27 V 28.

11. RUE SAINT-FLORENTIN.

Dear Miss Stein;

I suddenly realize that my sister has asked several friends to tea Friday and that it would be much nicer if you could come with your friend to our tea. Please come. It will be a rather a large party as I shall have several of my younger "DISCIPLES", but you will not mind and I shall manage to see you.

Faithfully and respectfully.

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nesque itself. And they have never been spoiled by literary critics and enlightened tourists.

When I had a minute I took care of our little Bravig. He is in good shape, writing beautiful advertisements at the Agence Dorland, helping me to correct the proofs of Franklin and putting the final touch to his coming baby. He has found a little cottage in the bois de boulogne and lives there under the protection of a portugese sculptor. I have introduced him to a few American la dies endowed with money and good cooks, so his stomach did not have to suffer too much from the summer season and he did not grow thin.

I saw our little friend T onny who claims to be in love and ready to marry a Cuban girl. Such is the story he is spreading around at any rate. He came the other night to tell me he needed money and wanted to sell some drawings. I found for him some ot her American ladies with artistic tastes and good pocket books and I hope everything went well, although I am not sure.

England is invading Paris and filling the atelier of Mr Cheli cheff. It seems that his genius appeals particularly to English minds and if Macdonald does not destroy England before six months, if the sterling holds somewhat Mr Chelicheff will be rich.

On the contrary Mr Eugene Mac Cown is getting poorer and poorer. It is rumored that his exhibition was a flop. It is said that he did only give champagne at his opening night to one third of his invités, and that he did not give it to the third who would have bought. The result was bad, or at least lacked efficiency. This is sad.

But we had a great excitement. You probably heard of it. Mr Hart Crane feeling that genius was coming into him and remembering that according to Plato "Poésis esti mikra mania" went to get a great deal of "mania" in a café. When he was thouroughly drunk he strongly refused to pay. The saloon keeper, who was a lady or at any rate a woman, discussed with him, but failing to persuade him called for the police. Indignant of that impolite action Mr Hart Crane began calling the ladies a great number of names, and unfortunately drunkenness had broadened the circle, ordinarily rather narrow, of his French. The lady was indignant, the policemen too. And there followed a sad adventure. Mr Hart Crane, refusing to follow the police, was beaten, trampled under feet by them, and finally kicked and triumphantly carried away by them as the Tro jans carried the body of Patrocles. The crowd was horrified and tried in vain to interfere. Fate was against Mr Crane. He stayed in jail ten days, and we had a lot of trouble to get him out. We had to persuade the old lady that he did not speak French. She would not believe us until we had given proofs....

Mr Crane is free and has sailed for God's own Country.

Now I am leaving you for the dinner given for me by the girl who is not going to marry me. I have to be on time. But I shall write again. And if you had a minute to send me some news I should appreciate it immensely. You can always write 16 rue St Guillaume.

With deep respect, and most sincere "attachement",

I am

Yours.

16. Rue Saint Guillaume. 7e

T/1.30.

Dear Miss Stein,

I have worked on my translation of Melanchta, and, I think, have improved it. I'll call on you and read it to you Sunday at 6. - Is this is inconvenient to you? Don't know. If inconvenient, kindly tell me what other time Saturday or Sunday would suit you? -

I was so glad to have you in my room. Since then it has a new and new real atmosphere. -

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and very active, who said that if the French Parliament did not vote
the money for the Chaire du Collège de France in Marche would at on
create a committee (franco américain) to raise it, and choose Poin
caré as President of it, that Poincaré could not and would not refuse
because of their personal friendship. So that would be a good stroke.
Even a lot better than getting the money from a millionnaire. (My friend
is not a millionaire, but a very ambitious lawyer).

So yousee that my week end in Belley has given me my good ideas and
luck (I am treating with the N.Y. Times for the serial rights of my
Washington. I have signed the treaty for the"Benny Bache Jacobin.")

I owe you a lot. And your friendship is one of the very few
perfect things in my life.

I am grateful, deeply, and respectfully devoted.

Kenyon College,
Gambier. Ohio.

2 XI 30.

Your Kind note has reached me, and I was delighted to hear
from you, but I had so much work and was rushing around in such a mad
fashion, that I was prevented from answering you at once.

