LOUYS Pierre (1870-1925)

LOUYS Pierre (1870-1925)

8 L.A.S. "Pierre Louis", "Pierre Louÿs" or "Pierre", and 1 L.A. (draft), 1892 and n.d.| 20 pages in various formats, one envelope (one mourning).
He failed the license for Latin: "Perhaps a little too much modern literature had prepared for this failure [...] I intend to work more seriously"... Courbet Barracks, Nov. 29, 1892. Bored in the barracks infirmary, he received a letter from John Gray which he passed on to a friend: "It is very frightening. He's so measured, so "reasonable" usually| he can only have written this in a week of madness. I think that
Teixeira is crazy too" . - During his brief stay in Paris, he wants to see his friend: "you know if (apart from my brother) I hate family!" . - To his brother Georges Louis, at whose house he will come for lunch. - He thanks for an article in Literature, and talks about Heredia . - Kind regards to "little
Paul", sick, and thanks to the same for "a lovely little calendar pump"... - Very corrected draft of letter as witness of Mr. X, to the opponent of this one