Draft of a letter to M. Berthelot, Ministre des Affaires Étragéres, recommending Fernand Desmoulins for the cross of the Legion of Honor and stating his …
With conjugate blank leaf. Declines an invitation. "...I am nailed to my work-table..[and]...lead the life of a recluse..." Describes his reaction to the uproar caused …
Explains to Monsieur (an official of the newspaper, le Gil Blas) reasons for his specified lengths of installments for the morning serial [of his novel …
Due to wife's illness Zola cannot fix a definite day. Suggests that the dinner engagement stand on the chosen day, subject to confirmation the evening …
Unsigned letter in Zola's hand. Halévy "told me...that you were against my presenting myself [to the Académie Française] this time, without the cooperation of all …