Letter about a reading for an Indian Famine Fund (24 february 1897)
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This letter was written by Arthur Conan Doyle on 24 february 1897 to an editor, about his reading for an Indian Famine Fund.
Letter
Moorlands
Hindhead
Feb. 24 /97
Dear Sir
I am giving a reading for the Indian Famine Fund next monday at 3 in the Queens Hall Langham Place. Sir Walter Besant takes the Chair. If you could give me a line to say so you might helps a most needful charity. I have advertised for a week in your columns, but it is liable to be overlooked or forgotten.
I shall read from my own tales, some extracts from the Sherlock Holmes methods of reasoning, "The Drive from Brighton" in "Rodney Stone", a scene from "Brigadier Gerard", another from "The Refugees" and a tale which has not appeared in book form.
I certainly should not trouble you if it were not for a charity.
Yours faithfully
A. Conan Doyle.