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JAMMES Francis (1868-1938).

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JAMMES Francis (1868-1938).
L.A.S. "Francis Jammes", Orthez May 1901, to Téodor de WYZEWA| 3 pages in-fol. (small cracks repaired).
Long, beautiful letter. Jammes first thanks Wyzewa for his letter, which gave him "the purest sensation of glory". He writes to her "in front of the warm meadow, in a garret where I isolate myself above the room my mother occupies. My old dog is there, harassed. My pipe is lit. I listen to my heart to write to you". He evokes "the mystery of inspiration", and his works that so please Mme de Wyzewa, to whom he will send the proof of Almaïde d'Entremont, rejected by the Revue de Paris...