BIB_ID
292275
Accession number
MA 1625.28
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1889 Apr. 5].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Dated in Flower, p. 61.
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. Addressed to Dear Moore. Signed ED.
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. Addressed to Dear Moore. Signed ED.
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 that he has begun chapter X of "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus," but "on somewhat diff[erent] lines to those originally proposed." Proposing to visit the theater the following day. Describing his affair with the barmaid called "Lena," noting that there has been a "rupture" and that it seems to be 'the beginning of the end," admitting that he is "savagely annoyed."
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