Dr. Conan Doyle as a Lecturer
Dr. Conan Doyle as a Lecturer is an article published in The Chicago Tribune on 11 october 1894.
The report is about the lecture Readings and Reminiscences given by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Dr. Conan Doyle as a Lecturer
He Makes His First Appearance in America and Talks of Himself.
New York, Oct. 10. — [Special.] — Dr. A. Conan Doyle made his first appearance in this country as a lecturer this evening at the Calvary Baptist Church in West Fifty-seventh street. The lecture was about himself and his writings and tow he came to write them, and he said he had chosen the subject because the only reason such a fine audience came to hear him was it had read some things he had appeared to write. "To my mother," and he lingered on the word, "I owe the delight to be found in a well told story. I started writing a book at the somewhat immature age of 6. I wrote it in a free, bold hand — four words to the line. In this first book of mine there were a man and tiger. They began separately, but they were blended when the man and the tiger met. The book was illustrated by the author. The tiger looked like a many hooped barrel with a tail to it. Of my first story to appear in the Cornhill magazine it was said it would make Thackeray turn in his grave. About that time a gentleman appeared who had been a very great friend to me — Sherlock Holmes. He was so real to some people that I received letters asking for a lock of his hair, and one letter asked for his photographs at different ages."
Dr. Doyle will leave tomorrow morning for Chicago, where he will speak before the Century club Oct. 19.
