Dr. A. Conan Doyle in New York
Dr. A. Conan Doyle in New York is an article published in The Times (Philadelphia) on 3 october 1894.
Dr. A. Conan Doyle in New York
The Novelist Pays His First Visit to America.
Special Telegram to THE TIMES.
NEW YORK, October 2.
Dr. A. Conan Doyle, the novelist, arrived here to-day on the Elbe, from Southampton. He comes to fill a lecture engagement.
When interviewed at Quarantine, Dr. Doyle said he thought he would probably only stay in this country until December 10, as he desired strongly to reach home by Christmas. He thought he would deliver forty lectures during the season. He will stop a few days at the Aldine Club.
Speaking of his own works, Dr. Doyle said that he regarded "The White Company" as his favorite story, mainly, he presumed, because it cost him the most labor. It was a difficult matter, he explained, to write of the Middle Ages, and entailed a large amount of laborious research. "Froissart's Chronicles" and Chaucer's poems were naturally his standard authorities.
Dr. Doyle is a tall, well-knit man, of fine presence and with a very pleasant, winning countenance. This is his first visit to this country.
