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The hotel Metropole and the Whitehall Rooms, London; "My dear Smith; No, I got the Sherlock Holmes suggestion but not the other one"
The hotel Metropole and the Whitehall Rooms, London; "My dear Smith; No, I got the Sherlock Holmes suggestion but not the other one"

The hotel Metropole and the Whitehall Rooms, London; "My dear Smith; No, I got the Sherlock Holmes suggestion but not the other one"

DateAugust 23, 1912
Names
((not assigned))
FormatManuscript
Notes
Letter written by Doyle to his Strand editor Greenhough Smith. Probably refers to "The Lost World" (in The Strand Magazine, Beginning April 1912). 
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipLondon
    GeographyCountryEngland
    United Kingdom
    Medium
    Correspondence
    Language
      CollectionArthur Conan Doyle Collection
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
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