BIB_ID
292439
Accession number
MA 1625.60
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
1889 Sept. 1.
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.5 cm
Notes
Addressed to Mon cher ami. 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. Their collaborative novel "Felix Martyr" was never completed.
Localized in Flower, p. 103.
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. Their collaborative novel "Felix Martyr" was never completed.
Localized in Flower, p. 103.
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
Referencing a planned trip together. Noting that Sam Smith and Swanton have taken a flat, and mentioning that Dowson is "not altogether delighted with the prospect of their -- or rather of Samuel's -- becoming a permanent feature of the metrop[olis]." Mentioning that Dowson dined with [J. P.] Martin, who is "an awful wreck," noting that Dowson and Moore are "visions of radiant health in comparison." Discussing his work on their collaborative novel "Felix Martyr" and on his own "Madame de Viole," and mentioning that he has sent their "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus" to yet another publisher. Describing a recent trip to the theater.
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