Pierre LOUŸS. 10 L.A.S. "P.L.", [circa 1909-1911], to Claude Farrère; 25pages in-8 in purple ink, 3 stamped envelopes. Piquant correspondence. Louÿs gives his opinion on the Larousse dictionaries, and judges that "the Larousse pour tous in two volumes is by far the most useful, the most practical and the best made"... Literary advice: "You're not reasonable to write three novels a year. You'll kill yourself; I'm telling you this with a shudder". Falsely scandalized reaction against Le Temps which printed (January 1, 1909) that "there is no difference between man and cow, because they both have a q.... [...] Under the presidency of Thiers, we didn't read any filth in Le Temps"... A detailed description of the initiation ceremony for young girls at Bridgeport High School, read in the New-York Herald on May 6, 1910: "American girls all have Justine in their desks! Quotation and commentary on a jolly song about "la fille à Dangeau", sung at the Duchesse d'Uzès' hunting parties, replacing the 1st line with "Le duc de Bordeaux!"... News from Toulon, women's stories and fâcheries: "Tamaris moisit sous la pluie. [...] The Lady with the pink ribbon has left for the Dauphiné with her husband. [...] I have become the intimate friend of the beautiful lady with the big tits on which you were casting concupiscent glances". He evokes a Mlle Véga who in 1890 "dressed in a simple blue gandourah, was doing cartwheels on the floor in front of the cafés of Algiers", the cause of his falling out with X.. Etc.