BIB_ID
292709
Accession number
MA 1625.78
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
1890 Jan. 11-12.
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 18 cm
Notes
Dowson and Moore's collaborative novel "Felix Martyr" was never completed.
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 Woodford. Addressed to Caro mio. Signed Ernest Dowson.
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 Woodford. Addressed to Caro mio. Signed Ernest Dowson.
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 their trip to the theater, lamenting that Mignon (the child actress Minnie Terry) did not perform that night. Discussing other plays, and referencing his continued work on Madame de Viole. Mentioning their trip to the Poland, noting that Moore "didn't enthuse as much as [Dowson] expected over la petite personne" (Adelaide Foltinowicz) and stating that "half the charm of dining there lies in the fact that you are honoured with the conversation ... of that little lady," noting that Dowson would "dine off fish snacks in Whitechapel for a similar privilege." Referencing their work on the collaborative novel "Felix Martyr," and relating an encounter at the Museum with Herbert Williams, editor of The Critic.
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