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This letter was written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] ca. 1899 from Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere, to [[Herbert Greenhough Smith]], editor of [[The Strand Magazine]].

== Letter ==

My dear Smith

: There is a poor lady named
:: Madame Brochmann
::: Lofthus
:::: Ullensvang
::::: Norway

who earns a precarious livelihood by translating English stories into Norse. To her it would mean a good deal if she could get proofs of my 'Strand' yarns, instead of only beginning her labours when the number appears. I pray you of your charity to let her have these.

I hope your old ship is weathering the storm caused by all these cheap imitations. I observed that the 'Royal' stole the very print of your table of contents. They are always pestering me but I do not even answer their letters now. My ambition is always to stand by the old craft. I have a book on the stacks so queer that there is nothing any where like it. I don't want to speak of it or to sell it until it is sone for only then can I tell whom it will suit — or if it will suit anymore. It is the most purely natural & spontaneous thing I have ever done.

: With all kind regards
:: Yours very truly
::: A Conan Doyle.

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