Joris-Karl HUYSMANS (1848-1907). L.A.S., March 11, 1893, to François Coppée; 2pages in-12. After reading and rereading Coppée's Longues et Brèves, in particular the long piece on Paris: "How right you are to curse the rampages inflicted on us by the iconoclasts of the Ponts and the extraordinary ruffians who fill the City Council. Still, it's nice to find, in times like these, a few like-minded people with similar regrets! As usual, the book smells of intimacy and the delicious odor of poor little corners; with, as in Palotte, the lovely irony that passes over the decadents and the eternal adultery novels that you so finely pick out"...