Pierre LOUŸS.15 L.A.S. "P" or L.A., [1910-1916?] and s.d., to his brother Georges Louis; 17pages, mostly in-8; 2 envelopes. Intimate letters to his brother, talking in particular about his health, the state of his eyes, his money worries... Some letters are probably unfinished and unsent. One letter amusingly recounts his vain visits to wealthy loan sharks, including Gustave Dauphin, to obtain a loan. He asks Georges about the excavations at Hierapolis in Syria (Membidj near Aleppo), and considers going there himself to excavate: "The temple of Astarte excavated by the author of Aphrodite, it's not indicated, but it's not absurd"... "There are people so colorless that even sovereignty followed by martyrdom is not enough to illustrate them. Look at Sadi Carnot. He had everything it takes to be immortal, and it's already nothing in the memory of those of us who knew him. Félix Faure, who was a minor figure and whose death is difficult to describe, holds a more important place in our history. He is a greater figure in it". - Reflections on politics: "Trictrac: that's Briand's game. It's the only great game where the art of losing is as valuable as the art of winning"... - On the war, Hindenburg, Pétain... Anecdotes about little girls playing doctor; about the Académie française; about Germany and Lorraine; about heredity... Enclosed is an autograph list of "Lettres à Georges 1911".