BIB_ID
292933
Accession number
MA 1625.96
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1890 June 1].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
Dated in Flower, p. 149.
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 from "Church End / S. Woodford." Addressed to Mon cher. Signed Ernest Dowson.
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 from "Church End / S. Woodford." Addressed to Mon cher. 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
"Gently" breaking the news that their manuscript "The Passion of Dr. Ludovicus" has been rejected again. Complaining about his heath and the weather and referencing his inability to purchase new books. Enclosing (not present) a story by Dowson that he has submitted to Atalanta. Mentioning an outing with Victor Plarr and asking Moore to dine.
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