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	'''EASY WHEN YOU KNOW HOW.'''		'''EASY WHEN YOU KNOW HOW.'''

	Dr. Doyle paused and smiled ~~plean- antly~~ upon the women and men ~~stened~~ to him. They felt the least ~~11- 1le~~ creeping of the flesh, for they did not think that it was exactly by ~~Buch rione ubservation~~ of ~~trifies~~ that clever men have made ~~foals~~ of the ignorant ever since ~~this~~ world was ~~horn~~. The ~~Auctor~~ feeling ~~entry some suck~~ left In his trousers pocket and went ~~021~~ to describe how Sherlock ~~lolmes~~ and ~~als~~ brother, ~~grester~~ even than ~~Jie~~, learned all about a small, dark ~~inan~~, with his hat on the back of his ~~heal und 80130~~ packages under his arm, simply by looking at him. They learned at the small, dark man was a soldier, an artilleryman, a non-~~commily- stoned~~ officer, just returned from India; a ~~witower~~ with children. And they learned these things from such patent facts that the audience laughed gleefully und Dr. Doyle laughed with them and Bald, In a childlike way: "It's all superficial enough, but it's not quite go superficial as the critics way. Tra ay enough to see a thing after the way has heet painted to you. Here's a ti unpublished-Sherlock Holmes picks up A plug of tobacco-This, he says, is from aineers aum pipe. Now, dejuice that for yourselves."		Dr. Doyle paused and smiled pleasantly upon the women and men who listened to him. They felt the least little creeping of the flesh, for they did not think that it was exactly by such close observation of trifles that clever men have made fools of the ignorant ever since the world was born. The doctor, feeling entirely at home, stuck his left hand in his trousers pocket and went on to describe how Sherlock Holmes and his brother, greater even than he, learned all about a small dark man, with his hat on the back of his head and some packages under his arm, simply by looking at him. They learned that the small, dark man was a soldier, an artilleryman, a non-commissioned officer, just returned from India; a widower with children.
	~~The Doctor paused and laughed out- right at. or rather with, the puzzled peo- ple.~~
	BTRANGER THINGS IN REAL LIFE. "After these stories appeared," he said. "then i was deluged with letters froin people neklag me to solve all sorts of inysteries. But really, now, more ex- raordinary things than 1 ever wrote really happen and are solved. There Was Carvalho, the expert in handwriting. who discovered who stole the money missing from a package sent from New York to New Orleana. That scenied offer a most extraordinary problem. Whenevat Dr. Doyle uses a superla- tive he lifta his eyebrows as if he were very much astonished indeed. Well he said, almost regretfully, "Mr. Holmes came to grief at last. Per- haps it was Juat as well. He had been Unposed long enough upon by the public. Twenty-ulx stories about one man were enough.
	to
	~~"He was so real la some people that I received letters asking for a lock of bla hair, and one letter asked for his photo- grapha at different ages." HIS ROMANCES.~~
	~~The speaker then turned to the histori- cal romances he has written. He had great difficulty in finding a publisher. One told him that ble dret romance lacked only one thing and that was- interest.~~
	~~"In 1888 the manuscript fell into the hands of Andrew Lang and was taken 10 the Longinans, From that time the door of literature has been open to me, if I had anything worthy with which le enter I~~

			And they learned these things from such patent facts that the audience laughed gleefully and Dr. Doyle laughed with them and said, in a childlike way:

			<q>"It's all superficial enough, but it's not quite so superficial as the critics say. It's easy enough to see a thing after the way has been pointed to you. Here's a all unpublished — [[Sherlock Holmes]] picks up a plug of tobacco — 'This,' he says, 'is from a meerschaum pipe.' Now, dejuice that for yourselves."</q>

			The Doctor paused and laughed outright at, or rather with, the puzzled people.

			'''STRANGER THINGS IN REAL LIFE.'''

			<q>"After these stories appeared,"</q> he said, <q>"then I was deluged with letters from people making me to solve all sorts of mysteries. But really, now, more extraordinary things than I ever wrote really happen and are solved. There was Carvalho, the expert in handwriting, who discovered who stole the money missing from a package sent from New York to New Orleans. That seemed offer a most extraordinary problem."</q>

			Whenever Dr. Doyle uses a superlative he lifts his eyebrows as if he were very much astonished indeed.

			Well he said, almost regretfully, <q>"Mr. Holmes came to grief at last. Perhaps it was just as well. He had been imposed long enough upon by the public. Twenty-six stories about one man were enough.</q>

			<q>"He was so real to some people that I received letters asking for a lock of his hair, and one letter asked for his photographs at different ages."</q>

			'''HIS ROMANCES.'''

			The speaker then turned to the historical romances he has written. He had great difficulty in finding a publisher. One told him that his first romance lacked only one thing and that was — interest.

