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[[File:letter-sacd-1923-03-08-houdini.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Letter in [[A Magician Among the Spirits]] p. 140 (1924)]]

This letter was written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] to [[Houdini]] on 8 march 1923 from 15 Buckingham Palace Mansion.

The letter was published by [[Houdini]] in his book [[A Magician Among the Spirits]] (1924).

Conan Doyle mentioned "The Human Fly" : On March 5, 1993, Harry F. Young, known as "The Human Fly," fell ten stories from a window ledge of the Hotel Martinique, New York City. He succumbed before he reached the hospital. "A Human Fly" is an acrobat who makes a specialty of scaling tall buildings, simply clinging to the apertures or crevices of the outward architecture of such building for the edification of an assembled throng, for which he receives a plate collection, a salary or is engaged especially for publicity purposes. It Is not a very lucrative profession and its dangers are many.

== Letter ==

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15 Buckingham Palace Mansion,<br />
S. W. 1<br />
March 8, 1923.
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My dear Houdini:—

For goodness' sake take care of those dangerous stunts of yours. You have done enough of them. I speak because I have just read of the death of the "Human Fly." Is it worth it?

Yours very sincerely,

A. CONAN DOYLE.

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