Tag: Elementary

There are a few addresses that everyone seems to know… 221B Baker Street being near the top of the list.  And given the caliber of the chief resident of that abode, is it any wonder?

First published in 1892, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the first and greatest of the short story collections written by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his famous detective.The twelve Sherlock Holmes adventures included in this anthology:

A Scandal in Bohemia
The Adventure of the Red-Headed League
A Case of Identity
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
The Five Orange Pips
The Man with the Twisted Lip
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

Another bit of Sherlock Holmes’ reading you might want to consider is “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”.   According to Wikipedia, The twelve stories (eleven in American editions) of the Memoirs are:

• “The Adventure of Silver Blaze“
• “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box” (this story is in His Last Bow in American editions of the canon)
• “The Adventure of the Yellow Face“
• “The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk“
• “The Adventure of the Gloria Scott“
• “The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual“
• “The Adventure of the Reigate Squire“
• “The Adventure of the Crooked Man“
• “The Adventure of the Resident Patient“
• “The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter“
• “The Adventure of the Naval Treaty“
• “The Final Problem“

The first London edition of the Memoirs in 1894 did not include “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box”, although all twelve stories had appeared in the Strand Magazine. The first U.S. edition included the story, but it was very quickly replaced with a revised edition that omitted it.