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ZOLA emile (1840-1902)

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ZOLA emile (1840-1902)
LAS "Emile Zola," Paris February 20, 1893, to a fellow writer| 1 1/2 pages in-8 (framed).
Zola drinking tea.
This is probably a response to an inquiry. "I stopped drinking coffee for twenty years. I've started to drink a little again, and I feel my nerves are getting pretty bad with it. But I am a great tea-drinker, and now I drink only tea, having long since ceased all commerce with wine. Now, I meet many people that tea prevents them from sleeping, when coffee leaves them perfectly calm. I believe that in these matters there is only a question of temperament and habit"...