Memories and Adventures

by Arthur Conan Doyle

INDEX

“Admirable Crichton, The,” Barrie, [247]
“Adventure of the Priory School, The,” [102]
“Adventure of the Second Stain, The,” [102]
“Adventure of the Tired Captain, The,” [102]
Aeroplane, the author’s one experience in an, [283]
Algonquin Park, Canada, [300-301]
Allen, Grant, and his unfinished “Hilda Wade”, [254-255];
his agnosticism and his last days, [255];
as a popular scientist, [256]
“All the Year Round,” contributions to, [67]
“Amazing Marriage, The,” Meredith, [244]
Amery, Lionel, [208]
Ancestry, [1-4]
Antoine, General, [367], [368]
Arctic, seven months in the, on a whaler, [29-41]
Armistice Day, [386]
Armour, suggestions during World War for use of, for troops, [332-333]
Asquith, [241]
Athletics, work in the interest of, [229-231]
Australian sector of the front, a visit to the, [375-386]
“Backwater of Life,” Payn, [256]
Balfour, Arthur James, first meeting with, [238-239];
his home at Whittinghame, [239-241];
abhorrence of cowardice, [240];
interest in psychic matters, [241]
Ball, Mr., experiments in thought transference with, [78]
Balloon ascension, delights of a, [282-283]
Bampton, Lord, conflicting characteristics of, [260]
Barrett, William, and telepathy, [78]
Barrie, Sir James M., parody on Sherlock Holmes, [97-100];
a visit with, at Kirriemuir, [246-247];
dramatic work, [247];
his “The Admirable Crichton”, [247];
an unfortunate dramatic venture with, [248-249]
Barrington, Sir Eric, [186]
Baseball, opinion of the game of, [287-288]
Bell, Professor Joseph, [20-21];
Sherlock Holmes based on, [69]
Bergmann, Doctor, and the demonstration of the Koch cure, [82], [83]
Berlin, demonstration of the Koch cure in, [82-84]
“Beyond the City,” [93]
Billiards, the supposed analogy between golf and, [271];
ascertaining one’s “decimal” in, [272];
experiences with the game, [272-273]
Birkenhead, Lord, [231]
“Blackwoods,” contributions to, [68]
Blavatsky, Madame, [81]
Boer War, the shadow of the, [147];
first reverses of the, [148];
organizing the Langman Hospital for the, [149-154];
press correspondents in the, [156];
days with the army in the, [160-173];
dum-dum bullets in the, [159], [183]
Books, favourite, in boyhood, [7]
Boxing, keen relish for the manly art of, [265];
some experiences in, [265-266];
from the national point of view, [266-267];
champions of old and of to-day compared, [267];
its influence in France, [268]
Boyhood days, [5-7]
“Boy’s Own Paper, The,” contributions to, [67]
“Brigadier Gerard” stories, [115], [121];
dramatization of, [227-228]
“British Campaign in France and Flanders, The,” [326-327]
British Olympic Committee, [229]
British front in the World War, on the, [335-352]
Brown, Professor Crum, [19]
Buller, Sir Redvers H., [174]
Burnham, Lord, [238], [239]
“Bush Villa,” Southsea, [75], [87]
Business, unfortunate and fortunate ventures in, [234-235]
Butler, General, dinner at head-quarters of the Third Corps with, [379]
Cambridge, Duke of, [152], [153]
Canada, a trip through, in 1914, [287], [292-303]
Capetown, South Africa, [154]
“Captain of the Polestar,” [67]
Carnic Alps, the warfare in the, [356-357]
Cassidy, Father, the kindly principal at Hodder, [8]
“Cause and Conduct of the War in South Africa, The,” inception of the idea of writing, [184];
financing the scheme, [185-188];
the several translations of, [188-192];
beneficial effect of publication of, [192];
disposition of surplus earnings of, [192-194]; [204]
Caux, Switzerland, [120]
“Chambers’ Journal” accepts author’s first story, [24]
Channel Tunnel, [311], [312];
feasibility and value of a, [314-317]
Childers, Erskine, [208]
Christian faith, author’s changing views of the, [26-27]
