BIB_ID
292278
Accession number
MA 1625.29
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1889 Apr. 6-7].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 18 cm
Notes
Dated in Flower, p. 62.
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 gray stationery embossed with a horseshoe and ivy leaves. Addressed to Cher Ami. 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 Church End, Woodford, on gray stationery embossed with a horseshoe and ivy leaves. Addressed to Cher Ami. 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
Discussing his affair with the barmaid called "Lena," expressing pleasure that Moore has had the opportunity to meet her and asking his opinion of her. Noting that Moore has correctly guessed her age, and that she will "not be seventeen until the 30th of May next." Expressing surprise that Dowson cares so much about the affair, noting "I think it is chiefly because she is such an absolute child ... and in spite of obvious faults, she is on the whole pleasant to look at." Mentioning their collaborative work on "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus." With a postscript (dated Sunday proper) stating that he has had "an intensely lazy day" and has he regrets to say, "meditated only -- on Ludovicus." Promising to deliver it by Tuesday, and asking Moore to forgive his "most unworthy collaborator."
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