BIB_ID
292714
Accession number
MA 1625.80
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
1890 Mar. [i.e., Feb.] 4.
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Dowson and Moore collaborated on "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus" in 1889; it was sent to many publishers but accepted by none.
Misdated 4 March 1890 by Dowson; dated ca. 4 February 1890 in Flower, p. 133.
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 Bassin du Pont. Addressed to Mon gros Prosper. Signed ED.
Misdated 4 March 1890 by Dowson; dated ca. 4 February 1890 in Flower, p. 133.
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 Bassin du Pont. Addressed to Mon gros Prosper. 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
Relating another publishers' rejection of their collaborative novel "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus," and wondering where they should next send the manuscript. Hoping to see Moore soon, and discussing Dowson's need to economize. Referencing the death of Moore's aunt, and mentioning mutual acquaintances.
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