Churchill, Winston, [317], [332], [335]
Civilian Reserve, formation of the, [323];
disbandment, [324]
Classics, early distaste and later fondness for the, [9]
Clemenceau, Georges, [360-361]
Collins, Wilkie, [256]
Conan, Michael, author’s granduncle and godfather, [15], [16]
Conan, Miss. See Doyle, Mrs. John
Conan Doyle, the steam trawler, in the World War, [331]
Congo Association, work for the amelioration of conditions in the Belgian Congo, [228-229]
Constantinople, a visit to, [222]
“Cornhill,” contributions to, [67], [68], [75]; [89]
Coronation Oath, protest against form of, [220-221]
Corporal punishment in school days, [5], [10]
Cricket, early recollections of, [273];
getting into first-class, [273-275];
two unusual experiences at, [275-276];
some memorable matches, [276-277];
with J. M. Barrie’s team, [278-279];
creditable records in bowling, [279]
“Crime of the Congo, The,” [229]
Cromer, Lord, impressions of, [123]
Crowborough, removal to, [215]
Crowborough Company, Sixth Royal Sussex Volunteer Regiment, [324-329]
Cullingworth, Doctor, friendship with, at Edinburgh University, [52];
strange character of, [52-54];
author’s association with, [54-58]
“Curious Experience of the Patterson Family in the Island of Uffa,” [102]
Curzon, Lady, establishing a precedent in etiquette with, [259]
“Daily Telegraph, The,” article on the Koch cure in, [84]
“Danger,” article in “The Strand Magazine,” [310]
Davos, Switzerland, [115], [119], [120]
“Desert Dream, A,” [124]
“Dicky Doyle’s Diary,” [2]
Divorce laws, work for reform in the, [231-232]
Doctor, determination to become a, [17]
“Doings of Raffles Haw, The,” [88]
Donald, Robert, of the “Daily Chronicle,” [360-361]
Dorando and the great Marathon Race of 1908, [223-225]
“Dorian Grey,” Wilde, [73], [74]
Doyle, Annette, author’s sister, [5], [17];
death of, [91]
Doyle, Arthur Conan, birth, [1];
ancestry, [1-4];
boyhood days, [5-7];
the preparatory school at Hodder, [8];
the Jesuit public school at Stonyhurst, [8-12];
school-mates, [11];
first evidence of a literary streak, [11-12];
a year at school in Austria, [12-14];
feeling toward the Jesuits, [14-15];
first visit to Paris, [15-16];
adopts medicine as a profession, [17];
enters Edinburgh University Medical School, [18];
college life, [18-21];
outside work in spare time, [21-24];
first story accepted by “Chambers’,” [24];
his father’s characteristics, [24-25];
his spiritual unfolding and the Catholic Church, [25-27];
a whaling voyage in the Arctic Ocean, [29-41];
the ship’s company on the Hope, [30-32];
hunting seals, [33-36];
physical development, [41];
ship’s surgeon on the Mayumba to West Africa, [42-51];
experiences on the West Coast, [45-50];
fire at sea, [50-51];
professional association with an eccentric character, [52-58];
in practice at Southsea, [59-61];
joined by his brother Innes, [61-62];
comedy and tragedy in practice, [62-64];
marriage, [64-66];
developing literary interests, [67-68];
genesis of “Sherlock Holmes,” [69-70];
“Micah Clarke,” [71];
James Payn, Oscar Wilde and others, [72-74];
“The White Company,” [74-75];
first ventures in psychic studies, [77-81];
birth of daughter Mary, [81];
the Koch tuberculosis cure, [81-84];
and W. T. Stead, [82];
advice from Malcolm Morris, [84-85];
first public speaking, [85-86];
leaving Portsmouth, [87];
a winter in Vienna, [88-89];
as an eye specialist in London, [89-90];
contributions to the magazines, [90];
virulent influenza, [90-91];
literature for a livelihood, [91];
“The Refugees,” [92-93];
and the death of Sherlock Holmes, [93-94];
sidelights on Sherlock Holmes, [96-110];
ventures in the drama, [96-97];
collaboration with Sir James Barrie, [97];
and Barrie’s parody on Holmes, [97-100];
