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''The Last Letter from Sherlock Holmes'' is a fictional letter used in a ''Beecham's Pills Ltd.'' advertisement, published in [[Tit-Bits]] on 27 january 1894 and in [[The Strand Magazine]] in september 1901 <ref>not seen</ref>.

Another pastiche-advertisement was used by ''Beecham's Pills Ltd.'' in 1893, see [[Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Box]].

== The Last Letter from Sherlock Holmes ==

Dear Friend,

Mystery follows mystery, but the most mysterious thing of all is what has become of the
part of my system which has almost taken the form of my second nature. I was especially
cautious to provide myself with the indispensable before leaving home, but it has
disappeared and I have lost all trace. I have unraveled many of other people’s losses,
but here is one of my own which has thrown me on my beam ends. I would not have
troubled you, but in this benighted spot, although you will scarcely credit it, I cannot
procure what I much need, so send by FIRST post, as my movements are uncertain, one
large box of Beecham’s Pills. Note my assumed name and enclosed address, which I
beg you to destroy as I do not wish my whereabouts to be known.

Yours,

S. H.

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* [[Pastiches & Parodies]]

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