Emmanuel CHABRIER (1841-1894) 2 L.A.S., [Paris] January-March 1888, to librettist Louis Gallet; 1 page in-8 each. 2 L.A.S. from Charles LECOCQ, 1878-1891, to Emmanuel Chabrier (7 1/2 pages in-8) are enclosed. On the subject of a proposed libretto for an opera, Lumen. January 26. "I have been thinking about - and remain very impressed by - the subject you spoke to me about today. Please prepare a sufficiently developed work, a broad scenario, for Tuesday morning - I positively believe I'll fall over and put up my proud spurs! I have 36 reasons to be in a hurry and exile myself promptly"... - March 24. "I am still here for q.q. days because of some small business matters to which delicate care must be given. 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 only imperfectly remember, calmly. I'll come and see you on Monday"... 2 L.A.S. from Charles LECOCQ, 1878-1891, to Emmanuel Chabrier (7 1/2 pages in-8), notably on Alfred Bruneau's Le Rêve.