			<q>"In 1888 the manuscript fell into the hands of Andrew Lang and was taken to the Longmans. From that time the door of literature has been open to me, if I had anything worthy with which to enter it."</q>

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	If [[Sherlock Holmes]] had been in the Calvary Baptist Church, in West Fifty-seventh street last night he would have seen enter a tall, broad-shouldered man,		If [[Sherlock Holmes]] had been in the Calvary Baptist Church, in West Fifty-seventh street last night he would have seen enter a tall, broad-shouldered man,

	[~~xxxxx~~] himself behind a reading <br>		[###] himself behind a reading <br>
	in front of the pulpit. The tall man <br>		in front of the pulpit. The tall man <br>
	[~~xxxxx~~] course, evening dress, for the <br>		[###] course, evening dress, for the <br>
	[~~xxxxx~~] is full of polite women and <br>		[###] is full of polite women and <br>
	[~~xxxxx~~] entertain whom he had some- <br>		[###] entertain whom he had some- <br>
	[~~xxxxx~~] of color about this blond- <br>		[###] of color about this blond- <br>
	[~~xxxxx~~] man were his red cheeks, his <br>		[###] man were his red cheeks, his <br>
	[~~xxxxx~~], a blood-red silk handkerchief <br>		[###], a blood-red silk handkerchief <br>
	[~~xxxxx~~] in his vest. If Sherlock <br>		[###] in his vest. If Sherlock <br>
	[~~xxxxx~~] wished to deduce the man's <br>		[###] wished to deduce the man's <br>
	[~~xxxxx~~] would have studied him; a <br>		[###] would have studied him; a <br>
	[~~xxxxx~~] growing broader because <br>		[###] growing broader because <br>
	[~~xxxxx~~] above it is growing thinner;		[###] above it is growing thinner;

	large ears, narrow slits of eyes, a tilted nose, a yellow mustache of vigorous growth and a weak, receding chin. The moment the man spoke [[Sherlock Holmes]] would have said he was a "good fellow," a generous man, for he spoke in a melodious, hearty, welcoming voice; a modest man, too, for he sometimes spoke almost depreciatingly of himself; modest, too, because of jewelry he showed only [~~xxxxx~~] stud and the bar that held in place his watch chain. He used none of the tricks of elocutionists, few, very few gestures, nor had no any stage tricks, except every now and then, involuntarily, he made a motion that fitted the mood of a character of which he spoke or read. So much more it would have puzzled [~~xxxxx~~] Sherlock Holmes to tell of this human. He might have been a doctor, a lawyer, a writer, anything but an actor.		large ears, narrow slits of eyes, a tilted nose, a yellow mustache of vigorous growth and a weak, receding chin. The moment the man spoke [[Sherlock Holmes]] would have said he was a "good fellow," a generous man, for he spoke in a melodious, hearty, welcoming voice; a modest man, too, for he sometimes spoke almost depreciatingly of himself; modest, too, because of jewelry he showed only [###] stud and the bar that held in place his watch chain. He used none of the tricks of elocutionists, few, very few gestures, nor had no any stage tricks, except every now and then, involuntarily, he made a motion that fitted the mood of a character of which he spoke or read. So much more it would have puzzled [###] Sherlock Holmes to tell of this human. He might have been a doctor, a lawyer, a writer, anything but an actor.

	'''A DOCTOR AND WRITER, TOO.'''		'''A DOCTOR AND WRITER, TOO.'''
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	<q>"The same bad system prevails in England,"</q> said Dr. Doyle, <q>"that, I am told, exists to a less extent here. The magazines keep contributions anonymous. A critic's abuse may set somebody to read an author's works, but a critic's silence never will. Yet, even then I had my share of criticism. Of my first story to appear in the Cornhill Magazine it was said that it would make Thackeray turn in his grave."</q>		<q>"The same bad system prevails in England,"</q> said Dr. Doyle, <q>"that, I am told, exists to a less extent here. The magazines keep contributions anonymous. A critic's abuse may set somebody to read an author's works, but a critic's silence never will. Yet, even then I had my share of criticism. Of my first story to appear in the Cornhill Magazine it was said that it would make Thackeray turn in his grave."</q>

	The ~~polite~~ women and men in the audience laughed, as if to say, "Of course they couldn't say anything of that sort now," and Dr. Doyle laughed with them quite heartily and cheerfully.		The police women and men in the audience laughed, as if to say, "Of course they couldn't say anything of that sort now," and Dr. Doyle laughed with them quite heartily and cheerfully.
	"SEMI-SCIENTIFIC DETECTION." "~~Ahout~~ that time a gentleman ~~appesad~~ who has been a very great friend to me Sherlock Holmes. The detective story ~~1s primitiva~~ form of literature, ~~buf.~~ I think, a good setting for a ~~dramtic~~ idea. I resented the fashion in which authors make detectives arrive at results by chance and tried to set up a semi-~~scien- tile~~ system of detection. I derived the formation of the idea from an old ~~pro- fessor~~ of mine in Edinburgh, who in a few minutes, simply by observing a man. could not only diagnose his disease, but learn his age tils place of birth, his training and his personal habits."
	~~Wat-~~		'''"SEMI-SCIENTIFIC DETECTION."'''
	Then Dr. ~~Dayle reud fram~~ one of ~~le hooks~~ how Sherlock Holmes "dejuiced" ~~Cacts~~ from an inanimate object. ~~sop hunds~~ the great detective a watch. Sherlock Holmes ~~exaniines~~ it through a magnifying glass and learns these facts rightly:
	That it ~~18 hla~~ elder brother's watch- from the ~~Inflats~~.		"About that time a gentleman appeared who has been a very great friend to me — [[Sherlock Holmes]]. The detective story is a primitive form of literature, but, I think, a good setting for a dramatic idea. I resented the fashion in which authors make detectives arrive at results by chance and tried to set up a semi-scientific system of detection. I derived the formation of the idea from an old professor of mine in Edinburgh, who in a few minutes, simply by observing a man, could not only diagnose his disease, but learn his age tils place of birth, his training and his personal habits."
	That he ~~Inherlied~~ it from his father- from the ~~Jute~~ when the watch ~~W88~~
	~~lace,~~		Then Dr. Doyle read from one of the books how [[Sherlock Holmes]] "dejuiced" facts from an inanimate object. Watson finds the great detective a watch. Sherlock Holmes examines it through a magnifying glass and learns these facts rightly:
	That his brother sometimes had money and sometimes was in need-from the numbers that four pawnbrokers ~~hatl~~ scratched with a pin within the watch-
	~~сдве~~		That it is his elder brother's watch — from the initials.
	That his brother was a ~~frunkard--~~from the many scratches around the keyhole.
	~~Tho~~		That he inherited it from his father — from the date when the watch was made.
	EASY WHEN YOU KNOW HOW Dr. ~~Duyle~~ paused and smiled plean- antly upon the women and men stened to him. They felt the least 11- 1le creeping of the flesh, for they did not think that it was exactly by Buch rione ubservation of trifies that clever men have made foals of the ignorant ever since this world was horn. The Auctor feeling entry some suck left In his trousers pocket and went 021 to describe how Sherlock lolmes and als brother, grester even than Jie, learned all about a small, dark inan, with his hat on the back of his heal und 80130 packages under his arm, simply by looking at him. They learned at the small, dark man was a soldier, an artilleryman, a non-commily- stoned officer, just returned from India; a witower with children. And they learned these things from such patent facts that the audience laughed gleefully und Dr. Doyle laughed with them and Bald, In a childlike way: "It's all superficial enough, but it's not quite go superficial as the critics way. Tra ay enough to see a thing after the way has heet painted to you. Here's a ti unpublished-Sherlock Holmes picks up A plug of tobacco-This, he says, is from aineers aum pipe. Now, dejuice that for yourselves."
			That his brother sometimes had money and sometimes was in need — from the numbers that four pawnbrokers had scratched with a pin within the watch-сasе.

			That his brother was a drunkard — from the many scratches around the keyhole.

			'''EASY WHEN YOU KNOW HOW.'''

			Dr. Doyle paused and smiled plean- antly upon the women and men stened to him. They felt the least 11- 1le creeping of the flesh, for they did not think that it was exactly by Buch rione ubservation of trifies that clever men have made foals of the ignorant ever since this world was horn. The Auctor feeling entry some suck left In his trousers pocket and went 021 to describe how Sherlock lolmes and als brother, grester even than Jie, learned all about a small, dark inan, with his hat on the back of his heal und 80130 packages under his arm, simply by looking at him. They learned at the small, dark man was a soldier, an artilleryman, a non-commily- stoned officer, just returned from India; a witower with children. And they learned these things from such patent facts that the audience laughed gleefully und Dr. Doyle laughed with them and Bald, In a childlike way: "It's all superficial enough, but it's not quite go superficial as the critics way. Tra ay enough to see a thing after the way has heet painted to you. Here's a ti unpublished-Sherlock Holmes picks up A plug of tobacco-This, he says, is from aineers aum pipe. Now, dejuice that for yourselves."
	The Doctor paused and laughed out- right at. or rather with, the puzzled peo- ple.		The Doctor paused and laughed out- right at. or rather with, the puzzled peo- ple.
	BTRANGER THINGS IN REAL LIFE. "After these stories appeared," he said. "then i was deluged with letters froin people neklag me to solve all sorts of inysteries. But really, now, more ex- raordinary things than 1 ever wrote really happen and are solved. There Was Carvalho, the expert in handwriting. who discovered who stole the money missing from a package sent from New York to New Orleana. That scenied offer a most extraordinary problem. Whenevat Dr. Doyle uses a superla- tive he lifta his eyebrows as if he were very much astonished indeed. Well he said, almost regretfully, "Mr. Holmes came to grief at last. Per- haps it was Juat as well. He had been Unposed long enough upon by the public. Twenty-ulx stories about one man were enough.		BTRANGER THINGS IN REAL LIFE. "After these stories appeared," he said. "then i was deluged with letters froin people neklag me to solve all sorts of inysteries. But really, now, more ex- raordinary things than 1 ever wrote really happen and are solved. There Was Carvalho, the expert in handwriting. who discovered who stole the money missing from a package sent from New York to New Orleana. That scenied offer a most extraordinary problem. Whenevat Dr. Doyle uses a superla- tive he lifta his eyebrows as if he were very much astonished indeed. Well he said, almost regretfully, "Mr. Holmes came to grief at last. Per- haps it was Juat as well. He had been Unposed long enough upon by the public. Twenty-ulx stories about one man were enough.

