Pierre LOUŸS. 5 autograph notes; 6 1/2 pages in-8. Anecdotes. - About a young girl making fun of an old man in a shabby frock coat, and bursting into tears when she learns it's Lamartine: "I hardly know a simpler or more touching story about a writer". - Dinner conversation between Mme Taskin and Bracquemond. - On a young girl hurt by being called Mademoiselle. Remarks on bad verses. The International Duel: "An acute conflict between two powers can currently be resolved in only two ways: Arbitration, War"; with draft convention for arbitration. We enclose: - 2 L.A.S.: to a gentleman, on his return from the Châlons camp; to a lady (Montigny s/Loing June 1, 1896), evoking Mme Forain, Musurus, Henri de Régnier announcing that he is going to be a father... - 2 L.A. (unfinished) to Paul Robert and Pierre Bracquemond; - a telegram a.s. to Judith Gautier. Plus a few miscellaneous documents, including a Chemins de fer du Midi permit (1906), a bailiff's certificate (1890), and an autogr. business card from René Maldan.