fact and fiction regarding Sherlock Holmes, [100-110];
birth of his son Kingsley, [111];
joins the Psychical Research Society, [111];
and the literary life of London, [111-113];
“A Straggler of ’15” and Henry Irving, [113-114];
serious illness of Mrs. Doyle, [114-115];
to Davos, Switzerland, [115];
beginning of the “Brigadier Gerard” stories, [115];
lecturing tour in the United States, [116-119];
a strenuous winter, [117-118];
anti-British feeling in the States, [118];
back to Davos and Caux, [119-120];
locating in Hindhead, [121];
to Egypt in winter of 1896, [121];
some notable men in Egypt, [122-124];
a trip to the Salt Lakes, [125-128];
the war against the Mahdi, [130];
to the front as correspondent pro-tem., [130-138];
incidents of the trip, [131-137];
dinner with Kitchener, [137];
return from the frontier, [138];
the house in Hindhead, [140];
literary work, [140-141];
religious unrest, [141-142];
psychic experiences, [142-143];
and the little Doctor, [144-146];
the shadow of South Africa, [146-147];
the Boer War of 1899, [148];
early reverses, [148];
and the Langman Hospital service, [149-150];
experiments with rifle fire, [150-152];
and the Duke of Cambridge, [152-153];
in South Africa, [153-154];
inoculation for enteric fever, [154];
Boer prisoners, [155];
locating the hospital in Bloemfontein, [155-157];
outbreak of enteric fever, [157-159];
dum-dum bullets, [159];
days at the front with the army, [159-170];
return to the hospital, [170-173];
temporary illness, [174-175];
quelling a mutiny in the unit, [175-176];
to Pretoria and Johannesburg, [176-180];
interview with Lord Roberts, [178];
an unusual surgical operation, [181];
return to England, [182-183];
misrepresentation concerning England and the Boer War, [184];
an appeal to World Opinion, [184-194];
and “The Cause and Conduct of the War in South Africa,” [187-188];
translations and distribution of the pamphlet, [188-192];
success of the undertaking, [192-194];
experiences in politics, [195-203];
writes “The Great Boer War,” [204];
and the accolade of Knighthood, [205];
interest in rifle clubs, [207-208];
on the use of cavalry in war, [208];
completion of “Sir Nigel,” [209];
death of Mrs. Doyle, [209];
and the Edalji Case, [209-215];
second marriage, [215];
removal to Crowborough, [215];
and the Oscar Slater Case, [216-220];
protests the form of the Coronation Oath, [220-221];
visits Egypt, Constantinople and Greece, [222-223];
the Marathon Race of 1908, [223-225];
and the evil administration of the Belgian Congo, [228];
work in the interest of athletics in England, [229-231];
and reform of the Divorce Laws, [231-232];
continued interest in psychic matters, [232];
ventures in speculation, [233-235];
acquaintance with some notable people, [236-261];
impressions of Theodore Roosevelt, [236-238];
and Arthur James Balfour, [238-241];
Asquith and Lord Haldane, [241-242];
visit with George Meredith, [242-245];
acquaintance with Kipling, [245-246];
friendship with Sir James M. Barrie, [246-249];
and Sir Henry Irving, [249-250];
on George Bernard Shaw, [250-251];
long acquaintance with H. G. Wells, [251-252];
and his brother-in-law, William Hornung, [252];
correspondence with Stevenson, [253-254];
and Grant Allen, [255-256];
appreciation of James Payn, [256-257];
dinners with Sir Henry Thompson, [258];
settling a question of etiquette, [259];
impressions of Sir Henry Hawkins, [260-261];
and Sir Francis Jeune, [261];
recollections of sport, [262-286];
views on flat-racing and steeplechasing, [262-263];
on hunting for pleasure, [263-264];
a liking for fishing, [264-265];
on the noble sport of boxing, [265-268];
and the Jeffries-Johnson fight, [268-269];
