《福尔摩斯探案集》是英国著名侦探小说家阿瑟·柯南道尔的代表作。作品的主人公福尔摩斯是一个充满智慧的侦探形象。他面对的案件疑云重重、扑朔迷离，但在合乎逻辑的推理下，最终都真相大白。作者在讲故事时，巧设悬念，文笔简练，使得故事读起来高潮迭起，引人入胜，因此作品问世后广为世界各国人民所喜爱。

《福尔摩斯探案集》是柯南道尔侦探小说的集大成之作，也是世界文坛中脍炙人口的作品。其主人公福尔摩斯成为大侦探的代称、众人崇拜的英雄，一度令众多侦探小说的主人公黯然失色，同时他也是英国小说中刻画最生动的人物之一。在中国，《福尔摩斯探案集》是译本最多、销量最大的外国文学作品之一，而福尔摩斯则是家喻户晓的外国小说人物。

柯南道尔是英国侦探小说家、剧作家，他开创了侦探小说的黄金时代，有“英国侦探小说之父”的美誉。

THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS

六座拿破仑半身像

THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUSSEX VAMPIRE(1924)

吸血鬼

田HE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY 

博斯科姆比溪谷秘案

THE ADVENTURE 0F THE DANCING MEN

跳舞的人

THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE

蓝宝石案

THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECONE STAIN(1904)

第二块血迹

THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON(1904)

米尔沃顿案

THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE

空屋案

THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER'S THUMB(1892)

工程师大拇指案

THE ADVENTURE OF SHOSCOMBE OLD PLACE(1927)

肖斯科姆别墅

六座拿破仑半身像

苏格兰场的雷斯垂德先生晚上来我和夏洛克．福尔摩斯这儿串串门，已经习以为常了。他常和我们一起就侦探手头正处理的案件分析其中的一些蛛丝马迹。而福尔摩斯先生因其渊博的知识和丰富的经验，会不时地向雷斯垂德先生提出一些颇为有益的建议。

但是，有一天晚上很特别，雷斯垂德一直沉默不语。福尔摩斯用那锐利的目光望着他问道：“手头有什么不寻常的案子吗?”

“哦，福尔摩斯先生，我心里确实有事。可是这件事是那样的荒唐可笑，所以我不知道该不该麻烦你。这事和疯病有点关系，而且是一种奇怪的疯病。你不会想到，生活在当今时代的人会对拿破仑一世怀有如此大的仇恨。为了打碎这位皇帝的塑像甚至不惜犯下入室盗窃之罪。”

福尔摩斯坐直了身子。

“盗窃?我倒要听听详情。”

雷斯垂德拿出他的工作日志，通过里面的记录使自己回想起来。

“四天前有人来报了第一件案子，”他说。“案件发生在冒斯·贺得逊的商店。他在康宁顿街有一家店出售图片和塑像。店员刚刚离开前台片刻，就听到一阵爆裂声，急忙冲进去一看，发现拿破仑的半身石膏像已经碎裂一地。这似乎仅仅是一件时常发生的愚蠢的暴行。

“但是，第二件案子更为严重，也更非同寻常。它就发生在昨天晚上。在离冒斯-贺得逊的商店不远的地方，住着一位著名的大夫，名叫巴尔尼柯。这位巴尔尼柯大夫由衷地崇拜拿破仑。不久前他从贺得逊的商店买了两座拿破仑的复制石膏头像．这个头像很有名，是法国著名雕刻家笛万的作品。他把其中一座放在位于康宁顿街的住宅里。另一座放在位于下布列克斯顿街的办公室里。今天早晨，巴尔尼柯大夫发现家里的石膏头像不见了。后来他在自己的花园里发现了被摔成碎片的石膏像。”

福尔摩斯搓了搓手。

他说，“这确实很新奇。”

“确实如此。巴尔尼柯大夫一到他的诊所，就发现那另一座拿破仑半身像也已经被打碎了。你可以想象他是多么吃惊。两处都没有任何迹象可以使我们查出是谁制造了这个恶作剧。福尔摩斯先生，事情的经过就是这样。”

“请问这两座半身像和在贺得逊商店被打碎的那座是否均为一个模型的复制品?”福尔摩斯问道。

“是用同一个模型复制的。”

“那么，考虑到伦敦有成百上千的拿破仑塑像，所以我怀疑这件事并非是对拿破仑的泄恨。”

It was no very unusual thing for Mr. Lestrade, of ScotlandYard, to look in upon Sherlock Holmes and myself of an eveningand share details of a case upon which the detective was engaged.Occasionally, Mr. Holmes was able to give rather helpful sugges-tions, due to his vast knowledge and experience.

On this particular evening, however, Lestrade was rather quiet.Holmes looked keenly at him and asked: "Anything remarkable onhand?"

"Well, Mr. Holmes, there is something on my mind, but it is suchan absurd business, that I hesitated to bother you about it. It has abit to do with madness, and a strange madness, too. You wouldn'tthink there was anyone living at this time of day who had such a ha-tred of Napoleon the First that he would commit burglary in order tobreak images of the emperor."

Holmes sat up.  "Burglary? Let me hear the details."

Lestrade took out his official notebook and refreshed his memoryfrom its pages.

"The first case reported was four days ago," said he. "It was atthe shop of Morse Hudson, who has a place for the sale of pictures andstatues in the Kennington Road. The assistant had left the front shopfor an instant, when he heard a crash, and hurrying in he found aplaster bust of Napoleon lying shattered into fragments. It seemed justto be one of those senseless crimes which occur from time to time."The second case,however, was more serious, and also moresingular. It occurred only last night. Not far from Morse Hudson'sshop there lives a well-known medical practitioner, named Dr. Bar-nicot. Being an enthusiastic admirer of Napoleon, he recently pur-chased from Morse Hudson two duplicate plaster casts of the fa-mous head of Napoleon by the French artist, Devine. One of thesehe placed in his home at Kennington Road, and the other in his of-rice at Lower Brixton. The doctor, this morning, found the cast miss-ing from his home. It was discovered dashed into pieces in his gar-den."

Holmes rubbed his hands.

"This is certainly very novel," said he.

"Indeed, it is. And you can imagine the doctor's amazementwhen, on arriving at his office, he found his second bust had alsobeen smashed. In neither case were there any signs which couldgive us a clue as to who had done the mischief. Now, Mr. Holmes,you have got the facts."

"May I ask whether the two busts were exact duplicates of theone which was destroyed in Morse Hudson's shop?" asked Mr.Holmes.

"They were taken from the same mould."

"Then, considering how many hundreds of statues of the greatEmperor must exist in London, I doubt that this is a matter of ha-tred toward Napoleon."  P6-9

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