DOUGLAS ALFRED: (1870-1945) English Author & Poet, the intimate friend and lover of Oscar Wilde. A.L.S., Alfred Douglas, two pages, 4to, Hove, Sussex, 5th September 1937, to [Collin] Brooks. Douglas announces, 'I read with interest your reference in today's Sunday Dispatch to the poem “The Curate Says You Have No Soul”’ and continues to inform his correspondent that ‘It is by St John Lucas, & I published it, when it was written round about 1908, in The Academy when I was editing that weekly', further adding, 'In those days, I always published a poem a week in The Academy. It is astonishing what a lot of good stuff I got by people then unknown & since famous' continuing, 'I chose it quite regardless of the name of the author. I afterwards became friendly with Lucas & I dined with him more than once in his rooms in the Temple. He wrote some very good poetry & was a charming fellow.' VG
Collin Brooks (1893-1959) British Journalist, Writer, and Broadcaster.
St. John Lucas (1879-1934) English Poet known for his anthologies of verse. From 1905 Lucas was a friend and mentor of Rupert Brooke.
The Academy, a review of literature, art, and science first published in London, 1869.