love for Rugby football, [269-270];
and the game of golf, [270-271];
the lure of billiards, [271-273];
recollections of cricket, [273-279];
some motoring experiences, [280-282];
ski-ing in Switzerland, [283-285];
a trip to the Canadian Rockies in 1914, [287-300];
in New York, [287-289];
through the land of Parkman, [289-292];
on the wonders of Western Canada, [292-298];
in Jasper and Algonquin Parks, [298-301];
on the destiny of Canada, [301-302];
disbelief in the German menace, [304-305];
participates in the Prince Henry Competition, [305-308];
effect of Bernhardi’s writings on, [308];
“England and the Next War” by, [308-310];
interviewed by General Henry Wilson, [310-313];
meditations on methods of attack and defence, [313-314];
urges building of Channel Tunnel, [314-317];
on the lack of foresight in the Admiralty, [317-319];
suggests life-saving devices for the Navy, [319-321];
a letter from William Redmond, [321];
organizing the Volunteers, [323-324];
in the Sixth Royal Sussex Volunteer Regiment, [324-326];
on the writing of “The British Campaign in France and Flanders,” [326-327];
conditions in England during the World War, [327-328];
communications with British prisoners, [329-330];
luncheon with the Empress Eugenie, [331-332];
suggests individual armour for troops, [332-333];
heavy losses of his kith and kin in the War, [333-334];
to the British front in 1916, [335-352];
crossing to France with General Robertson, [337-338];
a trip through the trenches, [339-341];
a medal presentation in Bethune, [341-342];
in an observation post, [342-343];
a meeting with his brother Innes, [343];
the Ypres Salient at night, [344];
the destruction and desolation in Ypres, [345-346];
on the Sharpenburg, [346-347];
luncheon with Sir Douglas Haig, [347-349];
an artillery duel at close quarters, [349-350];
meets his son Kingsley at Mailly, [350];
two days in Paris, [351-352];
a mission to the Italian front, [353-359];
attempts to reach Monfalcone, [354-356];
in the Carnic Alps, [356-357];
a day in the Trentino, [357-358];
a spiritual intimation of the victory on the Piave, [358-359];
effect of the death of Kitchener, [360];
an interview with Clemenceau, [360-361];
on the French front, [361-371]
in Soissons, [362];
through the French trenches, [362-365];
in the front line, [367];
the saviours of France, [371];
breakfast and an interesting talk with Lloyd George, [373-375];
a visit to the Australian front, [375-385];
a second meeting with his brother Innes, [378-379];
breaking the Hindenburg Line, [380-383];
in London on Armistice Day, [386];
the psychic quest, [387-399];
public expositions of his psychic belief, [388-390];
belief in the universality of the spiritual knowledge, [390-392];
tangible evidence for his faith, [392-393];
on the mistakes of science in investigations, [395-396];
personal assurance in his spiritual belief, [397-398];
as to the future, [398-399]
Doyle, Mrs. Arthur Conan (née Hawkins), [64];
marriage, [65]; [85], [87];
development of a serious malady, [114];
to Switzerland in search of health, [115], [119];
a winter in Egypt, [121], [122], [130];
in Naples, [152]; [204];
death of, [209]
Doyle, Mrs. Arthur Conan (née Leckie), marriage, [215];
Sultan confers Order of Chevekat on, [222];
home for Belgian refugees during the World War, [328];
psychic interests and activities of, [388]
Doyle, Monsignor Barry, [2-3]
Doyle, Charles, author’s father, born in London, [2];
enters Government Office of Works, Edinburgh, [2];
marriage, [4];
talent as an artist, [4-5]; [17], [24];
characteristics of, [25];
death of, [25];
his religious faith, [25]
Doyle, Mrs. Charles, author’s mother, [3];
marriage, [4];

early struggles of married life, [5], [12];
