BIB_ID
292178
Accession number
MA 1625.8
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1889 Feb. 3].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; cm
Notes
Dated in Flower, p. 32.
Dowson and Moore collaborated on "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus" in 1889; it was sent to many publishers but accepted by none.
Part of a large collection letters from Ernest Dowson to his close friend Arthur Moore, the English solicitor and writer, with whom Dowson wrote four collaborative novels. Items are cataloged individually; see related collection record (MA 1625) for more information.
Written from Church End on C. Dowson and Son stationery (stationery heading has been canceled). Addressed to My dear Moore. Signed ECD.
Dowson and Moore collaborated on "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus" in 1889; it was sent to many publishers but accepted by none.
Part of a large collection letters from Ernest Dowson to his close friend Arthur Moore, the English solicitor and writer, with whom Dowson wrote four collaborative novels. Items are cataloged individually; see related collection record (MA 1625) for more information.
Written from Church End on C. Dowson and Son stationery (stationery heading has been canceled). Addressed to My dear Moore. Signed ECD.
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, 20 December 1954, lot 205); gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin in 1954.
Summary
Hoping to see Moore soon, in order to discuss "'Ludovicus' & other matters." Proposing an idea: "that we start a small manuscript book in which we both write ... You write chap[ter] I & send it to me, I then return you the booklet with chap[ter] II & so on. Each writing on one side of the page only -- & each having liberty to add & interpolate on the fly leaf of the other's portion." Inquiring how well Moore thinks it will work, and stating "Of course we must get at least 1 chapter done a week." Discussing a performance of Hamlet, praising the scenery and disparaging the actors. Mentioning "La Complainte Humaine," noting that "Jean Thorel" [pseudonym of Jean Raymond Virgile Bouthors] has asked Dowson for names and addresses of "English gens de lettres," and that Dowson has suggested Swinbourne, Lang, Oscar Wilde & Lady Dilke "as the most feasible."
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