I shall be in New York at the Harvard Club from Nov 3 to Dec 4. The
address is 27 West 44, but I really should prefer youto keep the book
with you until I come back to Paris on Dec 12; so many books and packa
ges are lost by the post, and the Harvard Club is so careless! I shall
go to see you as soon as I am in Paris, to tell you EVERYTHING, and I
shall then receive the book. It has too much value for me to be put
at the hazard of the international Post Offices.

I have been mouving a lot. Having a good time. I have given here
a lecture on you. I am going to give one at Harvard on you next week,
(Nov 12). They were frightfully eager to hear things about you, and we
had a two days discussion follow,ng my lecture. But some people asked
me things about Katherine Mansfield. Who is she, who was she? Was she
any good? Should I read her books? What I have seen of her is little
and failed to excite me. Maybe I am wrong.

America is very nice. The economic depression has improved America
a lot. People are more polite, more friendly, more curious, more restless,
more educated, more thirsty, more antiprohibition, more American, than
a year ago.

I had a frightfully fine time here at Kenyon. There were 300 young
boys, and a lot of old trees. The frivolous old trees with their red-
yellow, brown, purple foliage which they carelessly spread round them,
the earnest young boys with the many unnecessary dull knowledges they
were collecting hezvily for their future serious life, made a pleasant
contrast. Both were handsome, both were "virgin". I felt as old and
frivolous as the trees, which did not care a rap. But I felt as young
and earnest as the boys, tho not for the same reasons. Any how I enjoyed
it. And it was a rest. A most busy rest. My room was sooften invaded
by the boys. And moreover I had to tour all over Ohio to see Indian
Mounds and lecture (I want to have a Calorifere electrique 16 rue St
Guillaume and it is very expansive.)

Now I am going to spend 1 week in Harvard, a week in Washington two
weeks in New York, and sail back to France on the Paris (Dec 5 th).

I long to see you.

With my respectful and faithful devotion for Miss Tokles and
you.

Clermont, le 11 VI 31.

Chère Amie,

merci de votre lettre. Jeme réjouis de tout
ce que nous allons avoir à dire et à faire ensemble à Bilingnin.
Malheureusement un contretemps va retarder un peu mon arrivée.
Cette année il y a tant de candidats au Baccalauréat que je se-
rai pris Samedi matin jusqu'à midi. Il n'y a du Puy qu'un train
pour Lyon l'après midi, à 14 49. Il me met à Lyon à 19 42. Et
de Lyon il n'y a pas de train pour Culoz avant 22 58, ce qui me
mettrait à Culoz à 1 19, ce qui est trop tard. Je pense donc que
je coucherai à Lyon et repartirai le lendemain matin à 6 55 pour
être à Culoz à 9 03. P. Ca vous arrange t'il?

Il n'est pas impossible que je trouve au Puy un autobus qui me
mettrait à Lyon Samedi assez tot pour prendre le train de 19 35,
arrivée Culoz 21 40. N'est ce pas trop tard? Je vous télégraphie
rai du Puy.

J'espère pouvoir rester jusqu'au Mercredi soir.

Je travaille terriblement, et je fais ma campagne électorale.
Des tas de vieux Messieurs à voir. C'est drole. Ils sont aigres
quand on s'attend à les voir aimables, aimables quand on s'attend
à les voir aigres. Je déteste ce travail mais c'est assez drole
et instructif.

Vu George P.L. qui a beaucoup parlé de vous. He is sweet and
takes pictures of people. I have introduced him to several people
who were very much impressed by him.

Yesterday in Paris a great banquet for Butler. Never in my life
did I see a worse "stuffed shirt" than Butler now is. The wine was
good tho.

Marvin Ross has not yet sailed, he is becoming quite a problem.

Tuesday I am giving a party for Hollywood stars who are broke,
and bankrupt bankers who are going to Hollywood to earn money.

Siegfried is candidate to the Institut.

Jean Cocteau is fighting Beaumont.

René is publishing a book.

Maurand gave a party. The hats were good. Julian Green looked like
an English pantomime dancer. He was getting a "mauvais genre" which
does not become him.

