DUMAS ALEXANDRE Père: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A very fine Autograph Manuscript by Dumas, one page, blue paper, 8vo, n.p., n.d., entitled `Le Dernier Cri de la Pologne´, (''The Last Yell of Poland''), in French. An unusual and in some way poetical manuscript of Dumas, referring to an agonizing Poland whose yell is not listened by the Kings and compares their distress with the ones of ships sinking, stating in part `Quelque fois en mer dans les nuits orageuses, pendant l´obscurité, on entend un de ces grands cris de détresse qui indique qu´un navire est en perdition. Alors il est du devoir de tout marin, même au risqué de sa propre vie….´ (''Sometimes at sea, in stormy nights, during darkness, one hears one of those loud cries of distress which indicates that a ship is sinking. So it is the duty of every sailor, even at the risk of his own life..''), further saying `Voici plus d´un an que de pareils cris parcourent les pays et viennent mourir dans l´oreille des Rois qui demeurent tranquillement à leur place. Mais le dernier, celui que nous allons citer, est le cri supreme, c´est le plus douloureux. La Pologne agonisante..´ (''It has been more than a year since such cries roam the countries and come to die in the ears of the Kings who remain quietly in their place. But the last one, the one we are going to quote, is the supreme yell, it is the most painful. The dying Poland..'') Very slightly trimmed upper edge and a small paper tape to the bottom right corner, not affecting the text. G to VG Dumas most probably refers to one of the 19th century Polish uprisings, in 1848 against Prussian rule and in 1863 against Russian rule. Foreign powers did not support these Polish uprisings.