Dear friend,
Just two words in regard to the "green-gold tree of your life"! Have you still a few copies of your book on hand, and can you, or will you, in this case, intrust them to me for discreet distribution? If not, then I shall naturally apply to Fritzsch.
After taking the matter into serious consideration, I would advise you not to write to the king personally, but to Court Counsellor L. Düfflipp, Court Secretary to His Majesty the King, begging him to give the work to the king and referring to my communication in regard to the same. You will thus be spared the absurdity of using the curial style, the mere suggestion of which, in your case, makes me indignant.
We are rejoiced at the news of your recovery and also over the promised copies of your book, which reached us safely. The "register" filled me with alarm in all the dimensions of my innermost being.
"Der Menschheit ganzer Jammer fasst mich an" (Mankind's collected woe o'erwhelms me!)—etc. Come to us soon—quite unannounced—and convince yourself of our affection for you.
Source: The Nietzsche-Wagner Correspondence, ed. Elizabeth Foerster-Nietzsche, trans. Caroline V. Kerr (Boni and Liveright, 1921), No. 24