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''Doyle Tells of Doyle'' is an article published in [[The World, New York]] on 11 october 1894.

== Doyle Tells of Doyle ==
[[File:the-world-ny-1894-10-11-part2-p3-doyle-tells-of-doyle.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[The World, New York]] (11 october 1894, part 2, p. 3)]]

'''The Creator of Sherlock Holmes Gives a Lecture on Himself.'''

'''MAKES HIS FIRST BOW IN AMERICA.'''

'''His Great Detective Is Built on Semi-Scientific Principles, and Guesses at Nothing'''

'''TALES, TOO, OF HISTORICAL ROMANCE.'''

'''His Boyhood — His First Book — But, Road On — Here Are the Best Things He Said, and Just How He Said Them.'''

If [[Sherlock Holmes]] had been in the Calvary Baptist Church, in West Fifty-seventh street last night he would have seen enter a tall, broad-shouldered man,
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[xxxxx] himself behind a reading
in front of the pulpit. The tall man
[xxxxx] course, evening dress, for the
[xxxxx] is full of polite women and
[xxxxx] entertain whom he had some-
[xxxxx] of color about this blond-
[xxxxx] man were his red cheeks, his
[xxxxx], a blood-red silk handkerchief
[xxxxx] in his vest. If Sherlock
[xxxxx] wished to deduce the man's
[xxxxx] would have studied him; a
[xxxxx] growing broader because
[xxxxx] above it is growing thinner;
</pre>
large ears, narrow slits of eyes, a tilted nose, a yellow mustache of vigorous growth and a weak, receding chin. The moment the man spoke [[Sherlock Holmes]] would have said he was a "good fellow," a generous man, for he spoke in a melodious, hearty, welcoming voice; a modest man, too, for he sometimes spoke almost depreciatingly of himself; modest, too, because of jewelry he showed only [xxxxx] stud and the bar that held in place his watch chain. He used none of the tricks of elocutionists, few, very few gestures, nor had no any stage tricks, except every now and then, involuntarily, he made a motion that fitted the mood of a character of which he spoke or read. So much more it would have puzzled [xxxxx] Sherlock Holmes to tell of this human. He might have been a doctor, a lawyer, a writer, anything but an actor.

'''A DOCTOR AND WRITER, TOO.'''

The big man was A. Conan Doyle, who is a doctor and the writer who created [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Last night he made his first public appearance in America, delivered his first lecture. The lecture was about himself and his writings and how he came to write them, and he said, very candidly, that he had chosen the subject because the only reason that such a fine audience came to hear him was that they had read some things he had happened to write. Then again, if he "read his own works badly," he said, "the crime brings its own punishment." It must be smiled that more than once during the evening the Doctor brought to mind the flagellant who devotedly punishes himself.

Dr. Doyle recalled that Thackeray, "who looked a giant to two foot nothing," was the first literary man he could remember. Thackeray's nose fascinated him by its "wonderful distortion."

"To my mother" — and he fondly lingered on, the word — "I owe the delight to be found in well-told story. I started writing a bank at the somewhat immature age of six. I wrote it in a fine, bold hand — four words to the line."

'''GREW QUITE AT HOME.'''

It may be observed here that this huge man, who describes murders and mysteries, their doing and unravelling, writes a fine, delicate, beautiful hand, like copper-plate.

"In this first book of mine," he said, "there were a man and a tiger. They began separately, but they were blended when the man and the tiger met. The book was illustrated by the author. The tiger looked like a many-hooped barrel with a tall to it."

The doctor then went on to deliver his literary autobiography. As he continued he became more and more at ease because he saw he was welcome. His ears grew white, from which [[Sherlock Holmes]] would at once have deduced — "dejuiced" Dr. Doyle calls it — that his heart, stimulated by his first excitement, had regained its normal action.

He became an omnivorous reader until the circulating library he patronized passed a rule that no subscriber could take out more than three books in a day.

'''HARD WORK AT FIRST.'''

As a boy he knew the Rockies better than his own garden," and in Imagina
tion alew countless Indian warriora, to be nursed back to health from the Wounds received In these encounters by beautiful squis Pasuing on, Dr. Doyle Jet tail a piece of history cheering to young men who think they can write and who perhaps. can.
If Berlock Holmes had been in the Cal- "If I have made any development"- Tary Baptist Church, in West Fifty-It has been a slow and painful matter. this without the slightest affectation- seventh street last night he would have In 1878 a manuscript of mine was ac- Noen enter a tall, broad-shouldered man,cepted. The small check I received for
It was the bounty that enrolled me in the great army of "terature. For ten years or so I wrote short stories, yet I did not earn $250 during any one year from my writing.
And this is encouraging to writers who would see their names at the bottom of What they write.
A
"The sama bad system prevails in Eng- land," sald Dr. Doyle, "that, I am told. existe to a less extent here. The maga tnes keep contributions anonymous. critic's abuse may set gomobody to read An author's works, but a critic's allence never will. Yet, even then I had my Bhare of criticism. Of my first story to appear in the Cornhill Magazine It was said that it would make Thackeray turn in his grave."
The polite women and men in the aud)- ence laughed, as if to say, "Of course they couldn't say anything of that sort now," and Dr. Doyle laughed with them quite heartily and cheerfully.
"SEMI-SCIENTIFIC DETECTION." "Ahout that time a gentleman appesad who has been a very great friend to me Sherlock Holmes. The detective story 1s primitiva form of literature, buf. I think, a good setting for a dramtic idea. I resented the fashion in which authors make detectives arrive at results by chance and tried to set up a semi-scien- tile system of detection. I derived the formation of the idea from an old pro- fessor of mine in Edinburgh, who in a few minutes, simply by observing a man. could not only diagnose his disease, but learn his age tils place of birth, his training and his personal habits."
Wat-
Then Dr. Dayle reud fram one of le hooks how Sherlock Holmes "dejuiced" Cacts from an inanimate object. sop hunds the great detective a watch. Sherlock Holmes exaniines it through a magnifying glass and learns these facts rightly:
That it 18 hla elder brother's watch- from the Inflats.
That he Inherlied it from his father- from the Jute when the watch W88
lace,
That his brother sometimes had money and sometimes was in need-from the numbers that four pawnbrokers hatl scratched with a pin within the watch-
сдве
That his brother was a frunkard--from the many scratches around the keyhole.
Tho
EASY WHEN YOU KNOW HOW Dr. Duyle paused and smiled plean- antly upon the women and men stened to him. They felt the least 11- 1le creeping of the flesh, for they did not think that it was exactly by Buch rione ubservation of trifies that clever men have made foals of the ignorant ever since this world was horn. The Auctor feeling entry some suck left In his trousers pocket and went 021 to describe how Sherlock lolmes and als brother, grester even than Jie, learned all about a small, dark inan, with his hat on the back of his heal und 80130 packages under his arm, simply by looking at him. They learned at the small, dark man was a soldier, an artilleryman, a non-commily- stoned officer, just returned from India; a witower with children. And they learned these things from such patent facts that the audience laughed gleefully und Dr. Doyle laughed with them and Bald, In a childlike way: "It's all superficial enough, but it's not quite go superficial as the critics way. Tra ay enough to see a thing after the way has heet painted to you. Here's a ti unpublished-Sherlock Holmes picks up A plug of tobacco-This, he says, is from aineers aum pipe. Now, dejuice that for yourselves."
The Doctor paused and laughed out- right at. or rather with, the puzzled peo- ple.
BTRANGER THINGS IN REAL LIFE. "After these stories appeared," he said. "then i was deluged with letters froin people neklag me to solve all sorts of inysteries. But really, now, more ex- raordinary things than 1 ever wrote really happen and are solved. There Was Carvalho, the expert in handwriting. who discovered who stole the money missing from a package sent from New York to New Orleana. That scenied offer a most extraordinary problem. Whenevat Dr. Doyle uses a superla- tive he lifta his eyebrows as if he were very much astonished indeed. Well he said, almost regretfully, "Mr. Holmes came to grief at last. Per- haps it was Juat as well. He had been Unposed long enough upon by the public. Twenty-ulx stories about one man were enough.
to
"He was so real la some people that I received letters asking for a lock of bla hair, and one letter asked for his photo- grapha at different ages." HIS ROMANCES.
The speaker then turned to the histori- cal romances he has written. He had great difficulty in finding a publisher. One told him that ble dret romance lacked only one thing and that was- interest.
"In 1888 the manuscript fell into the hands of Andrew Lang and was taken 10 the Longinans, From that time the door of literature has been open to me, if I had anything worthy with which le enter I

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	large ears, narrow slits of eyes, a tilted nose, a yellow mustache of vigorous growth and a weak, receding chin. The moment the man spoke [[Sherlock Holmes]] would have said he was a "good fellow," a generous man, for he spoke in a melodious, hearty, welcoming voice; a modest man, too, for he sometimes spoke almost depreciatingly of himself; modest, too, because of jewelry he showed only [###] stud and the bar that held in place his watch chain. He used none of the tricks of elocutionists, few, very few gestures, nor had no any stage tricks, except every now and then, involuntarily, he made a motion that fitted the mood of a character of which he spoke or read. So much more it would have puzzled [###] Sherlock Holmes to tell of this human. He might have been a doctor, a lawyer, a writer, anything but an actor.		large ears, narrow slits of eyes, a tilted nose, a yellow mustache of vigorous growth and a weak, receding chin. The moment the man spoke [[Sherlock Holmes]] would have said he was a "good fellow," a generous man, for he spoke in a melodious, hearty, welcoming voice; a modest man, too, for he sometimes spoke almost depreciatingly of himself; modest, too, because of jewelry he showed only [###] stud and the bar that held in place his watch chain. He used none of the tricks of elocutionists, few, very few gestures, nor had no any stage tricks, except every now and then, involuntarily, he made a motion that fitted the mood of a character of which he spoke or read. So much more it would have puzzled [###] [[Sherlock Holmes]] to tell of this human. He might have been a doctor, a lawyer, a writer, anything but an actor.

