ill write to me. And I
should prize highly the chance of hearing from you from the
other side, after you have started in.

And so God be with you.

_Copy of Letter to David Christie Murray, 8th May 1896_.

My Dear Christie Murray,--I have been in Egypt and have only
just got back and received your note. Poor Holmes is dead
and damned. I couldn't revive him if I would (at least not
for years), for I have had such an overdose of him that I
feel towards him as I do towards _pate de foie gras_, of
which I once ate too much, so that the name of it gives me a
sickly feeling to this day. Any old Holmes story you are, of
course, most welcome to use.

I am house-hunting in the country, which means continual
sallies and alarms, but I should much like to meet you
before I go away, to talk over our American experiences. I
do hope you are not going to allow lecturing to get in the
way of your writing. We have too few born story-tellers.--
With all kind regards. Yours very truly,

(Sgd.) A. Conan Doyle.

_Copy of Letter to David Christie Murray (undated)_.

My Dear Sir,--I think that your idea of a statue to
Washington to be erected by public subscription in London is
an admirable one. The future of the world belongs to the
Anglo-Celtic races if they can but work in unison, and
everything which works for that end makes for the highest. I
believe that the great stream which bifurcated a century ago
may have re-united before many more centuries have passed,
and that we shall all have learned by then that patriotism
is not to be limited by flags or systems, but that it should
embrace all of the same race and blood and speech. It would
be a great thing--one of the most noble and magnanimous
things in the history of the world--if a proud people should
consent to adorn their capital with the statue of one who
bore arms against them. I wish you every success in your
idea, and shall be happy to contribute ten guineas towards
its realisation.--Yours very truly,

(Sgd.) A. Conan Doyle.

_Copy of Letter to David Christie Murray, 6th May 1897_.

Dear Sir,--I have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of
your letter of May 1st I thoroughly appreciate the spirit of
your suggestion, but am inclined to doubt its