LITERATURE - MANUEL Eugène (1823 - 1901) - Autograph letter signed

Studied at the Ecole Normale, then joined the Department of Public Education in 1870, where he taught rhetoric in various French towns. In 1878, he became Inspector General.
Autograph letter signed Paris, 15.01.1870 to a friend: Vous serait-il agréable de venir aujourd'hui samedi, à 1h. précise, à la répétition générale de ma petite pièce ...".