Jean de TINAN (1874-1898). 3 L.A.S., 1894-1898, to André-Ferdinand Hérold; 6pages in-8. May 12 [1894]. He thanks Hérold for Floriane and Persigant: "Today you are the one who knows how to evoke, for the joy of those who read, the Chevalier & Princess who symbolize. And I love you for being such a loyal poet, with such a delicately nuanced rhythm"... During his illness, the poems of Chevaleries sentimentales were "favorite dream companions"... Sunday [April 18, 1897]. He thanks him for the books, the Strauss and Fontainas, which he likes very much, and sends him a little poem entitled Dieu fait bien ce qu'il fait!... from which he quotes two quatrains (ça se chante): "Il a donné à Gourmont la Beauté He gave perfume to asparagus He gave the canker to the penis, Mais à Souza il a donné - l'e muet"... Etc. Abbaye de Jumièges August 20 [1898]. "It's not going well, Herold, not at all, - I'm swollen like a Jaurès speech (the unpleasant albumin)"; he can no longer read or work [Tinan will die on November 18].