declines to dedicate son to the Church, [12]; [17];
her changing religious faith, [25]; [41], [55], [92]
Doyle, Connie, author’s sister, [5], [17], [115]
Doyle, Henry, author’s uncle, manager of the National Gallery, Dublin, [2]
Doyle, Ida, author’s sister, [17]
Doyle, Innes, author’s brother, [17];
joins brother in Portsmouth, [61];
letter to his mother, [61-62];
accompanies author on American lecturing tour, [116];
death of, [334]; [343], [347], [378]
Doyle, James, author’s uncle, [1];
literary and artistic ability of, [1-2]
Doyle, John, author’s grandfather, reputation as a cartoonist, [1];
personal appearance of, [1];
his family, [1-2]
Doyle, Mrs. John, author’s grandmother, [15]
Doyle, Julia, author’s sister, [17]
Doyle, Kingsley Conan, author’s son, birth of, [111];
death of, [334]; [350], [351]
Doyle, Lottie, author’s sister, [5], [17], [115], [121]
Doyle, Mary, author’s daughter, [81], [85];
activities during the World War, [328]
Doyle, Richard, author’s uncle, his whimsical humour, [2]
Doyle, Sir Francis Hastings, [2]
Drama, first venture in the, [113]
Drayson, General, a pioneer in psychic studies, [79];
and spiritualism, [80]
Drury, Major, [149], [175]
“Duet, A,” [141]
Dum-Dum bullets in the Boer War, [159], [183]
Dupont, General, [369]
Edalji, George, a victim of the miscarriage of justice, [209-215]
Edinburgh, birthplace and boyhood home of author, [1];
political activities in, in 1900, [195], [196-199]
Edinburgh University Medical School, the author a student in, [18-21]
Edmonton, Canada, [297]
Egypt, a winter in, with Mrs. Doyle, [121-139];
men of note in, [122-124];
the temples and tombs of, [124-128];
the war against the Mahdi, [130-139]
“England and the Next War,” the author’s article in the “Fortnightly,” [308-310];
result of publication of, [310-313]
Enteric fever, inoculation for, [154];
in the Boer War, [157-159]
“Esoteric Buddhism,” Sinnett, [81]
Eugenie, Empress, [331-332]
Feldkirch, Austria, a year in the Jesuit school at, [13-14]
Fencing, limited experience in, [279]
Fenians, first glimpse of the, [6-7]
“Fires of Fate, The,” [124], [226-227]
“Firm of Girdlestone, The,” [68]
Fishing, a liking for the art of, [264-265]
Foley, Mary. See Doyle, Mrs. Charles
Foley, William, author’s grandfather, [3]
Foley, Mrs. William, author’s grandmother, [3-4]
Football, the best collective sport, [269-270]
Fort William, Ontario, [293], [294]
France, Bernhardi’s opinion of the soldiers of, [308];
the Channel Tunnel and, [315];
typical soldiers of, [363-367], [369];
the saviours of, [371]
Franco-German War, [8]
French, General, Sir John, [330], [331]
George, Lloyd, [361];
breakfast and an interesting talk with, [373];
his estimate of Lord Kitchener, [373-374];
and the subject of armour, [375];
on the revolution in Russia, [375]
Germany, author’s disbelief in possible trouble with, [304-305];
Bernhardi as a representative of thought in, [308]
“Germany and the Next War,” Bernhardi, [308]
Gibbs, Doctor Charles, [150], [175], [181-182]
Golf, the fascination of, [270];
in Egypt, [270-271];
an obituary to the author’s, [271]
Gray, Captain John, of the whaling ship, the Hope, [29], [30]
“Great Boer War, The,” [204]
Great Lakes, through the, [292]
“Great Shadow, The,” [93]
Gwynne, H. A., [137];
in South Africa, [156]; [205]
“Habakuk Jephson’s Statement,” [67]
Haig, General Sir Douglas, [331], [347];
luncheon with, [348];
personal appearance and traits of, [348-349]
Haldane, Lord, [242]
Hamilton, Sir Ian, [159]
Hawkins, Miss. See Doyle, Mrs. Arthur Conan (née Hawkins)
Hawkins, Sir Henry. See Bampton, Lord
Henneque, General, [365], [366]
“Hilda Wade,” Allen, completed by author, [254-255]
Hindenburg Line, the, [379], [381];
