BIB_ID
292239
Accession number
MA 1625.20
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1889 Mar. 10].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Dated in Flower, p. 48.
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, on mourning paper. Addressed to My dear 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, on mourning paper. Addressed to My dear 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
Mentioning Dowson's difficulty in writing chapter VI of "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus." Discussing his affair or "experiment" with the barmaid called "Lena" (see MA 1625.18), noting that "this [is a] liaison of the spirit which will have to be conducted chiefly on paper."
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