The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

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1. The Case-Book of — Sherlock Holmes
   BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. First Published 1927 PREFACE I fear that Mr. Sherlock Holmes may become like…
2. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1)
   I The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1) "It can't hurt now," was Mr. Sherlock Holmes's comment when, for the tenth time in as many ye…
3. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (2)
   "She is not in her senses. She is madly in love. She has been told all about him. She cares nothing." "Told about the murder?" "Yes." "My L…
4. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (3)
   It was an admirable document, short, courteous, and stimulating to the curiosity of the connoisseur. A district messenger was duly dispatch…
5. The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (1)
   II The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (1) The ideas of my friend Watson, though limited, are exceedingly pertinacious. For a long time h…
6. The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (2)
   "Now that you mention it, it was not large. It might have been The Spectator. However, I had little thought to spare upon such details, for…
7. The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (3)
   "Insanity was more plausible. The presence of the second person in the outhouse suggested a keeper. The fact that he locked the door when h…
8. The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (1)
   III The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (1) It was pleasant to Dr. Watson to find himself once more in the untidy room of the first floor in…
9. The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (2)
   The prize-fighter, a heavily built young man with a stupid, obstinate, slab-sided face, stood awkwardly at the door, looking about him with…
10. The Adventure of the Three Gables (1)
    IV The Adventure of the Three Gables (1) I don't think that any of my adventures with Mr. Sherlock Holmes opened quite so abruptly, or so d…
11. The Adventure of the Three Gables (2)
    "You look wretchedly ill," said Holmes. "Perhaps you are hardly equal to telling me what occurred." "It is all here," said the Inspector, t…
12. The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1)
    V The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1) Holmes had read carefully a note which the last post had brought him. Then, with the dry chuckle…
13. The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (2)
    "I should be so glad if I could be of use." "Would your mistress see Dr. Watson?" "I take him. I no ask leave. She needs doctor." "Then I'l…
14. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (1)
    VI The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (1) It may have been a comedy, or it may have been a tragedy. It cost one man his reason, it cost m…
15. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (2)
    "Then that is agreed," said Holmes, "and no doubt you will let me have a report as soon as you can." "I'll see to that," said the American.…
16. The Problem of Thor Bridge (1)
    VII The Problem of Thor Bridge (1) Somewhere in the vaults of the bank of Cox and Co., at Charing Cross, there is a travel-worn and battere…
17. The Problem of Thor Bridge (2)
    "I can give it to you in a very few words, Mr. Holmes," said he at last. "There are some things that are painful as well as difficult to sa…
18. The Problem of Thor Bridge (3)
    "She hated me, Mr. Holmes. She hated me with all the fervour of her tropical nature. She was a woman who would do nothing by halves, and th…
19. The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1)
    VIII The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1) Mr. Sherlock Holmes was always of opinion that I should publish the singular facts connected wit…
20. The Adventure of the Creeping Man (2)
    "I think, Watson, that we can catch the Professor just before lunch. He lectures at eleven, and should have an interval at home." "What pos…
21. The Adventure of the Creeping Man (3)
    "HONOURED COLLEAGUE," it ran. "Since your esteemed visit I have thought much of your case, and though in your circumstances there are some…
22. The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (1)
    IX The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (1) It is a most singular thing that a problem which was certainly as abstruse and unusual as any which…
23. The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (2)
    "I would rather not answer that question. It has really nothing to do with the matter which you are investigating. But anything which bears…
24. The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1)
    X The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1) When one considers that Mr. Sherlock Holmes was in active practice for twenty-three years, and tha…
25. The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (2)
    "And then the terrible thing happened. You may have heard how quick these creatures are to scent human blood, and how it excites them. Some…
26. The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (1)
    XI The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (1) Sherlock Holmes had been bending for a long time over a low-power microscope. Now he straighten…
27. The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (2)
    "Well, it is all possible if you grant the original monstrous supposition." "I think that there is a small experiment which we may try to-m…
28. The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1)
    XII The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1) Sherlock Holmes was in a melancholy and philosophic mood that morning. His alert practical n…
29. The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (2)
    The old colourman had the strength of a lion in that great trunk of his, but he was helpless in the hands of the two experienced man-handle…