BIB_ID
292713
Accession number
MA 1625.79
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
1890 Jan. 27.
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
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 on C. Dowson and Son Bridge Dock stationery. Addressed to Mon Vieux. 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 on C. Dowson and Son Bridge Dock stationery. Addressed to Mon Vieux. 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
Describing an encounter with Herbert Williams, noting that the three hour meeting reduced Dowson "to the verge of suicide & murder," and further describing an outing with other acquaintances. Mentioning his intention to purchase a plaque representing Mignon (the child-actress Minnie Terry). Referencing his "Madame de Viole," and discussing literature, mentioning George Eliot, Emerson, Daudet, De Maupassant and Stevenson and praising Henry James. Mentioning that Dowson again feels hopeful about the prospects for their collaborative novel "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus."
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