In a 1902 Journal Cather writes, as she recalls gazing upon the Mediterranean, "as Daudet said, one becomes a part of the foam that drifts, of the wind that blows, and of the pines that answer."
The last of Cather's "Special Correspondence" from Europe celebrates Daudet's hometown.
In a 1902 Journal article, Cather quotes Daudet in a description of Camargue's herdsmen.