	'''A DOCTOR AND WRITER, TOO.'''		'''A DOCTOR AND WRITER, TOO.'''

	The big man was A. Conan Doyle, who is a doctor and the writer who created [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Last night he made his first public appearance in America, delivered his first lecture. The lecture was about himself and his writings and how he came to write them, and he said, very candidly, that he had chosen the subject because the only reason that such a fine audience came to hear him was that they had read some things he had happened to write. Then again, if he "read his own works badly," he said, "the crime brings its own punishment." It must be smiled that more than once during the evening the Doctor brought to mind the flagellant who devotedly punishes himself.		The big man was [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|A. Conan Doyle]], who is a doctor and the writer who created [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Last night he made his first public appearance in America, delivered his first lecture. The lecture was about himself and his writings and how he came to write them, and he said, very candidly, that he had chosen the subject because the only reason that such a fine audience came to hear him was that they had read some things he had happened to write. Then again, if he <q>"read his own works badly,"</q> he said, <q>"the crime brings its own punishment."</q> It must be smiled that more than once during the evening the Doctor brought to mind the flagellant who devotedly punishes himself.

	Dr. Doyle recalled that Thackeray, "who looked a giant to two foot nothing," was the first literary man he could remember. Thackeray's nose fascinated him by its "wonderful distortion."		[[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Doyle]] recalled that Thackeray, <q>"who looked a giant to two foot nothing,"</q> was the first literary man he could remember. Thackeray's nose fascinated him by its <q>"wonderful distortion."</q>

	"To my mother" — and he fondly lingered on, the word — "I owe the delight to be found in well-told story. I started writing a bank at the somewhat immature age of six. I wrote it in a fine, bold hand — four words to the line."		<q>"To my mother"</q> — and he fondly lingered on, the word — <q>"I owe the delight to be found in well-told story. I started writing a bank at the somewhat immature age of six. I wrote it in a fine, bold hand — four words to the line."</q>

	'''GREW QUITE AT HOME.'''		'''GREW QUITE AT HOME.'''
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	It may be observed here that this huge man, who describes murders and mysteries, their doing and unravelling, writes a fine, delicate, beautiful hand, like copper-plate.		It may be observed here that this huge man, who describes murders and mysteries, their doing and unravelling, writes a fine, delicate, beautiful hand, like copper-plate.

	"In this first book of mine," he said, "there were a man and a tiger. They began separately, but they were blended when the man and the tiger met. The book was illustrated by the author. The tiger looked like a many-hooped barrel with a tall to it."		<q>"In this first book of mine,"</q> he said, <q>"there were a man and a tiger. They began separately, but they were blended when the man and the tiger met. The book was illustrated by the author. The tiger looked like a many-hooped barrel with a tall to it."</q>

	The doctor then went on to deliver his literary autobiography. As he continued he became more and more at ease because he saw he was welcome. His ears grew white, from which [[Sherlock Holmes]] would at once have deduced — "dejuiced" Dr. Doyle calls it — that his heart, stimulated by his first excitement, had regained its normal action.		The doctor then went on to deliver his literary autobiography. As he continued he became more and more at ease because he saw he was welcome. His ears grew white, from which [[Sherlock Holmes]] would at once have deduced — <q>"dejuiced"</q> [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Doyle]] calls it — that his heart, stimulated by his first excitement, had regained its normal action.

	He became an omnivorous reader until the circulating library he patronized passed a rule that no subscriber could take out more than three books in a day.		He became an omnivorous reader until the circulating library he patronized passed a rule that no subscriber could take out more than three books in a day.
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	'''HARD WORK AT FIRST.'''		'''HARD WORK AT FIRST.'''

	As a boy he "knew the Rockies better than his own garden," and in imagination slew countless Indian warriors, to be nursed back to health from the wounds received in these encounters by beautiful squaws. Passing on, Dr. Doyle let fail a piece of history cheering to young men who think they can write and who perhaps can.		As a boy he <q>"knew the Rockies better than his own garden,"</q> and in imagination slew countless Indian warriors, to be nursed back to health from the wounds received in these encounters by beautiful squaws. Passing on, [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Doyle]] let fail a piece of history cheering to young men who think they can write and who perhaps can.

	<q>"If I have made any development"</q> — this without the slightest affectation — <q>"it has been a slow and painful matter. In 1878 a manuscript of mine was accepted. The small check I received for it was the bounty that enrolled me in the great army of literature. For ten years or so I wrote short stories, yet I did not earn $250 during any one year from my writing."</q>		<q>"If I have made any development"</q> — this without the slightest affectation — <q>"it has been a slow and painful matter. In 1878 a manuscript of mine was accepted. The small check I received for it was the bounty that enrolled me in the great army of literature. For ten years or so I wrote short stories, yet I did not earn $250 during any one year from my writing."</q>
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	And this is encouraging to writers who would see their names at the bottom of what they write.		And this is encouraging to writers who would see their names at the bottom of what they write.

