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Robert Barr (16 september 1849 – 21 october 1912) was a Scottish-Canadian writer and a friend of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]. He also founded the magazine [[The Idler]] which published 1 novel, 6 short stories and 1 article (The Glamour of the Arctic) written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] and 1 interview of Conan Doyle.<br />
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== Conan Doyle about Robert Barr ==<br />
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* [[Literature at the Booksellers' Dinner]] (letter, 12 april 1893)<br />
** « ''I mentioned two well-known Canadian writers, Gilbert Parker and '''Robert Barr'''. Even the desirability of brevity does not justify your representative in telescoping then together, and naming the compound Gilbert Barr. I should be obliged if you would publish this slight correction.'' »<br />
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* [[Rodney Stone]] (preface, 1896)<br />
** « ''I am also much indebted to my friends Mr. J. C. Parkinson and '''Robert Barr''' for information upon the subject of the ring.'' »<br />
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* [[Through the Magic Door]] (december 1906 and november 1907, [[Cassell's Magazine ]])<br />
** « ''They are the three volumes of "Pugilistica," given me years ago by my old friend, '''Robert Barr''', a mine in which you can never pick for half an hour without striking it rich.'' »<br />
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* [[Memories and Adventures]] (chap. XII, 1924)<br />
** « ''He [Jerome K. Jerome] was associated in the editorship of "The Idler" with '''Robert Barr''', a volcanic Anglo-or rather Scot-American, with a violent manner, a wealth of strong adjectives, and one of the kindest of natures underneath it all.'' »<br />
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== Articles by Robert Barr ==<br />
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* [[A Chat with Conan Doyle]] (october 1894, [[The Idler]] [UK])<br />
* [[Real Conversations. — V. A Dialogue between Conan Doyle and Robert Barr|A Dialogue between Conan Doyle and Robert Barr]] (november 1894, [[McClure's Magazine]] [US])<br />
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== Photos ==<br />
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<gallery mode="packed" heights="230px" caption="Photos from [[The Idler]] (october 1894)"><br />
File:the-idler-1894-10-a-chat-with-conan-doyle-p340-illu.jpg|Robert Barr and [[Arthur Conan Doyle]].<br />
File:the-idler-1894-10-a-chat-with-conan-doyle-p345-illu.jpg|[[Arthur Conan Doyle]] and Robert Barr at Dr. Doyle's house at Norwood.<br />
File:the-idler-1894-10-a-chat-with-conan-doyle-p347-illu.jpg|Robert Barr, [[Jane Adelaide Rose Doyle|Miss Doyle]], [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], [[Louisa Hawkins|Mrs. Conan Doyle]], [[Robert McClure]].<br />
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<gallery mode="packed" heights="220px" caption="Photos from [[McClure's Magazine]] (november 1894)"><br />
File:real-conversations-V-1894-nov-mcclures-01.jpg|Robert Barr and [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] at Dr. Doyle's House, South Norwood.<br />
File:real-conversations-V-1894-nov-mcclures-07.jpg|Robert Barr at his desk in the "Idler" office. <br />
File:real-conversations-V-1894-nov-mcclures-08.jpg|Robert Barr, [[Jane Adelaide Rose Doyle|Miss Doyle]], [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], [[Louisa Hawkins|Mrs. Conan Doyle]], [[Robert McClure]].<br />
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== Misc ==<br />
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* In the TV series [[The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes]], episode 5 of season 2 [[The Absent-Minded Coterie]] is adapted from a Robert Barr short story with French detective Eugene Valmont.<br />
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* In may 1892, Robert Barr published his sherlockian pastiche [[The Great Pegram Mystery|Detective Stories Gone Wrong: The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs]] in [[The Idler]] magazine. The story was reprinted in book form two years later as "The Great Pegram Mystery".<br />
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