Maurice BARRèS (1862-1923). 49 L.A.S. (one incomplete) and 1 - Lot 191

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Maurice BARRèS (1862-1923). 49 L.A.S. (one incomplete) and 1 - Lot 191
Maurice BARRèS (1862-1923). 49 L.A.S. (one incomplete) and 17 L.S., 1911-1923, to Henry Cochin; 100 pages in-4 or in-8, many Chamber of Deputies headings, envelopes. Enclosed is a business card, and a copy of an article on H. Cochin and Lamartine at Bergues (1913); plus 15 L.A.S. of his wife Paule Barrès, one of his son Philippe, and various documents. Beautiful and interesting correspondence to his friend Henry Cochin (1854-1926), his colleague in the House (député du Nord, 1893-1914), writer and specialist of the Italian Renaissance, collaborator in various works during the War, and a very esteemed friend. We can only give a brief overview here . 1911. Charmes 24 December]. He praises the clarity, the pleasure, and "this exquisite combination of poetry and science" of the Jubilees of Italy.... 1912. January 6. His Petrarch rekindles the admiration that was once shown, in the entourage of Anatole France ("where I was a young disciple"), for the first Italian studies of Cochin, "model of French work, attractive and learned, discussing the texts as they should be, but respecting their souls and making them flourish", unlike the work of the Germans, who lack this union of "solidity of critical spirit and perfect courtesy of heart, mind and morals"... 7 October, about Cochin's study on Lamartine: "Ah! if we had the time! Yes, it would be nice to have a series of articles to research and to justify what remains in us of living and fruitfulness of the great love we had for the romantic masters at twenty years of age"... 1913. August 8. Recommendation of his friend the Benedictine Dom Pastourel; reflections on Montalembert whom he admired in his youth through the perfumed book by Mme de Craven, which he had read to Renan's grandson... 17 August, about his articles on Lamartine: only "the colour of my feeling" is given there... 27 October 1913, thanking Cochin for his speech For the Popular Churches, which arrived as he was putting in order
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