Paul Verlaine sends his corrected proofs back to his English publisher. 1894.

Paul Verlaine (1844.1896)

Autographed letter signed to the British publisher William Heinemann.

One octavo page on Grand Hotel Lisbon letterhead.

Paris. October 10, 1894.

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"Dear Sir, I am returning the corrected proofs and thank you for the promptness with which they reached me. My address is still 4 rue de Vaugirard and I remain yours cordially and devotedly, Paul Verlaine."

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After yet another argument with Eugénie Krantz, Verlaine had once again settled in 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 series of lectures in England.