ZOLA Émile (1840-1902). L.A.S. "Emile Zola", Paris December 23, 1896, to a fellow journalist; 1 page in-8. On his candidacies for the French Academy, where he failed no less than twenty-four times. "As always, the historical word that you lend me about the Academy is not true. I did not say it, and I deny it with all my strength. Nobody, not even you who are a considerable man, has the right to believe that I can, by presenting myself to the Academy, nourish another design than that to be received there ".