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This letter was written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], from Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar Square, London. W.C. (UK), to [[Herbert Greenhough Smith]], editor of [[The Strand Magazine]]. Undated, but written during the writing of his novel [[The Hound of the Baskervilles]] in 1901 or 1902.

== Letter ==

: Morley's Hotel,
:: Trafalgar Square,
::: London. W.C.

My dear Smith

Watt tells me there are several eager buyers from America for the serial rights of "The Hound". I daresay you could recoup yourself for most of your outlay if you choose to resell. I will refer him to you.

I presume that I am not rigidly tied to 50,000 words in the serial, and that if the development of the story should require a few thousand more I am not debarred from charging for them. I could only give an approximate length until I came to write it, and I might possibly run to a few more than I thought at first.

I send with this the 4th and 5th instalments, the latter consisting of <u>one</u> long chapter. I write under some difficulty through not having any of the proofs, so I cannot refer back. I want a copy of the proofs of No 1 in its primal form, and I want Nos 2, 3, 4 and 5 in any form.

Just send me a card to say that you have had these.

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

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