BIB_ID
413155
Accession number
MA 6397.8
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
Oxford, 1887 June 9.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.1 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Written in purple ink.
Written from '"Ch. Ch.", Carroll's abbreviation for Christ Church.
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 488.
Written from '"Ch. Ch.", Carroll's abbreviation for Christ Church.
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 488.
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection; gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Summary
Apologizing to her for what he said to her about "Faust;" saying "I took Ethel out for a walk yesterday, & of course we talked about you : & I write this just to tell you how sorry I was to learn from her that I had given you pain by what I wrote to you about "Faust" - I cannot say more, without needlessly re-opening a painful subject, than that I am very sorry to have given you pain - You have been much vexed with me, I fear : but do not, dear friend (I would say 'dear old friend', only one must not say 'old' to a lady) cherish your vexation against me for evermore - Will you not forgive me? And please do not say 'on what compulsion?' for if you play Shylock, who in the world is to play Portia? I am sure it is not for me to say 'the quality of mercy is not strained', with the sweet words yet ringing in my ears that I heard only last Saturday at the Lyceum - I had with me a grave, silent child-friend of 14, who had never seen anything but a pantomime. She said very little about it afterwards, but, as that little was 'I never enjoyed anything so much in all my life!', perhaps it is worth repeating. It has been a great pleasure to me to make friends with a friend of yours, & daughter of an old College friend of mine, Violet Barnes - I went to see her play in 'the Butler' the other day - It would be very interesting to know what you think of her acting, but perhaps you would rather not criticise a friend."
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