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''Mr. Conan Doyle's Poems'' is a letter written by [[A. W. Thomas]] published in [[The Daily Chronicle]] on 16 june 1898.

== The Boycotted Book ==
[[File:the-daily-chronicle-london-1898-06-16-p3-mr-conan-doyle-s-poems.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[The Daily Chronicle]] (16 june 1898, p. 3)]]

''The Editor of the Daily Chronicle.''

Sir, — The amusing lines quoted in your review today, "[[A Parable (poem 1898)|A Parable]]," describing the discussion among the mites as to the origin of the cheese, is Mr. [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Conan Doyle]]'s versification of a passage in his "[[The Stark Munro Letters|Stark Munro Letters]]":—

"The little cheese mites held debate as to who made the cheese. Some thought that they had no data to go upon, and some that it had come together by a solidification of vapor, or by the centrifugal attraction of atoms. A few surmised that the platter might have something to do with it; but the wisest of them could not deduce the existence of a cow."

A variation of the idea occurs in the same work:—

"I have my own views about Nature's methods, though I feel it is rather like a beetle giving his opinions upon the Milky Way." — I am, sir, yours obediently.

: A. W. THOMAS.
:: Manchester, June 14.

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