For the first time, a complete edition of the letters of Prosper Merimee (1803-1870) to his friend Jenny Daquin (1811-1895) was published in French in November 1873. The book, including 333 letters from Merimee, was compiled by his “stranger”; the autographs of the letters have not survived. The cycles of these letters, individual letters and excerpts from them have been translated into Russian since 1874. CONTENTS: Prosper Merinet. Letters to a Stranger (Translation by L.I. Kudryavtseva) (5). ADDITIONS From the letters of Prosper Merimee (translation by N.I. Kudryavtseva) (287). Letters from Zhenya Daken to his nephew (translation by I.N. Kudryavtseva) (298). Zhenya Daken. Doubt (translation by Yu.B. Korneev) (300). APPENDICES A.D. Mikhailov. Prosper Merimee in his letters (302). Notes (compiled by L.D. Mikhailov) (328). Main dates of the life and work of Prosper Merimee (compiled by A.D. Mikhailov) (407).