Pierre LOUŸS. 9 L.A.S. "Pierre" or "P" and 6 L.A. or minutes, 1914-1917, to his brother Georges Louis; 34 pages in-8 or in-12, one envelope. Correspondence during the war, mostly unpublished. 1914. Tuesday evening [April]. His eyesight is improving; he attributes this to his affair with Mlle M. [Jane Moriane]: "So, the more I expend my nervous force, the more my optic nerve is alive. - And vice versa. (So if I live to be old, I'll die blind, but I know that. When you have an illness whose treatment consists in acting like a young man, it's nice to take care of yourself.)"... - Monday evening [August 31]. Before leaving Paris (in the face of advancing Germans), "I first had to secure the suitcase I had brought here, which contained my family and business papers, my collection of autographs, the manuscript of Psyché, etc."; and he missed the train to Bordeaux. With the outcome of the fighting in Belgium uncertain, he hesitated to leave... 1915. - Tuesday. Considerations on the cold and colds and bronchitis... - February 8. Amusing account of a "rather advanced flirtation" on the train with M. de M., "a very dangerous woman"; Louÿs regrets having kept his promise "never to be her lover"... - August 27. Dinner with Paul Robert and lively conversation about the war; considerations on accepting death; dinner with Musidora... 1916. - Monday midnight [June 19]. "I have no salary, no pension, no fees, no annuities. My profession is stopped by the war. What can I do? I ask you and Paz. Of two eyes, I have only half an eye. [...] I think I can publish Poëtique for nothing, at Crès: five pages"... - Sunday evening and Monday [July 2 and 3]. He rejoices at the improvement in Georges' health. - August 1st. He returns to his financial difficulties and the need for him to find work: "It is a necessity for both of us that I find a resource, a regular salary until the end of this war"... - Tuesday [August 8]. "To liquidate my terms and my house account, to move out, move in and have a few months of existence ahead of me, I would need a fairly large loan: about twenty thousand. [...] There are two solutions left. Get mobilized. [...] Last way: get a civilian job within the limits of what I know or can do"... - Monday [August 28]. "Still no news from anyone. My letters are as empty as my little house". He has been living like a recluse for many months... lawsuits against his landlord, divorces, illness... - October 24. Commentary on a clipping from L'Intransigeant, criticizing its director Léon Bailby, "reserve officer in peacetime, hasn't done a day's service in wartime"... 1917. - March 26, on authors killed, wounded or taken prisoner. - On the Chardon family and his half-sister Lucie...