Pierre LOTI (1850-1923). L.A.S., [to René Doumic]; 2 1/2 pages in-8. He returned the proofs the same day: "There were so many mistakes that I asked you for a second proof. We've run out of time. I have therefore come only to ask you to have the manuscript revised with the greatest care by your proofreaders"... He adds, after his signature, a few mistakes he remembers; for example: "In several places, where I speak of the yellow-thought dress of the lady-in-waiting, the hyphen between yellow and thought had been removed, and this was very detrimental to clarity"...