RUSSIA. Olga Valerionovna Karnovitch, Princess PALEY (1866-1929) mistress then morganatic wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch of Russia, to whom she bore three children. 3 L.A.S., 1922, to André Chaumeix; 10 pages in-8 or in-4 with her crowned cipher, 2 envelopes. On the publication of her Souvenirs de Russie in the Revue de Paris (1922). June 23. She sends the end of her text: "This is not work, the words are repeated, the odious situation having not changed since August 1918 until Jan. 1919. [...] I was very saddened yesterday to learn that friends of mine are saying that 'I am trafficking in my pain' - how cruel"... She mentions her worries about dealing with Plon or Fayard, and the help of Paléologue; she sends the manuscript to Walter Berry... Marienbad [vignette of the Hotel Stern] July 8. She is shocked to discover on the proofs that the article about her son [the poet Wladimir Paley, executed by the Bolsheviks in July 1918], to whom she is particularly attached, has been removed, and demands his reinstatement: "I wrote all this with my blood, I have won a heart disease"... Marienbad July 18. She receives extremely complimentary letters about her memoirs: "I am happy with the success, [...] firstly for you, who trusted me without knowing me, and secondly because historical truth will be safeguarded"...