BIB_ID
293182
Accession number
MA 1625.139
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
1891 June 30 [and July 1].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.6 cm
Notes
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 "Hôtel des 5 Frères, St. Médard d'Eyraux" (a small village near Mont-de-Marsan). Addressed to Mon cher. Signed Ernest Dowson.
Written from "Hôtel des 5 Frères, St. Médard d'Eyraux" (a small village near Mont-de-Marsan). 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
Describing his voyage and arrival in France. Thanking him for the letter he received upon arrival, noting that he also had letters from Lionel Johnson and Missie (Adelaide Foltinowicz). Mentioning that although he is enjoying his visit, he is beginning to think "that it is not good for a man to be alone" and that he is "appalled at the notion of spending 2 more days" there. Continuing the letter on Wednesday, and describing an encounter and the weather.
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