Autograph letter signed, dated : Bône (Algeria) Dec. 27 1900, to an unidentified recipient, 1900 Dec. 27.

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Autograph letter signed, dated : Bône (Algeria) Dec. 27 1900, to an unidentified recipient, 1900 Dec. 27.

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Discussing at length the casting, costumes, and staging of Les barbares, asking about the Messidor affair, expressing the hope that the new century will be a good one--the 19th is dying but will have a great place in history--, mentioning [Meyerbeer's] Huguenots, Hansen, Alma-Tadéma, Hatto, Héglon, Alvarez, Rousselière, Noté, Racine, etc.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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