32 Queens Terrace
N.W.8
Dear Bry‹h›er:
Hats off. This is my first attempt
Iam
drunk but not with Fine.Though an eno[x]
mous one stands in sealed magnificence onte
the table
I shaal never use a pen again,
itis so exciting tomake mistakes in sp
elling and in spacing,My literary style
will change completely .giving me yet
another namesake. Dear bryher and dear
robert weshould just love to come to Par
is .iam thinking over whether we ougyht
even if we can. But more of that when w
e see you again. i am now too worn out
with this mighty effort tosay more than ‹bbb›
bless you both for your visit and its ‹NNNNN›
relics visible and invisible. ‹NNN NN›
much love ,
dqrqthy.
issee now that Dada came first into beig
on a type writer __wyhavecappitalsorsep
arateyourwqrdsb bbbBBBBBB BBBB . . .
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,Finis ,.
- This is Dorothy Richardson’s first typewritten letter.
- ‘Fine’ could be a typographical error for wine, or could be a reference to brandy.
- Bryher and her husband at this time, Robert McAlmon, were spending much of their time in Paris and had invited Richardson to join them. She had already been to Paris in the spring of 1924, and had there come across Dada, who were famous for their experiments with typefaces, word size and spacing, among other things.
