BIB_ID
413167
Accession number
MA 6397.9
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
London, 1889 January 8.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Written in purple ink.
Written from "190. Earl's Court Road, / Tuesday. Jan. 8/89 / 2.p.m."
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 490.
Written from "190. Earl's Court Road, / Tuesday. Jan. 8/89 / 2.p.m."
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 490.
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection; gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Summary
Asking if he and Edith Rix might call on her when they come to London to see "Little Lord Fauntleroy;" saying "Now, might we look in, for a minute or two, that day? Edith bids one say she 'won't be in the way' ! She would be very sorry to bore you, or tire you, but you have made so deep an impression on her young enthusiastic nature, that you could hardly give her a higher pleasure than to let her see you for a minute, face to face, and hear your voice, and hold your hand."
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