BIB_ID
413116
Accession number
MA 6397.3
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
Guildford, 1881 January 11.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.1 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Written on mourning stationery in purple ink.
This item is part of the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection. The large collection includes printed books, letters, manuscripts, puzzles and games, personal effects and ephemera, which have been cataloged separately.
The letter is signed C. L. Dodgson. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson adopted the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll" in 1856 when publishing a poem in "The Train." He used the pseudonym when publishing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other works, but wrote under his given name, Charles Dodgson, when publishing mathematical works and in daily life. For administrative purposes, all manuscripts are collated under the name Lewis Carroll.
Previously accessioned as AAH 476.
This item is part of the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection. The large collection includes printed books, letters, manuscripts, puzzles and games, personal effects and ephemera, which have been cataloged separately.
The letter is signed C. L. Dodgson. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson adopted the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll" in 1856 when publishing a poem in "The Train." He used the pseudonym when publishing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other works, but wrote under his given name, Charles Dodgson, when publishing mathematical works and in daily life. For administrative purposes, all manuscripts are collated under the name Lewis Carroll.
Previously accessioned as AAH 476.
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection; gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Summary
Concerning current theatrical productions; asking if she was the "good soul" who sent him a book of the play "Corsican Brothers" and adding he had not seen it, "but hope to do so next Monday, when I intend to come with a friend to see you in 'The Cup.' (Have you yet received the thanks of the Teetotallers? The Moral of the play is obvious: 'Had Synorix only been a Total Abstainer -);" inviting Edie or Mr. Wardell or Eddie or Marion or Florence to join him in his box if "...my lady-friend fails me at the last;" asking for her "...opinion of 'The Cup' as an acting drama. I suppose 'Queen Mary' and 'Harold' must both be counted as dramatic failures. Is this a genuine success?;" enclosing a paper he "...had printed for the benefits of my cold-catching friends;" asking, in a postscript, "Is Flossie married yet?" .
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