Letter to Mrs. Oldham about Morley's

This undated letter was written by Arthur Conan Doyle to Mrs. Oldham.

The stationery has a cancelled letterhead : "Schoolhouse, Shelborne, Dorset" at upper right.

Arthur Conan Doyle referred to two London landmarks, both hotels :

• "Morley's" referred to Morley's Hotel. First opened in 1832, whose façade extended down the eastern side of Trafalgar Square, behind Nelson's Column and the Trafalgar Square Fountain. Arthur Conan Doyle have stayed at Morley's in 1900, writing parts of "The Hound of the Baskervilles."
• "The Cecil" referred to the Hotel Cecil. The Hotel Cecil was located just a couple of blocks up the Strand facing the Thames Embankment. Conan Doyle have attended an annual meeting of the Incorporated Society of Authors at the Hotel Cecil in 1904.

Letter

Dear Mrs. Oldham

I was stupid to leave out the letter. I now enclose it. I shall be so glad to see you both at Morley's on Tuesday. We will go across to the Cecil for lunch.

Yours very truly

A. Conan Doyle.

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