the break in the, [382]
Hindhead, locating in, [121]; [224]
“History of the War” (World), [242]
Hodder, two years in preparatory school at, [8]
Home, Sir Anthony, [76]
Hope, the Arctic whaling ship the, [29], [30], [33], [34], [36]
Hornung, William, the author’s brother-in-law, [115];
brilliant in repartee, [252]
“House of Temperley, The,” dramatization of “Rodney Stone” [225-226]
“Human Personality,” Myers, influence on the study of psychics, [78]
Humbert, General, [368]
Hunting for sport unjustified, [263-264];
its effects on our better instincts, [264]
“Idler, The,” contributions to, [112-113]
Influenza, virulent attack of, [91]
“Inner Room, The,” [94-95]
Ireland, founding of the Doyle family in, [2];
early visit to, [6-7]
Irving, Sir Henry, [113-114];
acquaintance with, [249];
Bernard Shaw and, [250]
Irving, Henry, the younger, [114]
Italy, at the front in, [353-358];
difficulties of the terrain in, [354], [356-358]
“Jane Annie,” in collaboration with Barrie, [248]
Jasper Park, Canada, [287], [298-300]
Jerome, Jerome K., [112], [253]
Jesuits, school life under the, [8-12];
in Austria with the, [12-13];
author’s feeling for and opinion of the, [14-15]
Jeune, Sir Francis, [261]
“John Creedy,” Allen, [256]
“John Huxford’s Hiatus,” [68]
Kipling, Rudyard, [118];
the charm of his writing, [245];
in his Brattleboro home, [245-246]
Kitchener, [123], [131], [137], [138], [178], [179], [241];
death of, [360];
Lloyd George’s estimate of, [373-374]
Knighthood, receiving the accolade of, [204-205]
Koch, Doctor, and his so-called cure for consumption, [81], [83]
Lang, Andrew, favourable opinion of “Micah Clarke,” [71]
Langman, Archie, [149];
captured and released by De Wet, [176]
Langman, John, [149]
Langman Hospital, service with the, in the Boer War, [147-183]
Leckie, Jean. See Doyle, Mrs. Arthur Conan, née Leckie
Lecturing tour in America, [116-119]
Lewis, Colonel, of the Egyptian army, [126-129]
“Light,” contributes article to, [80]; [111]
“Lippincott’s Magazine,” contribution to, [73]
“Literary Reminiscences,” Payn, [256]
Literary work, [67], [90]
Literature, first knowledge of talent for, [11-12];
first attempts in, [24]
Lodge, Sir Oliver, [205]
London, residence in, [89];
literary life in, 1880-1893, [111-113]
McClure, S. S., [119]
McLean, Colin, acting mate of the Hope, [30]
Maloja, Switzerland, [115]
Maxse, Leo, [361]
Maxwell, W. B., [253], [262]
Mayumba, S. S., to West Africa on the, as surgeon, [42];
life aboard the, [49];
on fire at sea, [50-51]
Medical practice, Plymouth, [54-56];
Portsmouth, [57-87]
Medicine, determines on the study of, [17-18];
first experiences in practice of, [22-24]
Meredith, George, talents and shortcomings of, [242], [243];
a visit to, at Box Hill, [243-244];
his brilliant conversation, [244];
religious convictions, [245]; [256]
“Micah Clarke,” author’s first historical novel, [71]
Milner, Sir Alfred, [182]
Mind, opinion on the nature of the, [78]
“Miracle Town,” [332]
Monash, General Sir John, luncheon at head-quarters of Australian troops with, [378]
Monfalcone, Italy, perilous attempt to reach, [354-356]
Morris, Doctor Malcolm, [82], [84-85]
Motoring, a disagreeable experience in, [280];
fascination of, [280];
accidents and humorous incidents when, [281];
an international competition in, [282]
“Mystery of the Sassassa Valley, The,” the author’s first adventure story, [24]
Navy, lack of foresight in the, [317-318];
protection from mines for, [318-319];
safety devices for crews, [319-321]
Newton, Lord, [335], [336], [337]
New York, a week in, [287-289]
Nile, a trip up the river, [124-125]
Northcliffe, Lord, [229], [231], [315]
Norwood, home in, [91], [111], [113];
leaving, [115]
O’Callaghan, Doctor, [149]
