BIB_ID
292482
Accession number
MA 1625.69
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
1889 Nov. 7 [i.e., 9].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 15.1 cm
Notes
Misdated 7 November by Dowson; dated to 9 November in Flower, p. 114.
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.
The Story of a Violin was printed in August, 1891, in Macmillan's Magazine.
This is the first reference in Dowson's correspondence to Adelaide ("Missie") Folinowicz.
Written on from Middlesex Hosp[ital] Coll[ege] on stationery embossed with a green crest. Addressed to Cher Alphonse. 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.
The Story of a Violin was printed in August, 1891, in Macmillan's Magazine.
This is the first reference in Dowson's correspondence to Adelaide ("Missie") Folinowicz.
Written on from Middlesex Hosp[ital] Coll[ege] on stationery embossed with a green crest. Addressed to Cher Alphonse. 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
Responding to points in his most recent letter, noting that the periodical "Theater" has published a biography of the child actress Minnie Terry, including a "photo which I had before." Mentioning that he is dining with Samuel at "a Polis Pot au Feu in Sherwood Street, Glasshouse St., Soho," which is "cheap" and where "the cuisine is fair." Referencing "a little Polis demoiselle" (Adelaide Foltinowicz) "whom it is a pleasure to sit & look at," and comparing her to the child actress Minnie Terry. Briefly discussing horse races and the theater, referencing their work on the collaborative novel "Felix Martyr," and noting that he is working on "a little study of the over critical man and an amourette" (The Story of a Violin).
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