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Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Grand Hotel, Caux; Switzerland; "Dear Sir; Will you allow me through your columns to warn your readers against a book called "Strange Secrets"... "
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 

Grand Hotel, Caux; Switzerland; "Dear Sir; Will you allow me through your columns to warn your readers against a book called "Strange Secrets"... "

DateSeptember 30, 1895
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No indication of recipient. In his note Arthur Conan Doyle asks [the editor?] to warn the readers that, contrary to what the book cover suggests, out of large number of stories in the "Strange secrets" only one is by him. The Strange secrets compilation included Doyle's short-story "Secret of Goresthorpe Grange".
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ProvenanceGift; Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection; purchased at Empire Auction, Toronto, in 2009, with a first edition of the book "Strange secrets".
CollectionArthur Conan Doyle Collection
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131055101588D
Dewey Number823.91 D598 D598.6 V. 4 NO. 7
Country:Switzerland
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