It is more than a century since the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes, made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet. From 1891, beginning with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the now legendary and pioneering Strand Magazine began serialising Arthur Conan Doyle's matchless tales of detection, featuring the incomparable sleuth patiently assisted by his doggedly loyal and lovably pedantic friend and companion, Dr Watson. The stories are illustrated by the remarkable Sidney Paget from whom our images of Sherlock Holmes and his world derive and who first equipped Holmes with his famous deerstalker hat.
The literary cult of Sherlock Holmes shows no sign of fading with time as each new generation comes to love and revere the penetrating mind and ruthless logic which were the undoing of so many Victorian master criminals.
PART ONE: THE FIRST STORIES
Introducing Sherlock Holmes
(1887,1890)
A Study in Scarlet
The Sign of Four
PART TWO:
THE STRAND STORIES ILLUSTRATED BY SYDNEY PAGET
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
(189t.1892)
I. A Scandal in Bohemia
II. The Red-Headed League
III. A Case of Identity
IV. The Boscombe Valley Mystery
V. The Five Orange Pips
VI. The Man With the Twisted Lip
VII. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
VIII. The Adventure of the Spockled Band
IX. The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
X. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
XI. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
XH, The Adventure of the Copper Bieeches
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
(1892-1893)
XIII. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
XIV. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
XV. The Adventure of the Yellow Face
XVI. The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
XVII. The Adventure of the "Gloria Scott"
XVIII. The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
XIX, The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
XX. The Adventure of the Crooked Man
XXI. The Adventure of the Resident Patient
XXII. The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
XXIII. The Adventure of the Naval Treaty
XXIV. The Adventure of the Final Problem
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1901-1902)
I. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
II. The Curse of the Baskervilles
III. The Problem
IV, Sir Henry Raakerville
V. Three Broken Threads
VI. Baskerville Hall
VII, The Stapletens of Merripit House
VIH. First Report of Dr. Watson
IX. Second Report of Dr. Watson
X. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
XI. The Man on the Tot
XII. Death on the Moor
XIII. Fixing the Nets
XIV. The Hound of the Baskervilles
XV. A Retrospection
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
(1903.1904)
I. The Adventure of the Empty House
II. The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
III. The Adventure of the Dancing Men
IV. The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
V. The Adventure of the Priory School
VI. The Adventure of the Black Peter
VII. The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
VIII. The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
IX. The Adventure of the Three Students
X. The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
XI. The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
XII. The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
XIII. The Adventure of the Second Stain
PART THREE:
THE STRAND STORIES ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK WILES,
HOWARD K. ELCOCK AND OTHERS
Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
(1908-1913)
I. A Reminiscence of Mr Sherlock Holmes
1. The Singular Experience of Mr John Scott Ecclce
2. The Tiger of Son Pedro
II. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
IIl. The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
IV. The Adventure of the Red Circle
V. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
VI. The Adventure of the Dying Detective
The Valley of Fear
(1914-1915)
Part 1: The Tragedy of Birlstone
I. The Warning
II. Mr Sherlock Holmes discourses
III The Tragedy of Birlstone
IV. Darkness
V. The People of the Drama
VI. A Dawning Light
VII. The Solution
Part 11: The Scowrers
I. The Man
II. The Bedymaster
III. Lodge 341, Vermissa
IV. The Valley of Fear
V. The Darkest Hour
VI. Danger
VII. The Trapping of Birdy Edwards
Epilognle
His Last Bow
(1917)
His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
(1921-1927)
I. The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
II. The Problem of Thor Bridge
III. The Adventure of the Creeping Man
IV. The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
V. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
VI. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
VII. The Adventure of the Three Gables
VIII. The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
IX. The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
X. The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
XI. The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
XII. The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