	<q>"The same bad system prevails in England,"</q> said Dr. Doyle, <q>"that, I am told, exists to a less extent here. The magazines keep contributions anonymous. A critic's abuse may set somebody to read an author's works, but a critic's silence never will. Yet, even then I had my share of criticism. Of my first story to appear in the Cornhill Magazine it was said that it would make Thackeray turn in his grave."</q>		<q>"The same bad system prevails in England,"</q> said [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Doyle]], <q>"that, I am told, exists to a less extent here. The magazines keep contributions anonymous. A critic's abuse may set somebody to read an author's works, but a critic's silence never will. Yet, even then I had my share of criticism. Of my first story to appear in the Cornhill Magazine it was said that it would make Thackeray turn in his grave."</q>

	The police women and men in the audience laughed, as if to say, "Of course they couldn't say anything of that sort now," and Dr. Doyle laughed with them quite heartily and cheerfully.		The police women and men in the audience laughed, as if to say, "Of course they couldn't say anything of that sort now," and [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Doyle]] laughed with them quite heartily and cheerfully.

	'''"SEMI-SCIENTIFIC DETECTION."'''		'''"SEMI-SCIENTIFIC DETECTION."'''
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	"About that time a gentleman appeared who has been a very great friend to me — [[Sherlock Holmes]]. The detective story is a primitive form of literature, but, I think, a good setting for a dramatic idea. I resented the fashion in which authors make detectives arrive at results by chance and tried to set up a semi-scientific system of detection. I derived the formation of the idea from an old professor of mine in Edinburgh, who in a few minutes, simply by observing a man, could not only diagnose his disease, but learn his age tils place of birth, his training and his personal habits."		"About that time a gentleman appeared who has been a very great friend to me — [[Sherlock Holmes]]. The detective story is a primitive form of literature, but, I think, a good setting for a dramatic idea. I resented the fashion in which authors make detectives arrive at results by chance and tried to set up a semi-scientific system of detection. I derived the formation of the idea from an old professor of mine in Edinburgh, who in a few minutes, simply by observing a man, could not only diagnose his disease, but learn his age tils place of birth, his training and his personal habits."

	Then Dr. Doyle read from one of the books how [[Sherlock Holmes]] "dejuiced" facts from an inanimate object. Watson finds the great detective a watch. Sherlock Holmes examines it through a magnifying glass and learns these facts rightly:		Then [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Doyle]] read from one of the books how [[Sherlock Holmes]] "dejuiced" facts from an inanimate object. Watson finds the great detective a watch. [[Sherlock Holmes]] examines it through a magnifying glass and learns these facts rightly:

	That it is his elder brother's watch — from the initials.		That it is his elder brother's watch — from the initials.
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	'''EASY WHEN YOU KNOW HOW.'''		'''EASY WHEN YOU KNOW HOW.'''

	Dr. Doyle paused and smiled pleasantly upon the women and men who listened to him. They felt the least little creeping of the flesh, for they did not think that it was exactly by such close observation of trifles that clever men have made fools of the ignorant ever since the world was born. The doctor, feeling entirely at home, stuck his left hand in his trousers pocket and went on to describe how Sherlock Holmes and his brother, greater even than he, learned all about a small dark man, with his hat on the back of his head and some packages under his arm, simply by looking at him. They learned that the small, dark man was a soldier, an artilleryman, a non-commissioned officer, just returned from India; a widower with children.		[[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Doyle]] paused and smiled pleasantly upon the women and men who listened to him. They felt the least little creeping of the flesh, for they did not think that it was exactly by such close observation of trifles that clever men have made fools of the ignorant ever since the world was born. The doctor, feeling entirely at home, stuck his left hand in his trousers pocket and went on to describe how Sherlock Holmes and his brother, greater even than he, learned all about a small dark man, with his hat on the back of his head and some packages under his arm, simply by looking at him. They learned that the small, dark man was a soldier, an artilleryman, a non-commissioned officer, just returned from India; a widower with children.

	And they learned these things from such patent facts that the audience laughed gleefully and Dr. Doyle laughed with them and said, in a childlike way:		And they learned these things from such patent facts that the audience laughed gleefully and [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Doyle]] laughed with them and said, in a childlike way:

