Whatever remains, however improbable

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Cottingley fairies

I recently acquired a first edition of one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most notorious books, The Coming of the Fairies (1922), in which he avowed belief in the infamous Cottingley fairy photographs. It’s rare that I go so far as to acquire a copy of a scarce book like this, especially when cheap reprints of the text are readily available. But for some r…