Pierre LOTI (1850-1923). L.S. to his friend the commander "François; 1 page in-4 on yellow paper with his motto Mon mal m'enchante (portrait attached). He wants to send some documents to be sent to Constantinople by a reliable friend: "I would be happier if you would take them yourself, but I know that, because you are a turcophile, the government did not want you to return there. Also I wrote, on your subject, very recently, to the Minister of War to tell him my indignation" ... A L.A.S. from his secretary Gaston Mauberger to the same is attached (1 p. in-8).