I have been offered an "honorary Membership" in the "Interna-
tional Mark Twain Society, of Webster Grove, Mo." "in recognition
of my outstanding contribution to culture". I did not know that I
had contributed so much. Webster Grove knows better.

I am lunching Sunday with Tardieu and Miss Morgan. She is sweet
just now.

I gave a talk on Proust last week, which made quite a hit.

I'll tell you a lot more next Saturday or Sunday.

With great respect, I am, Faithfully yours.

Le Tremblay, 13 VII 31.

LE TREMBLAY-SUR-MAULDRE

☑ MONTFORT-LAMAURY

TÉLÉNO PONTCHARTRIN

VILLIERS-NEAUPHLE ET LAVERRIÈRE

(SEINE-ET-OISE)

Dear Friend,

I should have written before, but as a matter of fact I was too tired to do so. 8 days of baccalauréats in Clermont, and two hectic days of work, rush, gossips and so on in Paris had exhausted both my strength and my moral energy.

Well, I received your telegram and wrote at once to Ranée Seillières. I have not yet her answer. She is travelling somewhere, but I expect she will be back home in one or two days and I hope to have the answer Thursday or Friday. I really believe she will accept, and it is alxo the opinion of my and her friends here, the Vogués. They tell me that her husband had asked them to find so me interesting work for her this winter as they are going to spend it all alone in the place in Forbach Moselle. My telegram and letter to her suggested that she takes the job, and that we (she and I) have a first meeting to see how things should be done, for instance translate together ten or fifteen pages. Then she could work alone. I should be ready, if she wanted, to translate myself the most difficult passages, but I feel she does not need it. I told her, and I am sure you agree, that the whole thing should be taken as a real "professional" piece of work, I mean that she would be paid regularly (you imagine that with Bravig she, being very generous, managed to make no financial gain) and on the other hand she would have to take it as a regular job and do the thing in a certain period of time.

I firmly believe that it will be all right. I should try to go to Forbach to start her sometime in August after having seen you in Belley (I may and hope to go to Genève and your region during the first half of August). I feel also you and her should some day have a meeting. But I feel that it would be better to have the first meeting without him. She is an adorable and very chaver woman. In his own way he is a very interesting man, but he is more "tout d'une pièce". I mean she will love the adventurous side of the thing, and he will be rather afraid of it. So we should try to make impossible for him to spoil it for her. (Think of that, in her last letter she spoke of you and asked me about you in a very funny and intelligent manner! She has a kind of dry curiosity which is very attractive.) She may be somewhat afraid of the originality of her style, as she thinks that she is not original (which is not true, she is very original, and really very bold.) but I believe I **aan** make her feel safe. She claims to have a certain admiration and trust for my judgment.

My plans are: one or two days in Paris, then London, two or three weeks according to the need of my work. Then Paris for a short time, then Genève and YOU, then Forbach (if things go well) then Midi, then Florence, then Paris. I do not want to leave Paris for a long time as my "grande affaire" requires my constant cares. Things go smoothly, but not without some dangers and in triques. I shall tell you that some other time.

You know my great affection, respect and devoument,

P.S. Did you see the absurd pictures of J Joyce getting married? That's exactly Shawique. Too bad.

Clermont, le 14 XIII 31

Chère Amie,

j'ai vu Renée Dimanche et nous
avons examiné les 40 permièrespages de sa traduction. C'est très
joli, très exact, très fin et très net. Parfois un peu sec, mais
j'y remédierai. Elle le fait avec gout et avec plaisir.

Vu la Duchesse Jeudi, qui toujours gentille continue à nous
aider. Ca doit s'arranger.

Mes nouvelles sont assez curieuses. Bédier a obtenu une con-
sultation qui déclare Siegfried Forclos, il l'a fait taper à la ma-
chine et envoyer à tous les membres du Collège. Il veut les convo-
quer le plus tot possible et les faire voter. Siegfried commence
à être géné. Il m'a fait dire par un de ses amis qu'il allait se
retirer. J'attends. Mais ca sent moins mauvais. On parie en ce mo-
ment pour moi à 3 contre 2. Mais je me méfie toujours.

Je tacherai d'aller vous voir Jeudi ou vendredi.

En hate avec ma profonde affection.