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Autograph letter signed : Woodford, to Arthur Moore, [1889 Mar. 17].

BIB_ID
292244
Accession number
MA 1625.22
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1889 Mar. 17].
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. 50.
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 Cher Confrère. 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
Referencing their collaborative work on "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus." Discussing his affair or "experiment" with the barmaid called "Lena" (see MA 1625.18), noting that the "liaison progresses" and that he is "quite content to let the affair develop itself ... on paper." Praising Robert Elsmere and comparing it to Adam Bede.