Greeting card to Major Pond (january 1896)
This greeting card was sent by Arthur Conan Doyle circa january 1896 [1] during his Nile cruise with his wife Louisa Conan Doyle to his agent in USA, Major James B. Pond (Everett House, New York, U.S.A.). The greeting card is a 13-line poem with 8 syllables per verse.
The full poem as published in the magazine To-Day on 15 february 1896 : Christmas Poem from the Pyramids.
Card
When on us your card you drops
You pass the house of Mr. Cheops;
Then on your left you bring to view
The Bungalow of friend Chefru,
Next door to whom Miss Sphinx has got
An eligible building lot.
These are our pals, and if you call
We'll introduce you with them all,
And let you use our golf link too
Straight from our dorr to Timbuctoo,
And so adieu !
May Fortune's tricks
Leave you unharmed in '96.
A. & L. Conan Doyle
New Year, 1896.
- ↑ The year 1896 is printed on the back of the envelop (not shown here).
