Emmanuel CHABRIER. 2 L.A.S., [Paris] January-March 1888, to Louis Gallet; 1 page in-8 each. About a proposed libretto for an opera, Lumen. January 26. "I have been thinking about - and remain very much impressed by - the subject you spoke to me about today. Please prepare for Tuesday morning a sufficiently developed work, a large scenario, - I positively believe that I will fall to a halt and raise my proud spurs! I have 36 reasons to be in a hurry and go into exile promptly. - March 24. "I am still here for q.q. days because of some small business to be given delicate care. I beg you to give my maid, carefully rolled up, the script of the other acts of Lumen; I ran the 1st act, this morning, through my immense head, and I shall need to see the rest, which I remember only imperfectly, calmly. I will come to see you on Monday"...