BIB_ID
292206
Accession number
MA 1625.12
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1889] Feb. 18.
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Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Dated in Flower, p. 36.
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, Woodford, Essex. Addressed to My dear Sayle [canceled] Moore. Signed Ernest Dowson.
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, Woodford, Essex. Addressed to My dear Sayle [canceled] Moore. Signed Ernest Dowson.
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, 20 December 1954, lot 205); gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin in 1954.
Summary
Discussing his revisions to chapter two of their "The Passions of Dr. Ludovicus," and referencing his "generous allowance of ... the fascinating fluid [absinthe]." Further discussing the "revised programme" and their work on the story, stating that they "must meet again soon more soberly." Inviting Moore to dine with Dowson and Bouthors, and enclosing a "second scheme" or outline of chapter summaries, asking whether it differs from their former one.
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