Dr. Doyle's Lecture (report 18 october 1894)
Dr. Doyle's Lecture is an article published in The Cincinnati Enquirer on 18 october 1894.
Report of the lecture "Readings and Reminiscences" given by Arthur Conan Doyle on 17 october 1894 at the Odd Fellows' Hall (Cincinnati, USA).
Report
Dr. A. Conan Doyle, the author, lectured to a large and cultured audience, at the Odd Fellows' Hall, last night. It was rather a talk along the line of authorship than a lecture, and as such was much better appreciated than it would have been had it consisted in a studied dissertation.
The noted novelist related in his peculiarly interesting way the story of how Sherlock Holmes, after going through 26 stories, was finally forced to die a tragic death. Then he told how he came to write "Micah Clarke," the story that made his reputation. Then he talked about "The Great Shadow" and "The Refugees." To the large audience his talk was eminently satisfactory, and his description of his manner and ways of writing his stories was most enthusiastically received.
