Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921). 8 L.A.S., 1893-1912, to Jean-Louis Croze; 12 pages in-8 or in-12, one envelope, one address. Amusing correspondence to the librettist of his ballet Javotte (1899). Appointments; dinners (at the restaurant in the Gare St Lazare, where, under the mysterious light of electric incandescent lamps, one can nibble and chat in complete safety! ); execution of Javotte (December 1, 1898), for which he delegates all powers; the author of the Tentation d'Antoinette wholeheartedly agrees to the conditions you have proposed, and will enroll as an honorary member of the Escholiers. Mr de Trédern sang to me today Là-bas [to lyrics by Croze] in a marvelous way, with such warmth and brilliance! Je ne vous dis que ça (Wednesday); EYPHKA! I will play Souvenirs d'Ismaïlia (n.d.); the director of the Opéra awaits ministerial authorization (London, October 7, 1912).... Plus an amusing bill from Croze: Maire Scie monde yeux I laid retroue V ce cher Sins anse. I laid tette O Canari . Enclosed is an autograph manuscript (1 p. in-fol.) of notes on the gavotte, a binary-measure dance that seems to have originated in the 16th century [...] it has become a piece of fantasy; a L.A.S. to M. Boyer asking for 2 tickets; an admission card for Saint-Saëns's funeral at the Madeleine church, and the printed brochure of the speeches given at his funeral.