Letter to Herbert Greenhough Smith (31 december 1899)

This letter was dictated by Arthur Conan Doyle and written by another person (signing "C" or "G" below A. Conan Doyle) on 31 december 1899 from Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere, Surrey (UK), to Herbert Greenhough Smith, editor of The Strand Magazine.

Letter

Dec 31

My dear Smith

I can quite understand your doubts about the story. If I could modify it for your use in any way I should certainly do so. I feel that if I had been an Editor I should have hesitated over it. I hope to get off by the end of this month. I could not get a Commission but am going in part change of a 100 bed hospital. I won't do any writing or corresponding while there. I expect my time will be fully occupied & I don't want to mix things up. With every good wish for 1900.

I am

Yours very truly

A. Conan Doyle

C

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