From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a letter written by Arthur Conan Doyle published in The New-York Times on 2 march 1917.
Conan Doyle answered critics about his book The British Campaign in France (and Flanders).
From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
To the Editor of The New York Times
Some unknown friend has been good enough to send me a copy of your paper with a header upon my recent volume bearing the title "The British Campaign in France." It is not for me to dispute your critical verdict, save that I may claim that the contents are all drawn from actual documents. There are too points, however, on which I would say a word. Your critic complains that I have not said more about the other nations engaged. This was really precluded by the scope of my book, as expressed in the title, nor had I the particular information which I possessed about the British Army. The second point is that he smiles good-humoredly at my having written about "The Great Boer War." He misses the point that there was a previous Boer war in 1881 and that I had to differentiate between the two.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
Windlesham, Crowborough. Sussex.
