![]() ![]() 2, 1886īeeton’s Christmas Annual for 1887 appeared in November of that year and sold out before Christmas. The tale may have to be inserted together with some other in one of our annuals, therefore we must adhere to our original offer of £25 for the complete copyright.-Nov. ![]() ![]() We regret to say that we shall be unable to allow you to retain a percentage on the sale of your work as it might give rise to some confusion. Conan Doyle tried to negotiate, but Ward, Lock wouldn’t budge: In September, he got a qualified yes from Ward, Lock & Co., with two conditions: the author had to agree to delay publication until the next year, and had to give up his copyright to the publisher. in August, and was immediately turned down. Next, Conan Doyle tried Frederick Warne & Co. Arrowsmith received it in May, and returned it unread in July. First he submitted it to the editor of The Cornhill Magazine, James Payn, who liked it but felt it was too much like a “penny dreadful” for his magazine. The Great Detective made his first appearance in a magazine of miscellany titled Beeton’s Christmas Annual, now incredibly scarce: just 34 copies are known, only 13 are in private hands, and only 11 are complete.Ĭonan Doyle wrote the novel in March–April of 1886 and shopped it around for months. ![]()
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