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Letter from John Gray, London, to Pierre Louÿs, 1892 November 24 : autograph manuscript signed with initials.

BIB_ID
448603
Accession number
MA 14551.11
Creator
Gray, John, 1866-1934, sender.
Display Date
London, 1892 November 24
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.7 x 12.1 cm
Notes
Paper embossed with Foreign Office seal; place of publication supplied by cataloger.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Updating Louÿs on the impending publication of Silverpoints, specifically about the difficulty of reviewing proofs given that the typeset is entirely in italics; expressing his current deep unhappiness ("Maintenant c'est LA MORT qui m'aime maintenant. Ce sont La Folie et La Calomnie qui m'accompanment Je suis heritier."); pledging to leave England and become a French citizen; asking Louÿs to speak well of him to Robert Sherard, notifying Louÿs that Gray's father has died, a loss, which Gray asserts he is happy about ("Je suis tres content de la perte").