BIB_ID
292221
Accession number
MA 1625.15
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1889 Feb. 24].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Dated in Flower, p. 41.
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. Addressed to Dear Moore. Signed Adrien.
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. Addressed to Dear Moore. Signed Adrien.
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 a hangover (likely induced by the binge proposed in MA 1625.14). Noting that he awoke early and "waited in much distress fearing the worst." Mentioning that after a cup of strong tea and a tepid bath, he was albe to "eat largely & comprehensively" at teatime. Stating "To-morrow I begin a sever course of caring for my liver & the remaining coat of l'estomac," hoping "in two or three months" to "possibly venture a glass of claret & water." Noting that he has written nothing for "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus," and that the effort of writing this letter has exhausted him. Mentioning that "thanks to a merciful something or other I only had 1 whiskey & that early in the day; otherwise I should be, I feel convinced, already being measured for my little blue coffin." Asking Moore to "write soon & assure me that you are still in the land of the living," and noting that this "must positively be my last 'binge.'"
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