French translator (1862-1933). Autograph letter signed. Paris. 27.02.1899. 8vo. 3½ pp. on bifolium.
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To the cellist and conductor Achille Kerrion (1868-1939) with an invitation for him and his sister, the singer Stéphanie Kerrion, to join a party in celebration of Fabulet's return from London, where he had met the writer Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), the author of the "Jungle Book", which Fabulet translated in collaboration with Robert d'Humières (1868-1915) the same year. The event is hosted by his friend, the poet Edourd Ducoté (1870-1929), and is to be attended by many famous writers, including Hugues Rebell (1867-1905), René Bylesve (1867-1926), and Francis Vielé-Griffin (1864-1937), as well as the composer and pianist Camille Decreus (1876-1939), who is to accompany the festivity on the piano: "Cher Monsieur, je suis à Paris pour quelque jours, mes amis ayant voulu fêter un peu mon retour de Londres où je suis allé voir le grand Rudyard Kipling, l'auteur du livre de la Jungle.