Émile ZOLA. L.A.S., December 16, 1896, [to actress Marie Laurent]; 1 page and a half in-8. He was unable to get through to F. de Rodays: "he told me he was resolved not to publish any article on the Orphelinat des Arts in Le Figaro. It was impossible even for me to insist, given his formal bias"... Attached is a L.A.S. to a colleague [Henry Leyret], Paris March 16, 1898 (1p. in-8), requesting an appointment.