This enthralling collection of short stories features Arthur Conan Doyle’s 12 favourite Sherlock Holmes tales.
In 1927, The Strand Magazine, which published many of the Sherlock Holmes stories, ran a competition for fans to guess the author’s own favourite tales. In the March of that year, the magazine published an article by Arthur Conan Doyle listing his top 12 Sherlock stories and why. This collection features all those short stories alongside Conan Doyle’s article and the original illustrations by Sidney Paget and Charles R. Macauley. Delve into the dark world of Victorian London with this volume and experience the very best of Sherlock Holmes.
The stories featured in this collection include:– The Speckled Band
– The Red-Headed League
– The Dancing Men
– The Final Problem
– A Scandal in Bohemia
– The Empty House
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The Sherlock Holmes Prize Competition – An Excerpt from an Article, Mr. Sherlock Holmes to his Readers – by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sherlock Holmes Prize Competition Result – An Article, How I Made my List – by Arthur Conan Doyle,
The Speckled Band – Illustrated by Sidney Paget, The Red-Headed League – Illustrated by Sidney Paget, The Dancing Men – Illustrated by Charles R. Macauley, The Final Problem – Illustrated by Sidney Paget, A Scandal in Bohemia – Illustrated by Sidney Paget, The Empty House – Illustrated by Charles R. Macauley, The Five Orange Pips – Illustrated by Sidney Paget, The Second Stain – Illustrated by Charles R. Macauley, The Devil’s Foot, The Priory School – Illustrated by Charles R. Macauley, The Musgrave Ritual – Illustrated by Sidney Paget, The Reigate Squires – Illustrated by Sidney Paget