Pierre LOUŸS. 8 L.A.S. "Pierre", July-November 1901, to his brother Georges Louis; 32pages in-8 or in-4, envelopes. Correspondence largely unpublished. - July 26. Worries about the health of his nephew Philippe, whom his parents have taken to Cairo. Then he talks about the excavations by Egyptologist Émile Chassinat in the ruins of the temple adjoining the pyramid of King Didoufri, successor to Khufu... - August 2. Concerns about Philippe's health; news of his son Tigre (Pierre de Régnier), whose education he is following; his novel Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, which "painfully reaches the 16th mile amidst the erasures that are beginning in young reviews"; Anatole France has refused to write the preface; he has tidied up his correspondence...- August 6. Articles sent (clippings attached). There have been "a few small erintements typed, about Pausole"... - August 7. He is relieved to learn of the arrival of Georges and his family in Cairo. "You know what these August days in Paris are like. No joy, no trouble. You don't see a living soul"... - August 21. He refers to an article about his King Pausole, which he attributes more to his brother's fame than to his own talent: "I find the Egyptians delightful for Pausole, or rather for your brother's hero, and that must mean that they are very anxious not to be unpleasant to you". Purchase of a "Japanese makimono measuring over three meters and an illustrated novel, both equally "spring-like" as the Japanese say. The novel is bad Tokio imagery, very modern, shot in blue, red and green, you get the idea. The makimono, on the other hand, is absolutely remarkable, and I'd give my hundred and twenty Rops right now for it alone, which cost me the paltry price of... 15 francs"; in particular, there's a splendid rape scene.... - October 16th. Sad letter after the recent death of his nephew: "Are you beginning to feel the kind of slump and almost calm that follows those terrible weeks. I would so much like to be with you. It's been a fortnight since I've had any idea how you're starting to live again, and I'd like to know that every hour of every day. André, son of his half-sister Lucie Chardon, is considered lost. "Since the beginning of September, I've completely changed my life. I eat lunch at noon and spend all my days in libraries, for my book on Louise Murphy. I think it will be interesting"... - [November 2]. He is very worried: "In the state of despair you are in, everything can become a cause of illness"; news of little André. - 6 [November]. Despite the fever, he went to André Chardon's funeral: "Lucie is very brave, they say; but Edmond, whom I saw, was weak, old, with haggard eyes and hesitant hands. I heard he had a terrible seizure on his last day"... Attached is a l.a.s. from Paz Louis to Pierre, December 2, 1901.