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New York, n.d. [ca. january, 1976]. 10-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches. In French. Each letter is one page, in ink, on a sheet of Waldorf-Astoria stationery. 3 pages in all. Contained in the pocket of a slipcase chemise for a copy of THE LETTERS OF ALDOUS HUXLEY inscribed to Engelhard by Ocampo (see below). From the library of Jane Engelhard. ¶ Warm, personal letters of from the famous Argentine intellectual, editor, and feminist Victoria Ocampo (1890? - 1979) on the occasion of a visit to New York City. The first letter thanks her for tea, the theater, etc. and begins, "Ch�re Madame, Pancho [Pamela Harriman] m'avait beaucoup parl� de vous ... mais tout de m�me pas assez. Vous �tes vraiment trop gentille et trop g�n�reuse avec une inconnue de passage ... " In the second letter, she writes enthusiastically of their visit to the Morgan Library (of which Engelhard was an ardent supporter): "Ch�re Jane, De tout mon s�jour � New York, cette journ�e a �t� la plus ... f�conde. Car apr�s votre bon d�jeuner et votre compagnie, la visite � la Morgan m'a appris bien des choses. Entre autres, la valeur que peuvent avoir des lettres que je poss�de ... Les manuscrits (musique et litt�rature) sont d'une vari�t� et d'une int�ret exceptionnels ... Merci pour ce cadeau que vous m'avez fait ... " In the final letter, the two are on familiar terms: "Nous nous tutoyons donc. Je suis contente que les pages sur le s�jour de Tagore [Ocampo's book TAGORE EN LAS BARRANCAS DE SAN ISIDRO) te plaisent. Pour les lettres d'Aldous, j'ai mis une note en marge de celle qui porte un petit papier ... J'ai trouv� dans le livre des Lettres de Huxley deux de mes lettres que je te laisse le soin de d�chirer, car elles ne sont que des petis riens ... " [with:] The copy of THE LETTERS OF ALDOUS HUXLEY (N.Y., Harper & Row, 1969) to which Ocampo refers in her last letter. As noted in her letter, she has inscribed it in the margin of p. 558 (a letter to her from Huxley), where she writes: "This book, that is not mine, has at least a few letters that A wrote to me. With my love to you, Jane. Victoria, January 1976. N.Y." In a custom quarter morocco slipcase and chemise with a special pocket housing the three letters

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