Arthur Conan Doyle’s Handwritten Letter About “The Hound” Serial Rights #2284694 (License: Personal Use)

This two-page handwritten letter, composed on Morley’s Hotel letterhead (Trafalgar Square, London), shows Arthur Conan Doyle negotiating with publisher Smith regarding American serial rights for “The Hound”-the working title for *The Hound of the Baskervilles*. Doyle discusses word count flexibility, requests final-form proofs of No. 1 and any form of Nos. 2-5, and mentions eager American buyers, offering insight into his creative process and publishing strategy during the story’s development.

Used on literary archive sites, museum digital collections, or author-focused educational pages; serves researchers, collectors, and fans seeking primary-source evidence of Doyle’s writing timeline and commercial negotiations around his most famous Sherlock Holmes novel.