Artist as a Young Man, and Finnegans Wake. Rare A.L.S. "James Joyce", 1p. 4to., [n.p.], Apr. 24, 1922 to his close friend Richard Wallace (1870-1927), American book illustrator and advertising man who lived in Paris. In part: "...The enclosed may interest you. Will you please return it when read? I will pass the letter on to Miss Beach. No, I never go to Michaud's or anywhere else for that matter. Yes, Dr. Collins invited me to lunch somewhere but I did not accept the invitation...". Dr. Joseph Collins (1866-1950), was a prominent neurologist who also wrote a number of works on literature, as well as many literary reviews for the leading publications of the day. He also published numerous translations of contemporary French and Italian works. Collins was one of Joyce's earliest supporters, publishing, in 1922, one of the first reviews of Joyce's masterwork Ulysses. However, Joyce broke with Collins soon after when he sought the doctor's opinion about his gradual loss of sight. Collins attributed Joyce's failing vision to syphilis, and widely publicized this view among mutual friends such as Ezra Pound. Joyce was enraged at his diagnosis, and refused to meet or correspond with him after. Thereafter, he would communicate with Collins only through the recipient of our letter, Richard Wallace. Joyce's animus toward Collins, hinted at in this fine letter, appears more fully in both Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Pencil docket in blank bottom area easily removed, minor wear to edges, else very good. A fine association piece, written the same year that Ulysses was published.