Letter from Anatole France, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, to Victor Prouté, 1915 April 4 : autograph manuscript signed.

Informing him that he is in good health and working hard since he left Versailles for the countryside (Touraine) because of the war (WWI). Leopold Kahn is sending him an architect to work on transforming a small indoor garden to a library. Gives him some news of the war. General (Joseph Jacques Cesaire) Joffre has had a disagreement with the government. People Anatole France sees or hears from don't think that there will be any decisive battles on the Western Front. He has heard that a new offensive is being organized among the Russians, British, and French on the Austro-Serbian border to turn Hungary over to the Allies, force Austria to make peace, and put Germany in an indefensible situation, but he has his doubts about its success. The letter has an overall tragic tone about the course of the war and the tremendous loss of life.