AN INGENIOUS HOAX
NEW BOOK WITHDRAWN.
By Telegraph—Press A Min. —Copyright. London. Nov. 21,
The publishers have announced that, instructed by the author of “The Whispering Gallery,” they Lave withdrawn the book from publication. The publishers admit that they are the victims of an ingenious hoax. Received Nov. 22, 8 p.m. London, Nov. 22.
“We have been the victims of a most ingenious hoax,” was the salient sentence in a signed statement by two directors of the publishing firm of John Lane, Ltd., to-night, which was personally handed to the Daily Mail. They explained that the typescript “Whispering Gallery” reached them through a literary agent, who declined to submit it to teste which the directors suggested with a view to determining the authenticity of the book. The directors admit that the Daily Mail’s exposure was justified and the book should never have been published. They are destroying every copy available.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1926, Page 7
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