Autograph letter to Hugo expressing the writer's admiration for Hugo's works and his regret at being too poor to buy them all. He asks Hugo where he could obtain cheap copies.
Written at Aire-sur-la-Lys, Pas-de-Calais.
Regnier mentions that he is a furir ("fourrier") at the 1st Regiment of Cuirassiers. He was also a journalist, working for the Propagateur du Pas-de-Calais.