101 MY HOUSEHOLD OF PETS. CHAPTER I. OLD TIMES.