https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Greeting_card_to_Major_Pond_%28january_1896%29Greeting card to Major Pond (january 1896) - Revision history2026-06-04T02:55:30ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.44.2https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Greeting_card_to_Major_Pond_(january_1896)&diff=114944&oldid=prevTCDE-Team at 14:42, 11 August 20242024-08-11T14:42:47Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:card-acd-1896-01-greetings-to-major-pond-envelop.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Envelop with Nile Steamboat emblem at top left corner.]]<br />
[[File:card-acd-1896-01-greetings-to-major-pond-p1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Greeting]]<br />
[[File:card-acd-1896-01-greetings-to-major-pond-p2-3.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Poem signed by A. & L. Conan Doyle]]<br />
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This greeting card was sent by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] circa january 1896 <ref>The year 1896 is printed on the back of the envelop (not shown here).</ref> during his Nile cruise with his wife [[Louisa Hawkins|Louisa Conan Doyle]] to his agent in USA, Major [[James B. Pond]] (Everett House, New York, U.S.A.). The greeting card is a 13-line poem with 8 syllables per verse.<br />
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The full poem as published in the magazine [[To-Day]] on 15 february 1896 : [[Christmas Poem from the Pyramids]].<br />
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== Card ==<br />
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When on us your card you drops<br /><br />
You pass the house of Mr. Cheops;<br /><br />
Then on your left you bring to view<br /><br />
The Bungalow of friend Chefru,<br /><br />
Next door to whom Miss Sphinx has got<br /><br />
An eligible building lot.<br /><br />
These are our pals, and if you call<br /><br />
We'll introduce you with them all,<br /><br />
And let you use our golf link too<br /><br />
Straight from our dorr to Timbuctoo,<br /><br />
And so adieu !<br /><br />
May Fortune's tricks<br /><br />
Leave you unharmed in '96.<br /><br />
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A. & L. Conan Doyle<br />
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New Year, 1896.<br />
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