“Occult World,” Sinnett, [81]
Olympic Games, of 1908, [223-225]
Pack, Sir Denis, [3]
Pack, Katherine, author’s grandmother. See Foley, Mrs. William
Pack, Reverend Richard, [3]
Padua, Italy, [353]
Paget, Sidney, original illustrator of “Sherlock Holmes,” [101]
“Parasite, The,” [93]
Paris, first visit to, [15-16]; [89];
during the World War, [351], [352]
Parkman, Francis, author’s opinion of, [93];
preparation for his life work, [290];
the charm of his style and his work, [290-291]
Parliament, unsuccessful attempts to enter, [195-203]
“Pavilion on the Links, The,” Stevenson, [253]
Payn, James, [67], [69], [71], [72], [75];
his humorous view of life, [256-257];
a kindly critic, [257]
“Physiologist’s Wife, The,” [68]
Piave River, psychic revelation regarding the, [358-359]
Picardy Place, Edinburgh, birthplace of author in, [1]
Plymouth, associated with Doctor Cullingworth in, [54-56]
Podmore, Mr., psychic experience with, [142-143]
Poetry, early attempts in, [11-12]
Politics, first entry in, [86];
two unsuccessful efforts in, [195-203]
Pond, Major, manages author’s lecturing tour in America, [116]
Port Arthur, Ontario, [293]
Portsmouth, in practice in, [55-87]
Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society, the, [85]
Pretoria, South Africa, [176], [178]
Prince Henry Competition, the so-called motor race, [305-307]
Public speaking, first attempts at, [85];
in political campaigns, [86]
Psychic, studies, early contempt for, [77];
author’s materialistic viewpoint in, [77];
nature of the mind and soul, [78];
influence of telepathy on, [78];
table turning, [79];
growing interest in, [111];
researches and experiences, [142-146];
séances, [232];
the later quest, [387-399]
Psychical Research Society, member of, [111]
Racing, author’s lack of interest in flat-, [262-263]
Rationalist Association, [141]
Reading, early taste for, [7]
Redmond, Major William, [321-322]
“Refugees, The,” [92], [93], [140-141]
Reichenbach, Falls of, the tomb of Sherlock Holmes, [93-94]
Reid, Mayne, a favourite author in boyhood, [7]
Repington, Colonel, [316], [318], [325], [337]
“Richard Feverel,” Meredith, [243], [245]
Rifle, value of the, as an arm, [207-208]
Rifle clubs, formation of, [207], [285]
“Rights and Wrongs,” Cook, [185]
“Ring of Thoth, The,” [68]
“Robert Elsmere,” Ward, [256]
Roberts, Lord, [157], [174], [178], [207], [313]
Robertson, General William, [337], [338]
Rocky Mountains, first view of the, [298]
“Rodney Stone,” [96], [225], [266]
Roman Catholic faith, author’s family and the, [2];
author’s changing views of the, [25-27]
Roosevelt, President Theodore, recollections and impressions of, [236-238]
Rosicrucians, [146]
Rugby football. See Football
Russia, Lloyd George on the revolution in, [375]
Rutherford, Professor, [19]
Sackville-West, Colonel, and the interview with General Henry Wilson, [310-313]
“St. Ives,” unfinished by Stevenson, [254]
Sandow, Eugene, [205], [206]
Sanna’s Post, in the Boer War, [159]
Sault Ste. Marie, [292-293]
“Scalp Hunters,” a favourite book in boyhood, [7]
Scharlieb, Doctor, [150]
School days, early, [5-7];
at Hodder, [8];
at Stonyhurst, [8-12]
Seals, in the Arctic in the close season, [33-34];
and the open season, [34-35]
Sharpenburg, the view from the, [346-347]
Shaw, George Bernard, [250];
and Henry Irving, [250];
controversial spirit of, [250-251];
peculiar characteristics of, [251]
“Sherlock Holmes,” the origin of the character of, [69];
interest of the public in character of, [92], [93];
concern of public at death of, [94];
letters addressed to, [94];
sidelights on character of, [96-110];
dramatizations of the character, [96-97];
Barrie’s parody of, [97-100];
author’s original conception of, [100-101];
