DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright. A.L.S., A ...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright. A.L.S., A Dumas f, three pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to a gentleman, in French. Dumas writes, in full, ´En effet, Monsieur, j´avais reçu votre livre dans sa belle reliure, mais pas de lettre et je ne savais où remercier l´auteur de son gracieux envoi. Je suis incapable de lire couramment votre drame dans l´original, mais j´ai autant de moi une femme et une fille qui lisent l´anglais comme le français et qui me traduiront ce que je ne comprendrai pas. Je vous dirai immédiatement ce que je penserai de la possibilité de l´adaptation française´ (Translation: ´Indeed, sir, I received your book in its beautiful binding, but no letter, and I did not know how to thank the author for his gracious gift. I am unable to read your drama fluently in the original, but I have a wife and daughter who read English as well as French and who will translate for me what I do not understand. I will let you know immediately what I think of the possibility of a French adaptation´). About EX