Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (1808-1889). L.A.S., October 31, 1867, [to Frédérick Lemaître]; 2 pages in-8. Superb letter of admiration to the great actor, who had created the title role of Père Gachette (Folies-Dramatiques, June 13, 1867; Barbey had praised him in Le Nain jaune of July 11). This letter seems unpublished. He thanks the actor for his photographs. "But believe that the most beautiful one, - for this one is colorful and fiery, - I have it there, in my head, full of you! Tell Mr. Carjat I congratulate him. You or he, you have chosen the right moment to fix, since the magnificent unity of the role, - the circulation of the whole role escapes the painter. Only, I would have liked two more moments: P. Ex. When you are deliberating on the means of getting out of this madhouse, - camped against the fireplace, chin in hand, meditative and sculptural: Then, when facing the public, you want to prove to yourself that you are not mad, and you say, with your hand outstretched: "But this hand I see there is indeed my hand. There are five fingers..." I don't know the words anymore, but I know my feeling, and I'll never lose it. " He evokes dinners at their friend Silvestre's house that Frederick didn't come to. "You had, without doubt, to be for me the most powerful reality and the most impatient of dreams"...