LA VIE DRÔLE Weekly illustrated chatnoiresque gazette appearing on Saturday N° 1, November 25, 1893-N° 11, February 3, 1894. Paris, Director-Administrator : Henri Jouard, Literary Director : Alphonse Allais, Editor-in-chief : George Auriol, Secretaries of the editorial staff : Narcisse Lebeau and Raphaël Shoomard. Texts by George Auriol, Georges Delaw, Jules Dépaquit, Maurice Donnay, Franc-Nohain, Edmond Haraucourt, Jules Jouy, Gabriel de Lautrec, Narcisse Lebeau, Georges Lorin, Armand Masson, Louis Morin, Jean Prairial, Willy, etc. Illustrations by Joseph Belon, Eugène Cottin, Georges Delaw, Jules Depaquit, Fernand Fau, Jossot, Henri Pille, Benjamin Rabier, Maurice Radiguet, Gustave Verbeck, Willette, etc. Complete collection. 11 numbers in 11 issues in 1 vol. in-4 bound (covers on different colored papers preserved). Handwritten notes of Vasseur (2 ff.). It is in n° 6 (December 30, 1893) that we find the new "Comédie anglaise" by H. de Lautrec which looks strangely like Ray Ventura's song: "Tout va très bien, Madame la Marquise." Joined: - The partition of the song: " Tout va très bien, Madame la Marquise ", humorous foxtrot interpreted by Ray Ventura (1936); - 1 photo of Alphonse Allais (collection Félix Potin).