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	With the first instalment of "[[HOUN\|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]" [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Conan Doyle]] printed the following notice: <~~span class="~~q">"This story owes its inception to my friend, Mr. Fletcher Robinson, who has helped me both in the general plot and in the local details."</~~span~~> Mr. Fletcher Robinson is, of course, the well-known and popular journalist of the ''Daily Express''. It was, I believe, Mr. Robinson who related to [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Conan Doyle]] an old Devonshire legend in which a fierce, fire-breathing hound haunted the moors. In order to show that the story is founded on fact, [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Doyle]] has requested his American publishers to substitute the following note for the former acknowledgment—		With the first instalment of "[[HOUN\|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]" [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Conan Doyle]] printed the following notice: <q>"This story owes its inception to my friend, Mr. Fletcher Robinson, who has helped me both in the general plot and in the local details."</q> Mr. Fletcher Robinson is, of course, the well-known and popular journalist of the ''Daily Express''. It was, I believe, Mr. Robinson who related to [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Conan Doyle]] an old Devonshire legend in which a fierce, fire-breathing hound haunted the moors. In order to show that the story is founded on fact, [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Dr. Doyle]] has requested his American publishers to substitute the following note for the former acknowledgment—

	<~~span class="~~q">MY DEAR ROBINSON, — It was your account of a West Country legend which first suggested the idea of this little tale to my mind. For this and for the help which you gave me in its evolution, all thanks. — Yours most truly, A. CONAN DOYLE.</~~span~~>		<q>MY DEAR ROBINSON, — It was your account of a West Country legend which first suggested the idea of this little tale to my mind. For this and for the help which you gave me in its evolution, all thanks. — Yours most truly, A. CONAN DOYLE.</q>

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This article published in [[The Sketch]] on 19 march 1902 includes a letter written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] to [[Bertram Fletcher Robinson]] about [[The Hound of the Baskervilles]].

== Article ==

[[File:the-sketch-1902-03-19-p342-letter.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[The Sketch]] (19 march 1902, p. 342)]]

With the first instalment of "[[HOUN|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]" [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Dr. Conan Doyle]] printed the following notice: <span class="q">"This story owes its inception to my friend, Mr. Fletcher Robinson, who has helped me both in the general plot and in the local details."</span> Mr. Fletcher Robinson is, of course, the well-known and popular journalist of the ''Daily Express''. It was, I believe, Mr. Robinson who related to [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Dr. Conan Doyle]] an old Devonshire legend in which a fierce, fire-breathing hound haunted the moors. In order to show that the story is founded on fact, [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Dr. Doyle]] has requested his American publishers to substitute the following note for the former acknowledgment—

<span class="q">MY DEAR ROBINSON, — It was your account of a West Country legend which first suggested the idea of this little tale to my mind. For this and for the help which you gave me in its evolution, all thanks. — Yours most truly, A. CONAN DOYLE.</span>

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