	<q>"It's all superficial enough, but it's not quite so superficial as the critics say. It's easy enough to see a thing after the way has been pointed to you. Here's a all unpublished — [[Sherlock Holmes]] picks up a plug of tobacco — 'This,' he says, 'is from a meerschaum pipe.' Now, dejuice that for yourselves."</q>		<q>"It's all superficial enough, but it's not quite so superficial as the critics say. It's easy enough to see a thing after the way has been pointed to you. Here's a all unpublished — [[Sherlock Holmes]] picks up a plug of tobacco — 'This,' he says, 'is from a meerschaum pipe.' Now, dejuice that for yourselves."</q>
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	<q>"After these stories appeared,"</q> he said, <q>"then I was deluged with letters from people making me to solve all sorts of mysteries. But really, now, more extraordinary things than I ever wrote really happen and are solved. There was Carvalho, the expert in handwriting, who discovered who stole the money missing from a package sent from New York to New Orleans. That seemed offer a most extraordinary problem."</q>		<q>"After these stories appeared,"</q> he said, <q>"then I was deluged with letters from people making me to solve all sorts of mysteries. But really, now, more extraordinary things than I ever wrote really happen and are solved. There was Carvalho, the expert in handwriting, who discovered who stole the money missing from a package sent from New York to New Orleans. That seemed offer a most extraordinary problem."</q>

	Whenever Dr. Doyle uses a superlative he lifts his eyebrows as if he were very much astonished indeed.		Whenever [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Doyle]] uses a superlative he lifts his eyebrows as if he were very much astonished indeed.

	Well he said, almost regretfully, <q>"Mr. Holmes came to grief at last. Perhaps it was just as well. He had been imposed long enough upon by the public. Twenty-six stories about one man were enough.</q>		Well he said, almost regretfully, <q>"Mr. [[Sherlock Holmes\|Holmes]] came to grief at last. Perhaps it was just as well. He had been imposed long enough upon by the public. Twenty-six stories about one man were enough.</q>

	<q>"He was so real to some people that I received letters asking for a lock of his hair, and one letter asked for his photographs at different ages."</q>		<q>"He was so real to some people that I received letters asking for a lock of his hair, and one letter asked for his photographs at different ages."</q>

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	If [[Sherlock Holmes]] had been in the Calvary Baptist Church, in West Fifty-seventh street last night he would have seen enter a tall, broad-shouldered man,		If [[Sherlock Holmes]] had been in the Calvary Baptist Church, in West Fifty-seventh street last night he would have seen enter a tall, broad-shouldered man,
	~~<pre>~~
	[xxxxx] himself behind a reading		[xxxxx] himself behind a reading <br>
	in front of the pulpit. The tall man		in front of the pulpit. The tall man <br>
	[xxxxx] course, evening dress, for the		[xxxxx] course, evening dress, for the <br>
	[xxxxx] is full of polite women and		[xxxxx] is full of polite women and <br>
	[xxxxx] entertain whom he had some-		[xxxxx] entertain whom he had some- <br>
	[xxxxx] of color about this blond-		[xxxxx] of color about this blond- <br>
	[xxxxx] man were his red cheeks, his		[xxxxx] man were his red cheeks, his <br>
	[xxxxx], a blood-red silk handkerchief		[xxxxx], a blood-red silk handkerchief <br>
	[xxxxx] in his vest. If Sherlock		[xxxxx] in his vest. If Sherlock <br>
	[xxxxx] wished to deduce the man's		[xxxxx] wished to deduce the man's <br>
	[xxxxx] would have studied him; a		[xxxxx] would have studied him; a <br>
	[xxxxx] growing broader because		[xxxxx] growing broader because <br>
	[xxxxx] above it is growing thinner;		[xxxxx] above it is growing thinner;
	~~</pre>~~
	large ears, narrow slits of eyes, a tilted nose, a yellow mustache of vigorous growth and a weak, receding chin. The moment the man spoke [[Sherlock Holmes]] would have said he was a "good fellow," a generous man, for he spoke in a melodious, hearty, welcoming voice; a modest man, too, for he sometimes spoke almost depreciatingly of himself; modest, too, because of jewelry he showed only [xxxxx] stud and the bar that held in place his watch chain. He used none of the tricks of elocutionists, few, very few gestures, nor had no any stage tricks, except every now and then, involuntarily, he made a motion that fitted the mood of a character of which he spoke or read. So much more it would have puzzled [xxxxx] Sherlock Holmes to tell of this human. He might have been a doctor, a lawyer, a writer, anything but an actor.		large ears, narrow slits of eyes, a tilted nose, a yellow mustache of vigorous growth and a weak, receding chin. The moment the man spoke [[Sherlock Holmes]] would have said he was a "good fellow," a generous man, for he spoke in a melodious, hearty, welcoming voice; a modest man, too, for he sometimes spoke almost depreciatingly of himself; modest, too, because of jewelry he showed only [xxxxx] stud and the bar that held in place his watch chain. He used none of the tricks of elocutionists, few, very few gestures, nor had no any stage tricks, except every now and then, involuntarily, he made a motion that fitted the mood of a character of which he spoke or read. So much more it would have puzzled [xxxxx] Sherlock Holmes to tell of this human. He might have been a doctor, a lawyer, a writer, anything but an actor.

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	'''HARD WORK AT FIRST.'''		'''HARD WORK AT FIRST.'''

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			The polite women and men in the audience laughed, as if to say, "Of course they couldn't say anything of that sort now," and Dr. Doyle laughed with them quite heartily and cheerfully.
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