Essay on the intemperance of our country, the cause of its prevalence, and the means of suppressing it
Date1878
Names
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
(author)
Doyle, Adrian Conan
(contributor)
Format
Title from first paragraph in A. C. Doyle's handwriting.; Heavy foxing on 3 initial and 3 last leaves. Holograph (black ink). Written on the rectos only. The 42 sheets sewn by hand with brown thread.; Note at head of first paragraph is written in another person's handwriting: "The First essay that Arthur ever wrote for print". Accompanied by an envelope addressed to E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. Publishers... with notes by Adrian Conan Doyle (A. C. Doyle's son), ca. 1952?
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Language
ProvenanceGift of Anna Conan Doyle. Previously owned by the author's son, Adrian Conan Doyle and bequeathed to the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection in the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library by Anna Conan Doyle, Adrian Conan Doyle's widow.
CollectionArthur Conan Doyle Collection
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession Number37131055014799D
Dewey Number178.10942 D598
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=2721232
Country:Great Britain
15 June 1929
1878 cica
late 1800s
approximately 1902
1900 circa