Paul VERLAINE returns his corrected proofs to his English publisher. 1894.

Paul Verlaine (1844.1896)

Autograph letter signed to the British publisher William Heinemann.

One page in-8° on letterhead from the Grand Hôtel de Lisbonne.

Paris. October 10, 1894.

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“Dear Sir, I am returning to you, correcting the proofs and thanking you for the promptness with which they reached me. My address is still, 4 rue de Vaugirard and I remain your cordial and devoted friend Paul Verlaine. »

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After yet another altercation with Eugénie Krantz, Verlaine settled again at the Hôtel de Lisbonne in mid-September 1894. His friend Frédéric-Auguste Cazals was also staying there.

Verlaine met William Henry Heinemann (1863.1920) in November 1893 during his lecture series in England.