BIB_ID
292730
Accession number
MA 1625.87
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1890 Feb. 23].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
Dated in Flower, p. 138.
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 & Son Bridge Dock stationery. No salutation. 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.
Written on C. Dowson & Son Bridge Dock stationery. No salutation. 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
Describing an impulsive trip to Oxford and mentioning mutual acquaintances. Noting that he did not visit Queen's (Dowson and Moore's college) since "a place which is born again every 3 years has its drawbacks." Describing extreme lethargy and proposing to call on Moore the following day.
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