BIB_ID
292317
Accession number
MA 1625.42
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1889 May 19].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
Dated and localized in Flower, p. 79.
Dowson and Moore collaborated on "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus" in 1889; it was sent to many publishers but accepted by none.
Dowson's obituary was premature; the periodical continued for some time.--Cf. Flower, p. 79, n. 1.
No salutation. Signed ED.
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.
Dowson and Moore collaborated on "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus" in 1889; it was sent to many publishers but accepted by none.
Dowson's obituary was premature; the periodical continued for some time.--Cf. Flower, p. 79, n. 1.
No salutation. Signed ED.
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.
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, 20 December 1954, lot 205); gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin in 1954.
Summary
Giving a brief obituary and discussing the demise of The Critic, noting "sudden is not the word for the death: it was instantaneous," and for want of £11. Asking for Moore's opinion on their collaborative work "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus." With a postscript offering Moore a dog.
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