SAINT SAËNS CAMILLE Autograph Letter Signed C St S to photog

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"SO MANY UNFORTUNATE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LED TO . . . DEATH BY . . . EPIDEMICS" SAINT-SAËNS, CAMILLE. Autograph Letter Signed, "C. St. S," to photographer René Thorel ["My dear René"], in French, praising him for urging soldiers to look after their hygiene since epidemics bring death to young men, reporting that his last concert is to be held on the 22nd, and expecting to be home on the 24th. 1 1/2 pages, 8vo, written on the first and terminal pages of a folded sheet, "Grosvenor Hotel" stationery; moderate foxing to first page along horizontal fold. London, 4 June 1910

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"I see with pleasure that you recommend cleanliness to the soldiers.
". . . [I]t was not long ago that we saw colonels, generals speaking out against the improvements that we were trying to introduce . . . .
"It is with these . . . ideas that so many unfortunate young people are led to a useless and deplorable death by . . . epidemics. . . ."