Alphonse DAUDET (1840-1897) 20 L.A.S., [ca. 1880], to his wife Julia; 80 pages in-8 or in-12, one address. Affectionate correspondence to his wife, written mainly during his cures at Neris and Lamalou-les-Bains. He is concerned about his family. He has become a "very strong medical specialist [...] at the cost of much torture. The weather is getting better and "seems to be turning blue, maybe I'll calm down and stop my drugs a little. It is so cruel to suffer! He attended the Bells of Corneville: "Well childish, spoiled music; and I suffered, with the fear of returning to my room, where I had spent the afternoon to twist and desolate myself "... In addition to the treatments and his "sad baths", and his sufferings, he evokes his readings, the few distractions, the other curists, etc. Earlier, a letter of July 24, 1871 tells of a stay in Nîmes, and reassures about the health of his father...