Camden House THE COMPLETE SHERLOCK HOLMES [ CONTENTS ] [ THE BEST OF ] The Sherlock Holmes stories are illustrated with artwork by Sidney Paget, Richard Gutschmidt, Frank Wiles, Frederic Dorr Steele and other artists. Explanatory notes will be added eventually, but as this will be a long-term project, your patience is requested. The page numbers (seen here as links; in the text in brackets) refer to the relevant pages in The Complete Sherlock Holmes published by Doubleday / Penguin Books. CONTENTS A STUDY IN SCARLET Part 1: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes 15 2. The Science of Deduction 19 3. The Lauriston Garden Mystery 25 4. What John Rance Had to Tell 32 5. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor 36 6. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do 41 7. Light in the Darkness 46 Part 2: The Country of the Saints 1. On the Great Alkali Plain 52 2. The Flower of Utah 58 3. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet 62 4. A Flight for Life 65 5. The Avenging Angels 71 6. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D. 76 7. The Conclusion 83 THE SIGN OF FOUR 1. The Science of Deduction 89 2. The Statement of the Case 94 3. In Quest of a Solution 97 4. The Story of the Bald-headed Man 100 5. The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge 106 6. Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstartion 110 7. The Episode of the Barrel 115 8. The Baker Street Irregulars 122 9. A Break in the Chain 128 10. The End of the Islander 134 11. The Great Agra Treasure 139 12. The Strange Story of Jonathan Small 143 ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES A Scandal in Bohemia 161 The Red-headed League 176 A Case of Identity 190 The Boscombe Valley Mystery 202 The Five Orange Pips 217 The Man with the Twisted Lip 229 The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle 244 The Adventure of the Speckled Band 257 The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb 273 The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor 287 The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet 301 The Adventure of the Copper Beeches 316 MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Silver Blaze 335 The Yellow Face 350 The Stock-broker’s Clerk 362 The “Gloria Scott” 373 The Musgrave Ritual 386 The Reigate Puzzle 398 The Crooked Man 411 The Resident Patient 422 The Greek Interpreter 435 The Naval Treaty 447 The Final Problem 469 THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES The Adventure of the Empty House 483 The Adventure of the Norwood Builder 496 The Adventure of the Dancing Men 511 The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist 526 The Adventure of the Priory School 538 The Adventure of Black Peter 558 The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton 572 The Adventure of the Six Napoleons 582 The Adventure of the Three Students 596 The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez 607 The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter 622 The Adventure of the Abbey Grange 635 The Adventure of the Second Stain 650 THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes 669 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles 673 3. The Problem 679 4. Sir Henry Baskerville 685 5. Three Broken Threads 692 6. Baskerville Hall 698 7. The Stapletons of the Merripit House 704 8. First Report of Dr. Watson 712 9. Second Report of Dr. Watson 716 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson 726 11. The Man on the Tor 732 12. Death on the Moor 740 13. Fixing the Nets 747 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles 754 15. A Retrospection 761 THE VALLEY OF FEAR Part 1: The Tragedy of Birlstone 1. The Warning 769 2. Sherlock Holmes Discourses 774 3. The Tragedy of Birlstone 779 4. Darkness 784 5. The People of the Drama 791 6. A Dawning Light 798 7. The Solution 806 Part 2: The Scowres 1. The Man 815 2. The Bodymaster 820 3. Lodge 341, Vermissa 830 4. The Valley of Fear 839 5. The Darkest Hour 846 6. Danger 853 7. The Trapping of Biry Edwards 859 Epilogue 865 HIS LAST BOW The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge 1. The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles 869 2. The Tiger of San Pedro 877 The Adventure of the Cardboard Box 888 The Adventure of the Red Circle 901 The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans 913 The Adventure of the Dying Detective 932 The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax 942 The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot 954 His Last Bow 970 THE CASE-BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES The Adventure of the Illustrious Client 984 The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier 1000 The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone 1012 The Adventure of the Three Gables 1023 The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire 1033 The Adventure of the Three Garridebs 1044 The Problem of Thor Bridge 1054 The Adventure of the Creeping Man 1070 The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane 1083 The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger 1095 The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place 1102 The Adventure of the Retired Colourman 1113 THE BEST OF SHERLOCK HOLMES There are two famous lists of favourite stories—Arthur Conan Doyle’s own list from March 1927, and the list published in 1959 in the Baker Street Journal: CONAN DOYLE’S LIST BAKER STREET JOURNAL The Speckled Band 1 The Speckled Band The Red-Headed League 2 The Red-Headed League The Dancing Men 3 The Blue Carbuncle The Final Problem 4 Silver Blaze A Scandal in Bohemia 5 A Scandal in Bohemia The Empty House 6 The Musgrave Ritual The Five Orange Pips 7 The Bruce-Partington Plans The Second Stain 8 The Six Napoleons The Devil's Foot 9 The Dancing Men The Priory School 10 The Empty House The Musgrave Ritual 11 The Reigate Squires 12 Nancy Blakestad & David Soucek, 1998 IMPORTANT NOTE: This website will soon be offline for a while and then move to another location. Please watch this page for information about the new location. The Complete Sherlock Holmes Illustrated with the original artwork Pinacotheca Holmesiana The largest collection of Holmesian graphics online Phonotheca Holmesiana Sounds from various adaptations of the Canon (currently not active due to lack of webspace) St. James’s Hall Music, musicians and composers in the Canon A Large Tin Box Miscellany for Windows – wallpapers and screensavers (currently not active due to lack of webspace) Dorak’s General Store Still the only known Czech Holmesian site The people behind: Olivia Adler Nancy Blakestad Vladimíra Korousová David Soucek Impressum The Complete Sherlock Holmes A STUDY IN SCARLET First edition, 1887 PART I: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes Chapter 2. The Science of Deduction Chapter 3. The Lauriston Garden Mystery Chapter 4. What John Rance Had to Tell Chapter 5. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor Chapter 6. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do Chapter 7. Light in the Darkness PART II: The Country of the Saints Chapter 1. On the Great Alkali Plain Chapter 2. The Flower of Utah Chapter 3. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet Chapter 4. A Flight for Life Chapter 5. The Avenging Angels Chapter 6. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D. Chapter 7. The Conclusion First published in Nov. 1887 as the main part of Beeton’s Christmas Annual. First book edition by Ward, Lock & Co. in July 1888 with illustrations by Charles Doyle, father of ACD. The second edition (1889) was illustrated by George Hutchinson. – The first American edition published by J. B. Lippincott Co. in 1890. First book edition, 1888 Second book edition, 1889 A Study in Scarlet PART 1 BEING A REPRINT FROM THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN H. WATSON, M.D., LATE OF THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Chapter 1 MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES IN THE YEAR 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the Army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as assistant surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had broken out. On landing at Bombay, I learned that my corps had advanced through the passes, and was already deep in the enemy’s country. I followed, however, with many other officers who were in the same situation as myself, and succeeded in reaching Candahar in safety, where I found my regiment, and at once entered upon my new duties. The campaign brought honours and promotion to many, but for me it had nothing but misfortune and disaster. I was removed from my brigade and attached to the Berkshires, with whom I served at the fatal battle of Maiwand. There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery. I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack- horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines. Worn with pain, and weak from the prolonged hardships which I had undergone, I was removed, with a great train of wounded sufferers, to the base hospital at Peshawar. Here I rallied, and had already improved so far as to be able to walk about the wards, and even to bask a little upon the veranda, when I was struck down by enteric fever, that curse of our Indian possessions.