BIB_ID
293132
Accession number
MA 1625.127
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1891 Apr. 10].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 19.9 cm
Notes
Dated in Flower, p. 192.
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.
The April number of The Century Guild Hobby Horse appeared a month late. Dowson's nervousness was due to the fact that it contained his "Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae!"--Cf. Flower, p. 192, n. 1.
Written from "Bridge Dock." Addressed to Carissimo. 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.
The April number of The Century Guild Hobby Horse appeared a month late. Dowson's nervousness was due to the fact that it contained his "Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae!"--Cf. Flower, p. 192, n. 1.
Written from "Bridge Dock." Addressed to Carissimo. 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
Apologizing for not arranging to see Moore that week, mentioning that "a great, purple spleen has obscured my soul & I have not been able." Mentioning upcoming engagements, but hoping to see Moore soon. Noting that he has not received his copy of The Century Guild Hobby Horse, and asking Moore to "confiscate" his copy if he receives it earlier than Dowson.
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