BIB_ID
249906
Accession number
MA 6364
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
Eastbourne, 1891 August 10.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 15.5 x 10.1 cm
Notes
Written from "7. Lushington Road, / Eastbourne."
This item is part of the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection. The large collection includes printed books, letters, manuscripts, puzzles and games, personal effects and ephemera, which have been cataloged separately.
Removed from the "Carrolliana" album (MA 6347) assembled by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., folio 26.
The letter is signed C. L. Dodgson. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson adopted the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll" in 1856 when publishing a poem in "The Train." He used the pseudonym when publishing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other works, but wrote under his given name, Charles Dodgson, when publishing mathematical works and in daily life. For administrative purposes, all manuscripts are collated under the name Lewis Carroll.
This item is part of the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection. The large collection includes printed books, letters, manuscripts, puzzles and games, personal effects and ephemera, which have been cataloged separately.
Removed from the "Carrolliana" album (MA 6347) assembled by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., folio 26.
The letter is signed C. L. Dodgson. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson adopted the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll" in 1856 when publishing a poem in "The Train." He used the pseudonym when publishing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other works, but wrote under his given name, Charles Dodgson, when publishing mathematical works and in daily life. For administrative purposes, all manuscripts are collated under the name Lewis Carroll.
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection; gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Summary
Asking whether she is able to travel alone to Paddington Station from the village of Goring (near Reading); saying that meeting her in Paddington would be more convenient for him than coming to get her in Goring; asking also whether next Saturday would be suitable; explaining that Jessie Bond and Rutland Barrington are appearing in a "Musical Duologue" in Eastbourne on Saturday evening and saying that, if the date does work for her, he would like to know soon, so that he can get tickets; requesting that she respond by telegram; discussing the dress code for the theater: "I think ladies dress for the stalls much as in London, & that hats are not allowed to be worn in the evening."
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