A Study in Scarlet

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Chapter I. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Part I (Being a reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department.) Chapter I. Mr. Sherlock Holme…
Chapter II. The Science of Deduction
We met next day as he had arranged, and inspected the rooms at No. 221b, Baker Street, of which he had spoken at our meeting. They consiste…
Chapter III. The Lauriston Gardens Mystery
I confess that I was considerably startled by this fresh proof of the practical nature of my companion’s theories. My respect for his power…
Chapter IV. What John Rance Had to Tell
It was one o’clock when we left No. 3, Lauriston Gardens. Sherlock Holmes led me to the nearest telegraph office, whence he dispatched a lo…
Chapter V. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor
Our morning’s exertions had been too much for my weak health, and I was tired out in the afternoon. After Holmes’ departure for the concert…
Chapter VI. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do
The papers next day were full of the “Brixton Mystery,” as they termed it. Each had a long account of the affair, and some had leaders upon…
Chapter VII. Light in the Darkness
The intelligence with which Lestrade greeted us was so momentous and so unexpected, that we were all three fairly dumfoundered. Gregson spr…
Chapter I. On the Great Alkali Plain
Part II. The Country of the Saints Chapter I. On the Great Alkali Plain In the central portion of the great North American Continent there…
Chapter II. The Flower of Utah
This is not the place to commemorate the trials and privations endured by the immigrant Mormons before they came to their final haven. From…
Chapter III. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet
Three weeks had passed since Jefferson Hope and his comrades had departed from Salt Lake City. John Ferrier’s heart was sore within him whe…
Chapter IV. A Flight for Life
On the morning which followed his interview with the Mormon Prophet, John Ferrier went in to Salt Lake City, and having found his acquainta…
Chapter V. The Avenging Angels
All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths. More than once they lost their way, but Hope…
Chapter VI. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D (1)
Our prisoner’s furious resistance did not apparently indicate any ferocity in his disposition towards ourselves, for on finding himself pow…
Chapter VI. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D (2)
“The blood had been streaming from my nose, but I had taken no notice of it. I don’t know what it was that put it into my head to write upo…
Chapter VII. The Conclusion
We had all been warned to appear before the magistrates upon the Thursday; but when the Thursday came there was no occasion for our testimo…