BIB_ID
292242
Accession number
MA 1625.21
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1889 Mar. 15].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Dated in Flower, p. 49.
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 Bridge Dock, Limehouse. Addressed to 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 Bridge Dock, Limehouse. Addressed to 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
Sending chapter VI of "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus," noting that "it is very bad, very long, & distinctly 'penny awful' not 'shilling shocking.'" Apologizing for the delay, hoping that Moore has "not been cursing [Dowson] very bitterly." Briefly mentioning ideas for chapter VII, and mentioning that he has had a letter from the barmaid called "Lena."
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