View of the Courts of Justice and the Pont Neuf from the River Seine, Paris mb-code 42-16939374 This cartoon shows Robert Lowe

This cartoon shows Robert Lowe dressed in contemporary circus costume performing a sleight of hand with the 'surplus' egg in front of an admiring audience

They broke into a Neapolitan prison and released the prisoners

A 1935 book about the contests

They would add interest to events both social and military

Sir Gerald du Maurier

View of the Courts of Justice and the Pont Neuf from the River Seine, Paris mb-code 42-16939374 This cartoon shows Robert LoweView of the Courts of Justice and the Pont Neuf from the River Seine, Paris, 1931. The Conciergerie, the former medieval prison which is part of the Palais de Justice. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931).