film productions of, [101]
“Sign of Four, The,” [73]
“Silver Blaze,” [102]
“Sir Nigel,” [75], [209]
Ski-ing, experiences in, [283-285]
Slater, Oscar, a victim of the miscarriage of justice, [216-220]
Smith, Reginald, [186], [191], [193], [194]
Society for Psychic Research, [142-143]
Soissons, the ruins of the cathedral of, [362]
Sophia, Mosque of, [222-223]
Soul, opinion on the nature of the, [78]
South Africa, shadow of war in, [146-147];
arrival in, [154];
first impressions of, [155-156];
pamphlets on British methods and objects in, [184-194]
“Speckled Band, The,” [96], [226]
Speculation, ventures in, [233-234]
Spiritualism, [80], [81]
Sport, some recollections of and reflections on, [262-286]
“Stark Munro Letters, The,” based on first experiences in medical practice, [52]; [66], [111]
Stead, W. T., [82]
Steeplechasing, more of a true sport than flat-racing, [263]
Stevenson, Robert Louis, the influence of, on author, [253];
correspondence with, [253-254];
the unfinished “St. Ives” by, [254]
Stonyhurst, the great Jesuit school at, [8];
the seven years at, [9-12]
“Strand Magazine, The,” [90]
“Straggler of ’15, A,” [113];
dramatization of, [113-114]
“Study in Scarlet,” [69-70], [100]
Submarine, possible effect on England in warfare of the, [309-310], [313], [314]
Switzerland, visits, [93];
to, for Mrs. Doyle’s health, [115], [119], [120]
Symonds, Lily Loder, [334]
Symonds, Captain William Loder, [329], [330]
Tank, its influence on the World War, [333];
viewing a battle from the top of a, [381-382]
Tariff Reform, in election of 1905, [199-203]
Telepathy, first experiments in, [78]
“Temple Bar,” contributions to, [67]
Territorials, the, [309], [312],

[323]
Thackeray, William Makepeace, [6]
Theosophy, interest in, [80], [81]
Thompson, Sir Henry, [184], [185];
and his famous “octave” dinners, [258]
Thought transference, experiments in, [78]
“Three Correspondents, The,” [136]
“Three Men in a Boat,” Jerome, [112]
Thurston, Father, [11]
Ticonderoga, Fort, [291]
“To Arms,” in collaboration, [327]
“Tragedy of the Korosko, The,” [124]
“Transvaal From Within,” Fitz-Patrick, [185]
Trentino, in the, during the World War, [357-358]
Udine, the Italian head-quarters town, [353]
“Uncle Bernac,” [141]
“Undershaw,” the home in Hindhead, [140]
University of Edinburgh, studies medicine at, [17-18], [21];
graduates from, [41]
Vaughan, Bernard, [11]
Vicars, Sir Arthur, [3]
Vienna, a winter of study in, [88-89]
Volunteer Force, formation of, at outbreak of the World War, [324]
Waller, Lewis, [227], [228]
Ward, Mrs. Humphry, and the life of the Victorian era, [256]
Watt, A. P., [90]
Wells, H. G., democratic frankness of, [251], [252];
forecasts of the future, [252]
West African Coast, voyage to the, [42-51]
“Westminster Gazette,” honorary correspondent in Egypt for the, [130-139]
Whaling in the Arctic, [29-41]
“White Company, The,” [74];
author’s opinion of, [75];
its success, [75]; [89]
Wilde, Oscar, favourable opinion of “Micah Clarke,” [73];
as a conversationalist, [73];
letter from, [74]
Wilson, General Henry, interview with, after publication of “England and the Next War,” [310-313]
“Windlesham,” the home in Crowborough, [215]
“Window in Thrums, A,” Barrie, [246]
Winnipeg, Canada, [294], [295], [297]
World War, prologue of the, [304-322];
formation of the Volunteer Force at opening of, [324];
conditions in England during the, [327-328];
on the British front in the, [335-352];
the Italian front in the, [353-359];
a visit to the French front, [361-371];
the Australian sector of the line, [375-386]
Wound stripes, on British uniforms, [371]
Ypres Salient, the, at night, [344]; [345-346]

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