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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>On 23 april 1904, [[The Daily Telegraph]] published an ad for ''Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary''. The ad includes a quote from [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] about the dictionary :<br />
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:: "Sherlock Holmes" is baffled. Dr. A. Conan Doyle, the Author, says : « ''It has become quite a joke with us that we cannot trip up this dictionary.'' » (On new and unusual words.) « ''We have several times been sure that we would, but have always failed.'' »<br />
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Full ad below :<br />
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[[File:the-daily-telegraph-1904-04-23-p7-funk-and-wagnalls-ad.jpg|thumb|500px|center|[[The Daily Telegraph]] (23 april 1904, p. 7)]]<br />
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* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Complete Works|Back to Complete Works]]<br />
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