Alphonse DAUDET. L.A.S., October 26, 1864, to M. Giannetti; half-page in-8 on Corps Législatif letterhead. Presidency. He sends him an orchestra chair, but has been unable to secure a place for M. Porée. "We didn't have a dress rehearsal [...] We start Les Absents at 8 ¼." [This is the one-act comic opera Les Absents, lyrics by Daudet, music by Ferdinand Poise, premiered at the Opéra-comique this October 26, 1864]. Attached are 5 letters or pieces, mostly l.a.s., by Berryer, Changarnier, Montalembert, etc.