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	'''He Makes His First Appearance in America and Talks of Himself.'''		'''He Makes His First Appearance in America and Talks of Himself.'''

	New York, Oct. 10. — [Special.] — [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. A. Conan Doyle]] made his first appearance in this country as a lecturer this evening at the Calvary Baptist Church in West Fifty-seventh street. The lecture was about himself and his writings and tow he came to write them, and he said he had chosen the subject because the only reason such a fine audience came to hear him was it had read some things he had appeared to write. <~~span class="~~q">"To my mother,"</~~span~~> and he lingered on the word, <~~span class="~~q">"I owe the delight to be found in a well told story. I started writing a book at the somewhat immature age of 6. I wrote it in a free, bold hand — four words to the line. In this first book of mine there were a man and 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 tail to it. Of my first story to appear in the ''Cornhill'' magazine it was said it would make Thackeray turn in his grave. About that time a gentleman appeared who had been a very great friend to me — Sherlock Holmes. 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."</~~span~~>		New York, Oct. 10. — [Special.] — [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. A. Conan Doyle]] made his first appearance in this country as a lecturer this evening at the Calvary Baptist Church in West Fifty-seventh street. The lecture was about himself and his writings and tow he came to write them, and he said he had chosen the subject because the only reason such a fine audience came to hear him was it had read some things he had appeared to write. <q>"To my mother,"</q> and he lingered on the word, <q>"I owe the delight to be found in a well told story. I started writing a book at the somewhat immature age of 6. I wrote it in a free, bold hand — four words to the line. In this first book of mine there were a man and 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 tail to it. Of my first story to appear in the ''Cornhill'' magazine it was said it would make Thackeray turn in his grave. About that time a gentleman appeared who had been a very great friend to me — Sherlock Holmes. 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>

	[[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Doyle]] will leave tomorrow morning for Chicago, where he will speak before the Century club Oct. 19.		[[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Doyle]] will leave tomorrow morning for Chicago, where he will speak before the Century club Oct. 19.

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''Dr. Conan Doyle as a Lecturer'' is an article published in [[The Chicago Tribune]] on 11 october 1894.

Report of the lecture "[[Readings and Reminiscences]]" given by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] on 10 august 1894 at the Calvary Baptist Church, New York (USA).

== Dr. Conan Doyle as a Lecturer ==
[[File:the-chicago-tribune-1894-10-11-p7-dr-conan-doyle-as-a-lecturer.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[The Chicago Tribune]] (11 october 1894, p. 7)]]

'''He Makes His First Appearance in America and Talks of Himself.'''

New York, Oct. 10. — [Special.] — [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Dr. A. Conan Doyle]] made his first appearance in this country as a lecturer this evening at the Calvary Baptist Church in West Fifty-seventh street. The lecture was about himself and his writings and tow he came to write them, and he said he had chosen the subject because the only reason such a fine audience came to hear him was it had read some things he had appeared to write. <span class="q">"To my mother,"</span> and he lingered on the word, <span class="q">"I owe the delight to be found in a well told story. I started writing a book at the somewhat immature age of 6. I wrote it in a free, bold hand — four words to the line. In this first book of mine there were a man and 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 tail to it. Of my first story to appear in the ''Cornhill'' magazine it was said it would make Thackeray turn in his grave. About that time a gentleman appeared who had been a very great friend to me — Sherlock Holmes. 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."</span>

[[Arthur Conan Doyle|Dr. Doyle]] will leave tomorrow morning for Chicago, where he will speak before the Century club Oct. 19.

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