ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES


“THE GENTLEMAN IN THE PEW HANDED IT UP TO HER”

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ADVENTURES
OF
SHERLOCK HOLMES

BY
A. CONAN DOYLE
AUTHOR OF “MICAH CLARKE” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

Copyright, 1892, by Harper & Brothers.


All rights reserved.


CONTENTS

PAGE
I.—A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA[3]
II.—THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE[29]
III.—A CASE OF IDENTITY[56]
IV.—THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY[76]
V.—THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS[104]
VI.—THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP[126]
VII.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE[153]
VIII.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND[176]
IX.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB[205]
X.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR[229]
XI.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET[253]
XII.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES[280]

ILLUSTRATIONS

“THE GENTLEMAN IN THE PEW HANDED IT UP TO HER”[Frontispiece]
“A MAN ENTERED”Facing p.[8]
“THE DOOR WAS SHUT AND LOCKED”[40]
“ALL AFTERNOON HE SAT IN THE STALLS”[46]
“SHERLOCK HOLMES WELCOMED HER”[60]
“GLANCING ABOUT HIM LIKE A RAT IN A TRAP”[72]
“THEY FOUND THE BODY”[80]
“THE MAID SHOWED US THE BOOTS”[92]
“‘HOLMES,’ I CRIED, ‘YOU ARE TOO LATE’”[122]
“AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS SHE MET THIS LASCAR SCOUNDREL”[134]
“‘HAVE MERCY!’ HE SHRIEKED”[172]
“‘GOOD-BYE, AND BE BRAVE’”[196]
“‘NOT A WORD TO A SOUL’”[214]
“‘I WILL WISH YOU ALL A VERY GOOD NIGHT’”[250]
“I CLAPPED A PISTOL TO HIS HEAD”[278]
“‘I AM SO DELIGHTED THAT YOU HAVE COME’”[292]

ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Adventure I
A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA